314 CONVOLYULACEAE, [ Ipomoea. 
2. I. acetosaefolia, Roem. & Sch. — A glabrous creeper. Leaves ovate- 
or linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, entire or sinuate, cordate or rounded 
at the base. Peduncles about as long as the petioles, 1-flowered. Sepals 
—5”, ovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, the ‘a outer ones a little 
shorter. Corolla white, 2‘ long, gradually tapering to the base. Ovary 
4-celled at the summit, 2 celled below. Stigma 2-lobed. — Griseb. Fl. 
W. Ind. p. 471. — Convolvilus acetosaefolius, Vahl. — Batatas icsonseiel 
peti in DC. Prod. IX, 338. — Conv. repens, Sw. — Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 28 
He 
iihau (Remy). Nat. «Hunakai». — Mdregiey of the W. India Islands, Guiana 
and Brazil, eats it edhe te on agrees iin 
‘+3. I. reptans, Poir. — DC. -Prod. “IX, 349. — Creeping and rooting 
on swampy ground or floating on still waters, herbaceous, cae 
Leaves thin, ovate-cordate or oblong, ae pisces 2'/2—4' K 1%/2—3', 
on petioles of 2—3'/2‘, acuminate with a subulate point, oniiee: the 
road spreading limb nearly entire. Ovary 2-celled. 'Btignan 2-lobed. — 
Cinebatiiies Sari L. 
u! in old taro ponds round Honolulu, Pauoa. The plant, which occurs in tropical 
Africa and Asia a ue “ee in China and parts of India as a potherb, probably 
ca i hin 
tatas ae: — A glabrous creeper with a tuberous root. Leaves 
very variable, cordate, repand-entire, angular or more or less deeply 
5-lobed, 2—6! lon ng. dus cles as pet as the petioles or longer, srg! 
3- to several-flowered. Sepals or oblong, mucronate, 5—6", the 
outer ones shorter, Corolla eae about 2‘, pale pedi or red, 
sometimes whitish. Capsule 2- or imperfectly 4-celled. Seeds glabrous, 
excepting a few tele lines. — Convolvulus Batatas, L..— Batatas 
edulis, Chois. in DC. Prod. -— Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 15. 
e Sweet Potato, “itp il cultivation, was, next to the taro, the principal article 
ood to the nativ he time of the discovery. They enumerate about 20 varieties 
Mai differ as Poet ‘c py veiia oan and adakiy of the tuber as in shape of the leaves. 
The acular name «Uala» corresponds well with the Tahitian «Umara» and the New 
met with 
variety of the American I. fastigiata, Sw. The Malayan name «Ubi» is certainly 
not an gg one, but transferred from the yam, the name for which has retained the 
he Polynesian «Ufi> and «Uhi». 
a ediode L. -— A glabrous twiner, often of great size, the stems 
Sometimes retrorsely muricate. Leaves on petioles of 4—6’, cordate, 4—6' 
in length — little less in width, long acuminate, with rounded auricles. 
Peduncles 3—7' long, 3- or cymosely several-flowered, the pedicels Yfa—1" 
long. pened lanceolate, 1‘. Sepals chartaceous, unequal, the two interior 
ones ovate-oblong, obtuse, the three exterior 9 long, ovate- Bt 
