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Leaf-blades pedately 5-9-divided. 
Sepals equal; corolla rose-purple. 104. 
Sepals unequal; corolla cream-colored with a 
purple throat . 105. 
Stems trailing or twining. 
Corolla 15 mm. long or less; leaf-blades palmately 
divided. 106. 
Corolla 3-8 cm. long. 
Sepals attenuate-acuminate; corolla 4 cm. long. 
Foliage pubescent; segments of the leaf-blades 
entire; sepals keeled. 
Leaf-blades pilose and ciliate. 107. 
Leaf-blades finely pubescent. 108. 
Foliage glabrous; segments of the leaf-blades 
toothed. 109. 
Sepals lanceolate, acute. 
Segments of the leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate 
and obtuse. 
Corolla 3 cm. long, funnelform. 110. 
Corolla 5 cm. long, subsalverform. 111. 
Segments of the leaf-blades acute or acuminate. 
Sepals glabrous; corolla 7-8 cm. long. 112. 
Sepals setosely-hirsute; leaf-blades densely 
sericeous-pubescent. 113. 
Perennials, from tuberous-like roots. 
Leaf-blades with 5-7, linear or filiform segments. 
Corolla white, 8-10 cm. long; stems twining. 114. 
Corolla purple, 2-5 cm. long. 
Leaf-blades sessile or petioles shorter than the 
blades; peduncles shorter than the petioles. 
Sepals 5-6 mm. long, or less. 
Plant strict, the filiform leaf-segments rare¬ 
ly over 1 cm. long. 115. 
Plant lax and branching, the linear-spatu- 
late leaf-segments 1 -3 cm. long. 116. 
Sepals 7-9 mm. long; peduncles 1-3 cm. long. 117. 
Leaf-blades long-petioled; sepals unequal. 118. 
Leaf-blades entire or cuneate at the base. 
Blades with 1-2 obliquely ascending lobes at the 
base. 119. 
Blades incised-dentate at the broad apex. 120. 
103. Ipomcea temifolia Cav. Ic. 5: 52. pi. J+18. /. 1. 
DC. Prodr. 9: 353. 1845. 
Convolvulus ternijolius Spreng. Syst. 1: 613. 1825. 
Leptocallis ternata G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 260. 1838. 
Type locality : Acapulco, Mexico. 
Not known by any recent collection. 
7. costellata. 
I. painteri. 
I. wrightii. 
I. delphinifolia. 
I. leptotoma. 
I. diver gens. 
I. pedatisecta. 
I. valida. 
I. tenuildba. 
I. pilosissima. 
I. leptosiphon. 
I. muricata. 
I. patens. 
I. plummercp. 
I. lemmoni. 
I. madrensis. 
I. egregia. 
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