90 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
Strobilanthes longicaudatus. 
Received from Kew, and flowered well in a sheltered place. 
Dipteracanthus affinis, Nees. 
This beautiful climber flowered well against a wall. Received from 
Barbadoes, 1873. 
LXXV.—CONVOLYULACEZ, 
Quamoclit coccinea, Moench. Cypress vine. 
Introduced from America; quite naturalized, although confined to 
gardens, where it is self-sown in great quantity. Flowers in autumn. 
q). vulgaris, Chois. 
Less common and less prolific than the other. 
Batatas edulis, Chois. Sweet potato. 
Of very early introduction; but it is not always easy to distinguish 
whether the sweet potato or the common potato is meant in early nar- 
ratives. It is certainly mentioned in 1653. Sweet potatoes are largely 
grown. 
Ipomea tuberosa, Linn. 
Yellow-flowering Ipomea in the Public Garden of St. George’s; re- 
moved from Mr. Swainson’s, where it grew with great luxuriance, run- 
ing over several small loquat trees. 
I. Nil, Roth. (Pharbitis Nil, Chois.) 
The common morning glory. 
I. Learii, Paxt. 
Naturalized in gardens. 
I. Pes-Capre, Sweet. Seaside vine. 
Native; common on the sea shores. 
I, villosa, BR. P. 
Found in cultivated ground, probably of chance introduction. 
I. Jamaicensis, Don. 
I. purpurea, Lam. 
Native; the ornament of the well-known ‘Convolvulus Cave.” (Con- 
volvulus, Linn.) 
I. dissecta, Pursh. Noyau vine. 
Introduced; common. (Convolvulus, Linn.) 
