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Type locality: Eastern Cuba. 
Distribution: Thickets, eastern Cuba. 
Specimens examined: C. Wright 8093 (co-type — G). Pinar del Rio, 
Palmer & Riley 332, 1900 (N). 
68. Ipomcea Carolina L. Sp. PI. 160. 1753. Not 7. Carolina Pursh, 
1814. 
Convolvulus minor pentaphyllus, flore purpureo minore, Catesb. Car. 2: 9. pi. 91. 
Ipomcea caroliniana Poir. Encyc. Suppl. 6: 11. 1816. 
Ipomcea heptaphylla Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. 8: 527. 1863. Not I. heptaphylla 
Rottb. & Willd. 1803. 
Quamoclit heptaphylla Maza, FI. Habanera 346. 1897. 
Leaflets 5 to 7, subspatulate, substalked, 3-8 cm. long, tapering to the base, 
apex rounded or obtuse; peduncles shorter than the petioles, 2- to 10-flowered; 
sepals subequal, elliptical to ovate, rounded or obtuse, thin, 6-8 mm. long; corolla 
3-4.5 cm. long, tubular-funnelform, the limb 5-lobed, 2-3 cm. broad, tube greenish 
below; capsules oblong. 
Type locality: Carolina, Bahamas (L.); Cuba (Griseb.). 
Distribution: Bahamas and Cuba. 
Specimens examined: Cuba; “prope villam Monte Verde & Nouvelle 
Sophie/’ C. Wright 1371, 1859 (G, Y). Calicita, Combs 509, 1895 (G); 
Matanzas, Britton & Wilson 4-1, 1903 (Y); Cayamos, Earle & Baker 24-59, 
1904 (Y); Santiago, Underwood & Earle 1674, 1903 (Y); Sagua, Britton 
& Wilson 381, 1903 (Y). Bahamas: New Providence, Britton & Brace 
180, 1904 (Y). Andros, Northrop 569, 1890 (Y); Brace 4950, 1906 (Y). 
69. Ipomcea furcyensis Urb. Symb. Ant. 3: 351. 1902. 
Leaflets 2-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, tapering to the base, the apex acuminate, 
membranaceous or chartaceous with age; peduncles 3-6 cm. long, 3- to 7-flowered; 
sepals about 10 mm. long, tinged with red, 3.5-4.5 mm. wide, the inner a little 
broader and longer, obtuse; corolla 5-6 cm. long, slightly constricted below the limb. 
Type locality: Furcy mountains, Hayti. 
Distribution: Mountains of Hayti. 
Specimens examined: La Brande to Mt. Balance, Nash & Taylor 
1789, 1905 (Y). 
70. Ipomcea horsfalliae W. Hook, in Bot. Mag. 61: pi. 3315. 1824. 
— Urb. Sym. Ant. 3: 352. 1902. 
Ipomcea pendula Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 387. 1845. Not I. pendula R. Br. 1810. 
Convolvulus horsjallice D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 1: 664. 1839. 
Coiladena hyemalis Raf. FI. Tellur. 4: 12. 1838. 
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