CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. 247 
1 BATA’TAS, Rumph. Sweer Potato. ™ 
[Apparent y an aboriginal or barl dopted for the genus. ] 
Corolla campanulate—the limb spreading. NGieners 5, included. by 
— stigma capitate; 2-lobed. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved. Seeds 4 
0B Fo *puLIs, Chois. Stem a voluble ; leaves subhastate 
te with the sinus broad and low, often an ngular and partially 
nl, “peti te ; peduncles as long or longer than the petioles, 3-4- 
flow 
EataBie Batatas. Sweet Potato. Carolina Potato. 
Fr. Patate jaune. Germ. Bataten Winde. Span. Batata de Malaga. 
nnial, tuberous ; tubers oblong, terete, acute at owe res. yellowish-white, or 
someti a oe externally, yellowish within. ‘Stem 4-8 long, slender, pros' ostrate, 
rad eating, bk pilose. Leaves or 4i th ches long ; petioles aoets 2 inches in ength, Corolla 
e 
Vaart ser aee and lots : cultivated. 
Obs. Cultivated for its large sweet edible farinaceous roots, especi me 
in the Southern States, though its culture has been found practicab 
much farther North than was formerly Teslsoad The warm sandy soi 
bo quiet te the ‘wild state. Tbe word potato is a 
to a a corruption oF Batata, the name it bore among borigi 
some portion of this continent. This . doubtless the Fah Po spoken of — 
a te 
HAKSPEARE, _ con ig geet ters ; “ Tris tato,” so 
ed (Soia’Num —. ux) = ‘then scarcely known 
Wood Swee t Pota ng the presents ante ‘Cokonbab 
carried to Teabelia, ‘rial ai the “newhpajenomacal world. 
2. CONVOL’VULUS, L. Brnp-weep. 
[Latin, Convolvo, to entwine, or wind about ; d i of the pl: 
Corolla campanulate. Style simple sores 2, fervte-tinsan, itil a 
revolute. “Capsule 2-celled. W Suads 4, erec Stems twining oon 
often — Flowers mostly wk ing at dawn. i 
1. €. arven’ Stem Vaate or often prostrate ; leaves ovate- 
ahlenis sais biiatcg ‘obtuse, ittate t base; ped — “mostly 1-flowered 
bibracteate—the bra a : os from the flo 
Fretp Oonvoivewts. Bind-weed, 
‘Fr. Liseron des champs. Germ. Die Aaeceeee a pie gr” 
Rost perenuial, creeping, long. Stem about 2 feet long, sl 2, F 
