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1894) also occurs in Colombia, as indicated by collections of 

 Herbert H. Smith, no. 1588, November iq, 1898, made near 

 Santa Marta. 



Convolvulus Nashii sp. nov. 



Related to C. repens of the southeastern United State.*-: 

 stems twining, slender, densely tomentose: leaf blades lanceo- 

 late to oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 7 cm. long, acute, cordate-sagit- 

 tate, the basal auricles 1 cm. long or longer, divergent and stand- 

 ing oblique, the middle lobe of the blade 5 to 15 mm. broad, 

 densely and softly pubescent; petioles 1 to 3 cm. long: pedun- 

 cles i-flowered, exceeding the petioles, 2 to 5 cm. long: bracts 

 ovate, obtuse or subacute, 10 to 15 mm. long, including the calyx: 

 corolla white or tinged with pink, 5 to 6 cm. long. 



Florida: Eustis, Lake county, Nash 609, May 1 to 15. 

 1894 (type in herb. Columbia University); Nash 4.4., March 12 

 to 31, 1894; near St. Marks, Rugel, 1833 (herb. Columbia Uni- 

 versity); Cape Canaveral, Allen B. Burgess 696, April 2 to 5, 

 1904 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 



Jacquemontia 



Jacqueinoiitia apiculata sp. nov. 



Twining, several meters long: .stems, petioles and pedun- 

 cles densely canescent and tomentose: leaf blades orbicular- 

 ovate, 2 to 5 cm. long and nearly as broad, shallowly cordate or 

 somewhat cordate-sagittate at the base, the sinus only 2 to 6 mm. 

 deep, the apex obtuse or usually rounded and with an abruptly 

 tapering mucronation, 3 to 6 mm. long, greenish and finely pu- 

 bescent above with minute whitish hairs, silvery pifbescent be- 

 neath with a dense indument of fine hairs and tomentnm; peti- 

 oles shorter than the blades: peduncles 3 to 8cm. long, loosely 

 3 to u-flowered: pedicels 1 to 2 cm. long: sepals unequal, the 

 outer ones obovate-spatnlate, 5 to 6 nun. long, broadest above 

 the middle, obtuse or subacute, tomentose, the inner ones shorter, 

 ovate, acute: corolla violet-purple with white rays, subentire, 

 20 to 25 nun. broad. 



Mexico: Tamaulipas, near Victoria, 320111. altitude, Pal 

 vier iij, February to April, 1907. Type in herb. N. Y. Bot. 

 Garden. 



