352 CONVOLVULACEAE. 



the tube usually nearly white, the limb light blue or purple; capsule depressed- 

 globose, 3-valved, about as long as the lanceolate portion of the sepals. 



Roadsides, New Providence at Nassau : — continental tropical America. Natural- 

 ized in the eastern United States. Ivy-lea\-ed Morxing-glory. 



2. Ipomoea villosa E. & P. Fl. Per. 2: 12. 1799. 



Pubescent, twining. Leaves thin, slender-petioled, the blades 7-15 cm. 

 long, pubescent on both sides, entire or 3-lobed, long-acuminate at the apex, 

 deeply cordate at the base; peduncles 1-4-floweredj axillary^ as long as the 

 petioles or shorter; bracts linear-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminate, pubescent, about 2.5 cm. long; corolla purple, about 7.5 cm. long. 



Sea-beach, Andros. along road to Little Creek : — Bermuda ; Trinidad ; northern 

 South America ; Old World tropics. Included in this flora with doubt, the specimen 

 showing foliage only. Villous Morning-glory. 



3. Ipomoea cathartica Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4: 633. 1816. 



PharMtis cathartica Ohoisy, in DC. Prodr. 9: 342. 1845. 



Perennial, minutely strigillose or glabrate. Stems more or less twining, 

 branching. Leaves broadly ovate, 5-9 cm. long, entire or 3-lobed, acuminate, 

 cordate; peduncles shorter than the subtending petioles; sepals glabrate, 

 linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long, acuminate; corolla pink- 

 purple or crimson, the limb 6-8 cm. broad, undulate ; capsules spheroidal, about 

 1 cm. broad; seeds glabrous, about 3 mm. in diameter. 



Scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama, Biminls, Andros, New Providence, Eleu- 

 thera. Long Island, Crooked Island and Anguilla Isles : — Bermuda ; Florida ; through- 

 out the West Indies and continental tropical America. The record of /. purpurea 

 Lam., by Dolley, for the Bahamas, probably refers to this species, which was entered 

 in Mrs. Northrop's List, in part, as /. jamaicensis Don. Referred by Mrs. Northrop 

 to I. commutata R. & S., and also so referred by Hitchcock. Purple Morning-glory. 

 Glory-morning, 



4. Ipomoea Pes-caprae (L.) Eoth, Nov. Sp. 109. 1821. 



Convolvulus Pes-caprae L. Sp. PI. 159. 1753. 

 Convolvulus 'brasiliensis L. Sp. PI. 159. 1753. 



Perennial, glabrous, succulent. Stems prostrate, creeping, sometimes 20 m. 

 long or more, branching; leaves suborbicular, 6-10 cm. broad, usually notched 

 at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base; petioles as long as the blades or 

 shorter; peduncles stout, 1-several-fiowered ; pedicels more slender than the 

 peduncles; sepals glabrous, oval or suborbicular, about 1 cm. long, obtuse; 

 corolla purple, 4-5 cm. long, its tube broadly f unnelf orm, its- limb undulately- 

 lobed, 5-8 cm. broad; capsules broadly ovoid or globose-ovoid, 1.5 cm. high; 

 seeds pubescent. 



Sea-beaches and coastal rocks, throughout the archipelago from Atoaco and 

 Great Bahama to Watling's Island, Inagua, Anguilla Isles and Elbow Cay : — Ber- 

 muda : Georgia and Florida; coasts of the West Indies; continental tropical America 

 and Old World tropics. Bay Hops. Bay Winders. 



5. Ipomoea stolonifera (Cyrill.) Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6: 20. 1804. 



Convolvulus littoralis L. Syst. ed. 10, 924. 1759. Not Ipomoea Uttoralis 



Blume. 1826. 

 Ipomoea littoralis Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 112. 1879. 



Stem slender, buried in sand, sending up branches which rise 0.5-2 dm. 

 above the surface, glabrous and fleshy. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, or 

 broader, long-petioled, fleshy, glabrous, 3-7 cm. long, entire or variously lobed, 

 narrowed at the base or the later ones rounded or cordate; flowers few or 

 solitary; peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves; sepals oval or oblong, 10-15 

 mm. long, mucronate ; corolla white, f unnelf orm-campanulate, 4-5 cm. long; 

 capsules globose, 1-1.5 em. long; seeds smooth. 



