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SI. i. 130./. 1 ; the form with broader leaves.— Sepals l"'-li"', at length 2'", corolla 6"' 

 long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, IXst., Wat,, Pd., Wils., March, in savannahs 

 and along the coast; [Haiti !, Portorico 1]. 



Sect. 3. SmopHOCAULOS, Von.— Stigmas filiform. — Stem herbaceous^ twining; ovary in 

 our species supported by a cupuliforra disk. 



51. C. uodiflorusj Desc. Pubescent or tomentose ; leaves ovate, raucrooatCj repand 

 or entire; pedicels faseicled : peduncle short ; sepals small, membranaceous, ovate-rouridish. 

 Hunt, one-sixth as long as the corolla, subequal ; corolla white : limb repand ; capsule 

 8-4-valved : seeds glabrous, rugulose, margined with » naiTow wiug. — Allied to the pre-- 

 cediug, but stigmas filiform, as in 0. arvensis. Sepsds 1"', coroUa 6'" long. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, Al., March ; Trinidad I, Or. ; [Cuba I to BrazE]. 



&. EVOLVULUS, L. 



Calyx 5 -leaved. • Corolla rotate-infimdibular. Ovary 3-ceIled, 4-ovulate: styles 3, dis- 

 tinct, 3-partite. Capsule 4-2-valved : valves seceding from the dissepiment. — Stem not 

 twining ; leaves entire ; peduncles axillary, rarely paniculate, l—few-fiowered, %-bracteo- 

 late, below the summit; seeds glabrous. 



53. E. arbuscula, Poir*: Dwarfish-shrubby, slender, branched, sericeous ; leaves small, 

 sessile, lanceolate, pointed ; peduncles 1-flowered, racemose ; sepals elliptical-lanceolate, one-half 

 to one-third as long as the bright-blue corolla. — Snt. Mag. t. 4303. — E. purpuro-casruleus, 

 Hook. I E. canus, Spreng. ! in PI. Berter. — 1'-3' high ; stem i"'-l"' thick ; leaves 1'"- 

 gj'", sepals 1'", corolla 3"'-3"' long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, Pd., on arid, 

 maritime rocks, Manchester ; [Cuba I, Haiti !]. 



■^ 53. E. sericeus, /S'w, Herbaceous, csespitose, sericeous; leaves subsessile, lanceolate- 

 linear or lanceolate, acuminate or mucrouulate ; peduncles 1-flowered, much exceeded by 

 the leaves (rarely equalling them) ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, little exceeded by 

 the white or pale-blue corolla. — SI. t. 99./. 3. Br. Jam. ^^10./. 3. — Spithameous ; leaves 

 6"'-10"', sepals 14"'-3"', corolla a"'-3''' long.— Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, 

 Wullschl., in arid sand ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Trinidad I, Lockh. ; [Haiti ! ; Texas ! to 

 Montevideo]. 



» 54. E. linifolins, L. Annual, pilose ; leaves subsessile, lanceolate (or oblong-lanceo- 

 late), pointed; peduncles filiform, l(-"3 'O-Aowered, inflexed above the bracts, twice as 

 long as the leaves ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, little exceeded by the pale-blue or white 

 corolla.— Br. Jam. t. 10./ 3.— 1' high; leaves 12"'-4"', sepals li"'-l"', coroUa 3"'-14"' 

 long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, M'Nab, Pd., Wullschl., in arid pastures ; 

 [Mexico ! to Venezuela I ; trop. Africa !, Asia ! and Australia !J. 



^^55. E. alsinoides, Z. Saflrutesoeut, diffuse, pilose, sericeous or glabrescent ; leaves 

 shortly petioled, obloilg-lanceolate, eUiptical-oblong, or lanceolate; peduncles 3-1 (-5)- 

 flowered ; sepals ova^e''-lanceolate, acuminate, half as long as the corolla. — Very variable'; 

 sepals 14"'-1"', coroUa 3"'-2"' long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh., Or.; [all tropical conn- 

 tries]. 



56. E. villosus, B. P. Herbaceous, pilose ; leaves shortly petioled', ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; peduncles filiform, 3— 1-flowered ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, half as long as 

 the blue corolla.— R. P. Fl. Peruv. t. 353. 5.— Sepals 14"'-2"', coroUa 3"'-4"' long.— 

 Hab. S. Kitts ! ; [Mexico to Peru]. 



57. E. mucronatus, Sw. Procumbent, csespitose, sericeous-glabrescent ; leaves 

 shortly petioled, oval, oval-roundish or lanceolate-elliptical, mucronate; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered ; sepais ovate-lanceolate, pointed, or shortly acuminate, one-third as long as the 

 white or pale-blue corolla. — E. glabriusculus, Ohois. {ex specim. Berter). — Sepals 1"'-14"', 

 corolla 8"'-4"' long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Hjalmars., Turk islands; Jamaica!, Bancr., 

 March; Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Portorico! to Peru]. 



58. E. nummularius, L. Procumbent, diffuse, glabrescent or pilose t leaves petioled, 

 orbicular or oval-orbicular, snbcordate at the base, rounded or retuse at the top ; peduncles 

 1-flowered, exceeded by the small leaves; sepals oblong, bluntish, half as long as the white 



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