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Dickondra, Forst. 
508. D. repens, Forst. — Monkey’s Ears ; grows wild and is very 
common ; quite a weed about roadsides, banks, &c. H. E. Alt. o 8 
to 5. — Hab. Tropics generally, and probably a native of St. Helena. 
Ipomaea, Linn. 
504. I. coccinea, Linn.— Small red Convolvulus ; grows in gar- 
dens; rare. Seeds well. — Hab. West Indies. 
505. I. Qmamoclit, Linn. — Small scarlet T pom sc a ; grows in 
gardens ; rare. Seeds well.. Bot. Mag. 244. Hab. E. Indies. 
506. I. bona-nox, Linn. — Night-blooming white-flowered Ipo- 
msea ; grown in gardens, cultivated and rare. Seeds well. Bot. 
Mag. 752. — Hab. West Indies. 
507. I. palmata, Forsk. — Generally known at St. Helena as the 
Egyptian Bindweed. Alt. 3'6. It grows wild, and is common in the 
roadside hedges, where it climbs and festoons tbe aloe steins and 
other plants, its purple blossoms making it one of tbe prettiest of 
the wild plants. It flowers very abundantly, but seldom seeds, and 
is propagated by cuttings. 
508. I. sp. ? — This small Iponnea grows wild in St. Paul s 
churchyard. Its flowers are very like those of the Sweet Potato. 
Pare. Alt. 4. 
Pharbitis, Chois. 
509. P. Learii, Lindl. — This large blue Convolvulus is very 
common and much cultivated for its beauty, both on the high and 
the low lands, growing and flowering freely at C. to H. L. Alts. 
'5 and 3 '4. It was introduced from Ascension about ten yeais ago, 
and, when subsequently lost at that Island, was re-established there 
by seeds from St. Helena. Bot. Mag. 3928.— Hab. Buenos Ayres. 
78. CoRDIACEiE. 
Cordia, Linn. 
510. C. macrophylla, Linn. — Mentioned by Roxburgh as 
growing in the Island to a tree sixty feet in height.— Hab. West 
Indies. 
511. C. Sebestena, Linn. — Scarlet Cordia; grows in the Castle 
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