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many-flowered, corymbiform, peduncled : peduncle equalling or exceeding the petiole ; sepals 

 otlong, blnnt, bluiitish or mucronulate, the interior one-third as long as the corolla, the 

 a, exterior much shorter ; -corolla white ; " capsule ellipsoidal, usually 1-seeded by abortion : 

 seed pubescent."— A'?, t. 91. f. 1. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 24.— I. cymosa, Lindl. {nan R. S.). 

 —Longer sepals 4"'-5"', corolla 1" long, odorous ; capsule " 5-valved " (5/.).— Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Dist., Jl., Wullschl., Wils., March ; [Cuba I, Haiti I ; Mexico 1 to Panama I]. 



15., I. cyanautha, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous ; leaves cordate-oblong, bluntish, entire or 

 repand ; peduncles 1-flowered, jointed at the middle, exceeding the petiole ; sepals otlong, 

 blunt, one-fifth as long as the corolla, the 2 exterior shorter; corolla blue : limb 5-lobed; 

 capsule ellipsoidal,- 2-celled : seeds (immature) pubescent, villous at the margin. — Stem her- 

 baceous, twining ; leaves 4"-2" long, %"-%" broad : petiole 10"'-6"', peduncles 18"'-8"' long ; 

 laa-ger sepals S"' long, appressed to the capsule ; corolla " fine-blue " (Pd.), a"-24" long : 

 cylindrical part as long as the calyx, campanulate part below the infundibular limb 8"'-10"' 

 diam., expanded limb nearly 2" diam. : its lobes shortly deltoid ; anthers straight ; stigma- 

 lobes roundish ; capsule 6'" long, 4-seeded : seeds angular-oblong, black : down pale, mar- 

 ginal hairs perhaps growing into cotton. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wullschl., in the mountains 

 of S. Andrews, Manchester. . 



16. I. violacea, L. Glabrous ; leaves cordate-roundish, pointleted, entire or sinuate- 

 repand ; cymes few-flowered or shortly trichotomous, peduncled : peduncle exceeding the 

 petiole, thickish ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, subequal, one-eighth to one-sixteenth 

 as long as the corolla i corolla purple; capsule ellipsoidal," 2-celled : seeds (immature) 

 puberulous, "glabrate." — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 93./. 1. SI. t. 98./. 1. — Pharbitis, Boj. — 

 AUied to I, variabilis, Chois., which has longer sepals. Sepals 2"'-3"', less leathery than 

 in the allied species, membranaceous at the margin, glabrous ; corolla 2'.'-2i" long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Al. ; [Venezuela !]. 



17. I- setosa, Mndl. Branches and petioles hirsute with flexuose, recurved hairs 

 leaxes large, cordate-Z-lohed, glabrous or glabrescent : lobes broadly ovate, sinuate-dentate 

 cymes peduncled : peduncle exceeding the petiole : pedicels clavate ; sepals ovate-oblong, 

 blunt, mucronulate, one-eighth to one-tenth as long as the corolla, 2 exterior shorter 

 corolla purple, campanulate to the middle, broadly infundibular above it ; ovary 2-celled 

 seeds (immature) glabrous. — Bot. Reg. t. 335 ; corolla not quite, but leaves perfectly 

 agreeing, they- are similar to those of the grape. — Sepals 3"'-4"', corolla 2"-2i" long, often 

 3'' diam. at the summit. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, perhaps introduced; [Brazil]. 



** Ovary ^-celled at the summit, l-celled below it; seeds bearing wool. 



18. I. digitata, L. Glabrous ; leaves palmatifid, usually much beyond the^iddle : 

 lobes 7-5 (-3), oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate, entire ; cymes many(-few)-fl6wered : pe- 

 duncle exceeding the petiole; sepals oval, blunt, concave, about one-sixth as long as the 

 corolla; corolla rosy; capsule 2-celled, except at the summit : seeds bearing cotton-like, 

 aerial and terminal wool, glabrous between it. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 92. /. 1. Jacq. 

 Schoenbr. t. 200. — t. mauritiana, Jacq. I. paniculata, R. Br. (Convolvulus, L., Batatas, 

 Chois,). I. tuberosa, Mey.Esseq.l {nonL.). — Koot tuberiferous, "drastic;" sepals 4'", 

 corolla 2!'-14" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti and Panama ! to Guiana I ; trop. 

 Africa ! and Asia I]. 



19. I. jalapa, Pursh. Branchlets pubescent or glabrate ; leaves cordate-roundish, 

 entire (or " sinuate-lobed "), puberulous above, hoary-tomentose beneath; pedimcles 3-] - 

 flowered ; sepals ovate, blunt, one-twelfth to one-ninth as long as the corolla ; coroUa rosy 

 (or " white ") ; " seeds woolly : wool long, spreading along the 'margin."— Jnn. Mus. 2. 

 t. 40. — Convolvulus, i. Batatas, Chois. — Sepals 4'", corolla 4"-3" long. — Hab. S. Vin- 

 cent!, Guild.; [southern United States ; Mexico 1 to Brazil ; East Indies!]. 



20. I. carnea, Jacq. Branches pubescent ; leaves cordate-roundish, pointleted, entire, 

 glabrescent above, puberulous beneath ; cymes spreading, peduncled ; sepals roundish, one- 

 sixteenth to one-twelfth as long as the corolla '; corolla white or rosy ; ovary 4-cened above 

 the middle ; seeds woolly : wool long, spreading along the margin, shorter and subappressed 

 along two middle lines. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 25. — Oonvolvnlus pareirifolius, Berter. ! (Ba- 

 tatas, Chois.). — Sepals 3'", corolla 3"-4" long; marginal wool of the seeds 5'" long, as long 

 as their longitudinal diam. — Hab. Jmm\<:&\, Bancr., March ; [Venezuela!]. 



