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81. Ipomcea digitata L. Syst. ed. 10, 924. 1759. 
Quamoclit foliis digitatis, flore coccineo, Plum. Am. 81. 
Pal-modecca Rheed. Mai. 11: 101. 
Convolvulus paniculatus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 223. 1762.— Willd. Sp. PI. 1: 865. 1798. 
Ipomcea mauritiana Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 2:39. 1797. 
Ipomcea paniculata R. Br. Prodr. 486. 1810.— Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. 18: 150. 1894. 
Ipomcea enneloba Beauv. FI. d’Owar. 2: 69. 1807. 
Ipomcea tuberosa G. F. W. Mey. Prim. FI. Esseq. 113. 1818. Not I. tuberosa L. 
1753. 
Convolvulus roseus H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 108. 1819. 
Ipomcea quinqueloba Willd.; Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 789. 1819. 
Ipomcea pentaloba Roem. & Schult. 1. c. Index. 828. 
Batatas paniculata Choisy in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 6: 436. 1833.— In DC. Prodr. 
9: 339. 1845. (excl. syn. Willd., Spreng., Andr., Bot. Reg. 75, and Bot. Mag. 
1790.) 
Quamoclit digitata G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 75. 1838. 
Modesta paniculata Raf. FI. Tellur. 4: 260. 1838. 
Modesta congesta Raf. 1. c. 
Ipomcea baalan Montr. in Mem. Acad. Lyon 10: 238. 1860. 
Type locality : America. 
Distribution: Forests and thickets at low altitudes, circumtropical. 
Illustrations: Plum. Am. pi. 92. j. 1. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. pi. 200. 
Rheed. Mai. 11: pi. 1+9. Bot. Reg. pi. 62. Beauv. 1. c. pi. 101. Naves in 
Blanco FI. Fillip, ed. 3, Ic. pi. 32. Revue Hort. 1853. p. 20. Kemer, 
Hort. pi. 65. 
82. Ipomcea flavo-purpurea Urb. Sym. Ant. 3: 245. 1902. 
Ipomcea punctata C. Wright in Sauv. FI. Cub. 105. 1870. Not I. punctata Macf. 
1831. 
The linear-lanceolate leaf-segments minutely hispidulous and pellucid-punctate; 
petioles pilose; peduncles 1-flowered; sepals sparingly pilose, ovate-oblong, subu¬ 
late, 6-7 mm. long, corolla about 2 cm. long; capsules 4-celled; seeds lanate and 
pilose on the dorsal angles. 
Type locality : Cuba: “ En las sabanas del potrero Manati y en Casilda 
Trinidad.” 
Distribution: Cuba. 
Specimens examined: Cuba, C. Wright (without No. in Hb. Gray). 
14. Jalapae. Twining or trailing, mostly perennial vines with stout or 
woody stems below, frequently with tuberous, woody roots; sepals leathery, 
usually obtuse; corolla white, pink or purple, mostly slender-funnelform. 
