June 9, Hj< >9 



71 



acute, densely appressed pubescent above, silky beneath, 6 to 1 2 

 cm. long, deeply cordate: peduncles 12 to 20 cm. long, several 

 flowered: bracts ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 cm. long: sepals nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, acuminate, pilose, 16 to 22 mm. long: corolla 

 purple, slender, about 5 cm. long and 3 cm. broad, pilose with- 

 out on the plicae and tube. 



Guatemala: Near Jacaltenango, E. IV. Nelson 3579, 18931 

 3500-5400 feet altitude. Type in the U. S. National Herbarium. 



Ipomoea minutiflora (Mart. & Gal.) 



Convolvulus minutifiorus Mart. &Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. 



XII. 2: 262. 1845; Walp. Rep. 6: 541. 1847. 

 Ipomoea filipes Benth.: Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 7: 274. 

 1869; House, in Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 18: No. 6, 239. 

 1908. 

 Type locality: Sola (Oaxaca) Mexico. 

 Distribution: Thickets near the coast; western Mexico 

 (Sinaloa, Palmer 164/; Guerrero, Palmer 100) to Guatemala 

 (Shannon) and tropical South America {Smith 1580; Fendler 

 2089; Spruce 886). The type of Ipomoea filipes Benth. was col- 

 lected "about Santarem, on the Amazon River, Brazil." 



Ipomoea ochracea (Lindl.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 270. 1838. 



Convolvulus ochraceus Lindl. Bot. Reg.pl. 1060. 1827. 



Ipomoea Curtissii House, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. IS: No. 6, 

 257. 1908. 



Type locality: Gold Coast, Africa (type collected by Mr. 

 James Murray). 



Distribution: Western tropical Africa. Introduced into 

 Cuba, Panama and Guyana. 



Ipomoea brachypoda Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 135. 1844. 

 Ipo?noea iostemma House, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 18: No. 



6, 207. 1908. 

 Mexico: Ixtapa, Jalisco, E. W. Nelson, 4141, 1897. 

 Guatemala: Zacapa, Keller man 7851, 7880, 1908. 

 Costa Rica: Nicoya, Tonduz /j68o, 1900. 



