680 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Ipomoea acetosaefolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4 : 246. 1819. 



WHITE-BLOOMING >EASIDK MORNING GLORY. 



Convolvulus acetosaefolius Vahl, Eel. Am. 1 : 18. 1790. 



C. obtusilobus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 139. 1803. 



Batatas acetosaefolius and B. littoralis Chois. Convolv. Rar. 124. 1838. 



Convolvulus littoralis Dietrich, Syn. PI. 1 : 675. 1839. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 252. Chap. Fl. 341. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:211. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 290. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind.' 471. 



WEST INDIES TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. Seacoast of South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region, dunes of drifting sand near the surf. Baldwin County, 

 Josephine, Perdido Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Flowers white; July, 

 August. Not frequent. Creeping, steins 3 to 4 feet long, the slender creeping roots 

 deeply buried in the sand. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ipomoea jalapa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 146. 1814. FALSE JALAP. 



Convolvulus jalapa L. Mant. 1 : 43. 1767. 



Ipomoea macrorhiza Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 141-. 1803. 



/. michauxii Sweet, Hort. Lond. 288. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 253. Chap. Fl. 343. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 211. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 290. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 469. 



JAMAICA, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County. Frequently cultivated, rarely escaped 

 to waste places and hedge rows. Apparently not indigenous. Flowers pink ; August. 

 A strong climber from a large and ponderous root. Perennial. 



Economic uses: Ornamental climber. 



Type locality : " Near the sea shore of Georgia and Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Ipomoea pandurata (L.) Meyer, Prim. Fl. Essequ. 100. 1818. 



WILD POTATO. COMMON WHITE BINDWEED. 



Convolvulus panduratus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 153. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 254. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 369. Chap. Fl. 343. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 211. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 290. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 468. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario; southern New York west to Michigan 

 and Missouri, south to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State in the valley lands. Most abundant south of 

 the Centra] Pine belt to the Coast plain. In light warm soil, fields, pastures. 

 Flowers white, with a dark purple spot in center; July, August. Seeds ripe August 

 to October. Many stems, from a large fleshy tuberous root; most troublesome weed 

 in the rich agricultural lands. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginiae arenosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ipomoea sagittata Poir. Voy. Barb. 2 : 122. 1789. ARROW-LEAF MORNING GLORY. 



Convolvulus speciosus Walt. Fl. Car. 93. 1788. 



C. sagittifolius Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 138. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 254. Chap. Fl. 344. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 212. Coulter, Coutr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 290. 



CUBA, SPAIN, NORTH AMERICA. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Littoral region. Slightly brackish and salt mars'aes. 

 Mobile County, river marshes; Dauphin Island and West Fowl River salt marshes. 

 Baldwin County, Point Clear. Flowers bright pink to light purple, closing early 

 in the forenoon; July, August; frequent. Twining around tall marsh weeds. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ipomoea lacunosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 161. 1753. WHITE STAR IPOMOEA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 259. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 369. Chap. Fl. 343. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2. pt. 

 1 : 213. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 291. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio Valley, Missouri 

 and Arkansas, south to Florida and along the Gulf to Texas. 



