Ipomota. CONVOLVULACE.E. 213 



= :^ ^ :^ Calyx 3 to G lines lonir, thinnish, pilose or at least ciliate with some long and soft 

 hairs ri^inj; from a more rigid or papilliform liase, more or Ib^s longer than the .sniairaiid thin- 

 walied globular :i-c(tUed capsule, which is .'-parst;I> pilose but sometimes glabrate at the upper 

 part: seeds glabrous : stems freely twining: root annual. 



I. I. COmmutata, Roem. & Sch. Hirsute-pubescent or glabrate: leaves (2 or 3 inches 

 long), cordate, some entire, some strongly 3-lol)ed with middle lobe ovate-lanceolate and 

 albuminate ; the lateral usually shorter and broader, sometimes again 2-lobed : peduncles 

 slender, 1^ to 3 inches long, 1-3-flowered : sepals oblong, acuminate, 5 lines long ; corolla 

 an inch or more long, purple or pink. — Syst. iv. 228 ; Choisy, 1. c. Convohulus CuroUnus, 

 L. Spec. i. I'A (Dill. Elth. 100, t. 84, fig. fW) ; Michx. Fl. i. 139. Ipomcea CanAina, Pursh, 

 ri. i. lib, not L., which is W. Indian. /. trichocarpa. Ell. .Sk. i. 2.38, wliich slightly antedates 

 the name commuiata, but is misleading, the fruit being not rarely glabrate or glabrous. — 

 Dry or low grounds, S. Carolina to Texas. 

 ^■~ I. lacunosa, L. SUghtly pubescent or hirsute, or nearly _ glabrous ; leaves as the pre- 

 ceding or less lobed, more commonly ovate-cordate and entire, conspicuously acuminate : 

 peduncles shorter : sepals commonly broader and mostly naked, except the long-ciliate 

 margins : corolla half inch or so in length, narrow-funnelform, white or with a purple 

 acutely 5-angulate border : globose capsule more turgid and pilose. — Spec. i. 161 (Dill. 1. c. 

 t. 87, fig. 102) ; Michx. 1. u. ; Ell. 1. c. Convolvulus micranllius, Riddell, Syn. Fl. W. States, 

 70. — River banks and low grounds, Penn. to Illinois, S. Carolina, and Texas. 



I. trfloba, L. Stems slender, sparsely pubescent : leaves usually glabrous, very deeply 



3-lobod or almost 3-parted ; the divisions mostly entire ; the middle ovate or lanceolate- 

 ovate with narrowed base ; the lateral semicordate ; peduncles usually elongated : sepals 

 3 lines long, oblong-ovate: corolla narrow, two-thirds inch long, resembling that of the 

 preceding, but purple. — Choisy, 1. c. 383; Chapm. Fl. 343. — Key West, Florida; perhaps 

 introduced. (Trop. Amer.) 



= ^ = ^ = Calyx only 2 lines long, naked and glabrous, shorter than the glabrous simply 

 2-ceIled thin-walled capsule: herbage glabrous throughout: root not seen. 



I. W riglltii. Stems very slender: leaves all digitately divided into 5 narrowly lanceolate 

 entire leaflets (all 12 to 18 lines long, or the lateral shorter, obtuse or acutish and mucro- 

 nulate) : peduncles slender, 1-flowered, not exceeding the petiole : sepals ovate, very obtuse, 

 equal : corolla pink or purple, narrowly fuimelform, half inch long : capsule ovoid, 4 lines 

 long: seeds globular, minutely and densely puberulent. — Texas, Wright, probably from 

 the southern part of the State. Habit of /. quinquefolia, but leaves, corolla, &c., difEerent. 

 A plant resembling it was collected by Dr. Palmer on the Yaqul River, in the north- 

 western part of Mexico, in wliich the leaves seem to be pedate, and the long filiform 

 peduncles coil in the manner of tendrils. 



I. cardioph^^lla. Very glabrous : leaves broadly cordate and with basal lobes somewhat 

 incurved, entire, acuminate, an inch or two long : peduncles mostly 1-flowered and shorter 

 than the slender petiole : sepals ovate, acute, thickish but scarious-margined, more oc. less 

 muriculate-glandular on the back: corolla purple, three-fourths inch long, campanulate- 

 f unnelform above the narrow tube, which barely equals the calyx : capsule ovoid, half 

 inch long ; the thin valves finely lineolate : seeds oval, brownish-puberulent. — ^Vestem 

 borders of Texas, in the mountains near El Paso, WriglU. In calyx and foliage considerably 

 resembling /. violacea. 



•1— -4— -}^ Stems erect or diffuse, feebly if at all twining, never creeping or even prostrate: leaves 

 or their divisions all linear or narrower and entire. 



-H- Leaves simple and entire: flowers large: root perennial, immense, weighing from 10 to 100 

 pounds. 



I. leptoph^^lla, Torr. Very glabrous : stems erect or ascending (2 to 4 feet high), and 

 with recurving slender branches : leaves linear (2 to 4 inches long, 2 or 3 lines wide), short- 

 petioled, acute : peduncles short, 1-2-flowered : calyx 3 or 4 lines long ; the sepals broadly 

 ovate, very obtuse, outer ones shorter : corolla pink-purple, funnelform, about 3 inches 

 long : capsule ovate, an inch long : seeds rusty-pubescent. — Fretn. Rep. 95, &, Emory Rep. 

 148, t. 11. Convolvulus Caddoensis, Buckley in Proc. Acad. Philad. 1862. — Plains of Ne- 

 braska and Wyoming to Texas and New Mexico : a striking and showy species, first col- 

 lected, in Long's Expedition, by Dr. E. James, who singularly mistook it for an annual. 

 Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 223. ( Convolvulus.) 



