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pubescent beneath ; ped. scarcely equaling the long petioles, 1 3-fl-owered ; sep. 

 roundish-ovate, pubescent ; seeds villose, with long hairs. 7J_ Western States ! 

 frequent, to Flor. and La. Stems 2 6f in iengih, on the ground, or trailing 

 over fences, &c. Leaves 2 3' long, the petioles 2 5'. Corolla large (2* 3' 

 diam.) and showy, white or rose-colored, purple at base. July, Aug. The root 

 is tuberous and mildly purgative. 



8. C. BATATAS. (Batatas edulis. Choisy.} Sweet Potato. St. creeping, 

 rarely twining ; Ivs. cordate, hastate, angular, 5- veined, smoothish ; ped. long ; 

 fis. fascicled ; sep. lanceolate, acuminate. (I) The sweet potato is native of 

 both Indies and cultivated in all tropical climates. Not only the tubers, but 

 the leaves and tender shoots are boiled and eaten. The tubers ar% sweet and 

 considered nutritive. This is the potato of the old English botanists, of Shake- 

 speare, and their cotemporaries, the Solanum tuberosum then being unknown. 

 The stem is round, hispid, prostrate, creeping, sending out scattered, oblong 

 tubers which are purplish without. Flowers large, purple or white. 



2. aUAMOCLIT. Tourn. 



Gr. Kvapos, a bean, xXtrof, dwarf; resembles the climbing bean, but smaller. 



Sepals 5, mostly inucronate ; cor. tubular-cylindric ; sta. exserted ; 

 sty. 1 ; stig. capitate, 2-lobed ; ovary 4-celled, cells 1 -seeded. Twin- 

 ing herbs, mostly American. 



1. d. VULGARIS. Choisy. (Ipomoea. Linn. Convolvulus. Ist.edit.} Jasmine. 

 Bindweed. Cupress Vine. Lvs. pinnatifid to the mid vein, segments linear, 



parallel, acute; ped. 1 -flowered ; sep. ovate-lanceolate. An exceedingly 

 delicate vine, Penn. Eaton, Southern States ! generally cultivated. Stems gla- 

 brous, very slender, twining and climbing to the height of 5 lOf. Flowers 

 much smaller than those of the common morning glory, scarlet, varying to 

 crimson and rose-color. Trained upon twine it forms a most delicate and 

 oeautitul awning. July, Aug. 



2. d. COCCINEA. Moench. (Ipomsea. Linn. Convolvulus. Spreng.} 

 Lvs. cordate, acuminate, entire or angular at base ; ped. elongated, about 



5-flowered ; col. awned. (J) Southern States, naturalized in the Western, occa- 

 sionally cultivated. Flowers varying from yellow to scarlet, f 



3. STYLISJMA. Raf. 



The name lias reference to the plurality of the styles. 



Sepals 5, equal ; cor. camparmlate ; ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, rarely 

 3. stigmas thick ; sta. included. 1\- Slender, creeping. 



S. TENELLUS. Wood. ("S. evolvuloides. Choisy. Convolvulus tenellus. 



Lam. C. Sherardi. PA.) Dry, sandy or rocky soils, Ohio, to Flor. Stem 

 long, prostrate, branching, pubescent. Leaves lance-linear or linear, obtuse, 1' 

 in length, with short petioles. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 1 5-flowered. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3" long. Corolla twice longer, hairy outside.. 



4. CALYSTEGIA. Br. 



Gr. KO\V!;, calyx, oreyri, a covering ; alluding to the conspicuous calycinc bracts. 



Calyx 5-parted, included in 2 large, foliaceous bracts ; cor. cam- 

 panulate, 5-plicate ; sta. subequal, shorter than the limb ; ova. half 

 bilocular, 4-ovuled ; sty. simple ; stig. 2, obtuse ; caps. 1 -celled, 4-seed- 

 ed. Herbs twining or prostrate. Ped. l-floivered, solitary. 



1. C. epiTHAM^os. Br. (Convolvulus. Linn. C. stans. Michx.} Erect 

 Bindweql. St. erect or assurgent; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, subcordate 

 hoary-pubescent; ped. 1-flowered, generally longer than the leaves. 7L An 

 erect, downy species, (a span} 810' high, found in fields and hilly pastures 

 Can. to Penn., W. to 111. Stem branching, leafy, bearing one, often two or 

 more large, white flowers, on peduncles 24' long, issuing from near the root. 

 Leaves 2 3' long, J as wide, oval, with an abrupt, cordate base, and on peti- 

 oles i as long. Bracts concealing the calyx. June. 

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