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88 I. ALiissiMA (Bertero, mss.) arboreous ; leaves cordate- 

 oblong, mucronate, clothed with silky villi beneath ; peduncles 

 terminal, twin ; bracteas remote, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 coloured, obtuse, and mucronate. Ij . S. Native of Hispa- 

 niola. Convolvulus altissimtis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 613. This 

 and the following species ought probably to have followed 

 /. stans, no. 32, p. 267, from their upright habit. 



Tallest Iporaoea. Tree. 



89 1. PAREIRSFOLIA ; shrubby ; leaves ovate, truncate at the 

 base, acuminated, quite entire, hoary beneath, and reticulated 

 with veins ; peduncles cymose, 4-flowered ; sepals obtuse ; tube 

 of corolla elongated. H . S. Native of New Granada. Con- 

 volvulus pareiraefolius, Spreng. syst. 1 p. 613. 



Pareira-leared Ipomcea. Shrub. 



90 I. CA'KDICANS ; glabrous ; leaves cordate, acuminated, 

 rather downy beneath ; peduncles many flowered, bractless ; 

 outer sepals nerved, obtuse. I/ . ? ^. H. Native of North 

 America ? Conv. candicans, Sol. mss. ex Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 1603. Corolla large, white, with a purple throat: lobes 

 rounded, plicae mucronate. 



Whitish Ipomcea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. tw. 



91 I. RUBENS (Choisy, 1. c. p. 463.) stem downy; leaves 

 cordate, acuminated, usually glabrous above, but clothed with 

 grey down beneath ; peduncles stiff, much exceeding the pe- 

 tioles, umbellately many-flowered ; sepals ovate, acuminated, or 

 lanceolate, mucronate, equal ; corolla showy, purple. If. . ^. S. 

 Native of the East Indies, as of Silhet, Gualpara, Pirgum, &c. 

 Conv. rubens, Wall. cat. no. 14'21. Conv. bifidus, Ham. herb. 

 Conv. Gualpara, Ham. herb. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 

 nearly as broad at the base. Umbels 5-8-flowered. Corolla 

 campanulately tubular, 15 lines long, red, glabrous. 



I'ar. p, lanata (Choisy, 1. c.) leaves roundish-cordate, short- 

 acuminated, clothed with woolly tomentum on both surfaces, but 

 especially beneath; stem villous. y.. *"*. S. Conv. glandu- 

 ]6sus, Ham. ex Wall. cat. no. 2255. 



Reddish-fio\\ered Ipomcea. PI. tw. 



92 I. SEPIA'RIA (Konig. mss. ex Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 90.) stem 

 alternately glabrous and villous from loose hairs ; leaves cor- 

 date-obloi/g ; peduncles many-flowered ; sepals oblong-ovate, 

 acute, or obtuse; corolla showy, tubularly funnel-shaped. If.. ? 

 ^. S. Native of the East Indies, everywhere ; Timor, China, 

 and Java. Ip. striata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 183. Roth. nov. 

 spec. p. 111. Conv. maximus, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 26. Lin. 

 suppl. p. 137. Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 49.? Conv. marginatus, 

 Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 558. Conv. striatus, Vahl. symb. 3. 

 p. 28. Conv. hastatus, Heyne, herb. Conv. incrassatus, 

 Wall. cat. no. 1386. 1. and 2. tiru-tali, Rheed. itial. 11. p. 109. 

 t. 53. This species differs from the preceding in the peduncles 

 being always many- flowered, and in the corolla being longer. 

 Corollas large, of a beautiful rose-colour ; white, with a brown 

 bottom, ex Vahl. 



Var. p, sagiltata (Choisy, 1. c. p. 465.) leaves sagittate, also 

 somewhat 3-lobed. T. ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Ipomoe'a spherica, Roxb. 



Hedge Ipomcea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1817. P). tw. 



93 1. CI-MAXE'KSIS ; plant clothed with rusty tomentum ; 

 leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated ; peduncles few-flowered, 

 about equal in length to the leaves : the 3 outer sepals large, 

 ovate, acute : the 2 inner lanceolate-oblong, acuminated. II . 

 ^. S. Native of America, in the province of Cumana, in shady 

 places of Laguna, Chica, and Golfo de Cariaco. Conv. Cuma- 

 nensis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 99. Stems terete. 

 Leaves 1| inch long and 1 broad. Peduncles 3-4-flowered. 

 Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, blue, glabrous. Nearly 

 allied to Conv. nodifldrus, Lam. 



Cumana Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 



VOL. IV. 



94 I. CAXE'SCEKS ; plant clothed with canescent tomentum ; 

 leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 about equal in length to the leaves ; sepals downy : 3 outer ones 

 large, ovate, acuminated : the 2 inner ones lanceolate, acumi- 

 nately subulate. ^ . ^. S. Native of America, between Car- 

 thagena and Mount La Papa, in hot sandy places. Conv. 

 canescens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 99. Leaves 1 inch 

 long and 8-9 lines broad, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, in capitate heads. Corolla campanulate, 

 5-plicate, longer than the calyx, pale blue. This and /. Cuma- 

 nensis might form a distinct genus, from the form of the calyx, 

 according to Kunth, 1. c. This and the following species ought 

 probably to have been placed under 2. p. 269. from their capi- 

 tate or umbellate inflorescence. 



Canescent Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 



95 I. SAGITTIFER ; plant smoothish ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, deeply cordate-sagittate at the base, glabrous, 

 except on the veins beneath, which are downy : hind lobes 

 roundish, diverging ; umbels pedunculate, one half shorter than 

 the leaves ; sepals glabrous, roundish, nearly equal. Tf. . / > . S. 

 Native of Cuba, near Havannah, in moist places. Conv. sagittifer, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 100. Conv. Caracasanus. 

 Schlecht, in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 301. Conv. Havan- * 

 ensis, Willd. herb. Leaves 3 inches long. Umbels 6-7-flow- 

 ered. Corolla yellow, ex Bonpl. glabrous. Capsule glabrous. 



Arrow-bearing Ipomoea. PI. tw. 



96 I. BOGOTE'KSIS ; stem branched, angular, clothed with 

 canescent villi and retrograde hairs ; leaves ovate, deeply cor- 

 date, acuminated, beset with silky strigae above, and hoary 

 tomentum beneath ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; sepals silky, hispid, oblong-lanceolate, subulately-acu- 

 minated, nearly equal. fj . ? ' > . S. Native of New Granada, 

 on high plains, near Santa Fe de Bogota, at the altitude of 1370 

 hexapods. Conv. Bogotensis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 

 104. Leaves 2 inches long; hind lobes approximate. Pedun- 

 cles and pedicels villous. Corolla purple, downy outside, to- 

 wards the apex, twice longer than the calyx. Perhaps a species 

 of Pliarbitts. Capsule glabrous. 



Bogota Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 



97 I. ABUTILOIDES ; branches terete, hoary from down ; leaves 

 roundish-ovate, cordate, acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with hoary tomentum beneath ; corymbs axillary, trichotomous, 

 longer than the leaves ; sepals oblong, obtuse, smoothish. Tj . 

 ^. S. Native of Quito, near Guayaquil, on the shores of the 

 Pacific. Conv. abutiloides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 106. Leaves 3 inches long ; hind lobes diverging. Petioles 

 biglandular at apex. Peduncles and pedicels downy. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, violaceous, size of those of Calystegia septum, 

 downy outside; lobes of iunb emarginate. Capsule 1-celled, 1- 

 seeded, crowned by the base of the style, aiid girded by the calyx. 



AbuVlon-like Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 



98 I. CA'RNEA (Jacq. anvr. p. 26. t. 18. pict. t. 25.) leaves 

 roundish-cordate, glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered ; corollas 

 emarginate; sepals small, roundish. If.. r *. S. Native of 

 America, near Carthagena, where U is called Campanilla. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 883. Conv. carneus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 602. All 

 parts of plant glabrous. Leaves obtuse, mucronate, or acumi- 

 nated. Peduncles subracemose. Corolla pale red, 3 inches 

 long. Capsule tetragonal, 4-celled. Seeds black. 



Flesh-coloured-Qovrered Ipomoea. PI. tw. 



99 I. VIOLA'CEA (Lin. spec. 1. p. 229.) leaves cordate ; flowers 

 crowded: corolla undivided. Q. / ~ > . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Conv. violaceus, Spreng. syst. l.p. 599. Quamoclit foliis 

 amplissimis cordiformibus, Plum. spec. 3. icon. 93. f. 1. 

 Sloan, jam. p. 55. hist. 1. p. 155. t. 98. f. 1. Flowers large, 

 purple. Conv. I'ndicus, Mill. diet. no. 5. ? 



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