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Stems, etc., not retrorsely hairy 

 Sepals broadly ovate or oblong, 



smooth 4. 



Sepals ovate to lance-ovate or 



oblong, pointed, hairy 5. 



Stigmas 2, oval or filiform, elongated ; 

 2 bracts closely subtending each 

 flower (they are some little dis- 

 tance from the flower in C. 



arvensis ) 



Petioles mostly less than one-fourth 

 as long as the blade; plant 



short, upright, hairy 6. 



Petioles mostly more than one-fourth 

 as long as the blade; plant 

 ti'ailing or twining 



Flowers double 7. 



Flowers single 



Bracts surrounding and enclos- 

 ing the calyx 

 Leaves smooth or, infrequent- 

 ly, hairy; peduncles most- 

 ly longer than the petioles. 8. 

 Leaves hairy 



Leaves moderately hairy, 

 hastate, peduncles not ex- 

 ceeding the petioles 9. 



Leaves densely hairy, basal 

 lobes rounded, peduncles 

 exceeding the petioles . . . 10. 

 Bracts small and at some dis- 

 -tance from the flower 11. 



Ipomoea pandurata-. 

 Ipomoea lacimosa. 



(Genus Convolvulus). 

 Con volvidus apitliamacus. 



Coiivolvulus jdpoiricus. 



Convolviihis sepmm. 



Convolvulus frato-niflorus. 



Convolvulus repens. 



Convolvulus arvensis. 



1. QUAMOCLIT COCCINEA. 



Figs. 1 & 2. 



Quamoclit coccinea Moench, Meth. 453. 1794. 



Plant smooth or slightly hairy at the nodes; leaves cordate, entire, or, 

 infrequently, angled; peduncles one- to several-flowered and longer than 

 the petioles; sepals bearing a prominent, dorsal projection; stamens and 

 styles exserted. 



Along roadsides and in cultivated fields. 



Specimens examined: — Gibson Co. (Deam IS, 306) ; Harrison Co. 

 (Deam 18,735); Jefferson Co. (Coulter in 1874); Lawrence Co. (Deam 

 18,U3) ; Putnam Co. (Yuncker 1,353) ; Sullivan Co. (Deam 32,922) ; 

 Warrick Co. (Mrs. Deam 33,117). 



