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Specimens examined: Cuba; Combs 656, 1895 (Y); Curtiss 685, 1905 
(Y); Britton, Britton & Shafer 50.5, 1903 (Y). Guadeloupe; Duss 3502, 
189P-95 (Y). 
57. Ipomcea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 251. 1819. 
Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 562. 1789. 
Ipomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 233. 1819. 
Convolvulus flagelliformis Roxb. FI. Ind. 2: 68. 1824. 
Amphione asarifolia Raf. FI. Tellur. 4: 79. 1838. 
Ipomoea flagelliformis Steud. Nom. Ed. 2, 816. 1841. 
Ipomoea urbica Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 349. 1845. 
Ipomoea latifolia Mart. & Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. XII. 2: 266. 1845. 
Ipomoea nymphecefolia Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 203. 1866. Not I. nymphioefolia Blume, 
1826. 
Ipomoea grisebachii Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 63: 107. 1894. 
Ipomoea vogelii Baker in Kew Bull. 71. 1894. 
Ipomoea repens Baker & Rendle in Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 172. 1905. (excl. syn.) 
Not I. repens Roth, 1819. 
Leaf-blades orbicular-ovate, 10 cm. broad or broader, cordate, acute, entire; 
peduncles 1- to 5-flowered; sepals unequal, 8-10 mm. long, obtuse, corolla 6-8 cm. 
long, purple. 
Type locality: Senegal, Africa. 
Distribution: Sandy fields and shores, tropical Africa, Asia, West 
Indies and gulf coast of Mexico. 
Illustrations: Wight, II. pi. 887. 
Specimens examined: Cuba; Wright 3089 (C), Shafer 527, 1903 (Y); 
Britton & Wilson 359, 1903 (Y); Wilson 1167, 1904 (Y). Isle of Pines, 
Curtiss 219, 1903-04 (Y). Jamaica; Harris 9826, 1907 (Y). Mexico: 
Chiapas, Caec. & Ed. Seler 1802, 1896 (G). 
58. Ipomoea pes-caprse (L.) Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. 109. 1821. 
Convolvulus marinus seu Soldanella, Piso & Marcgraf. Hist. Nat. Braz. 1: 51. 
1648. 
C. foliis subrotundis apice emarginatis basi integris, Roy. Lugdb. 428. 
C. maritimus zeylandicus, folio crasso cordiformi, Herm. Lugdb. 174. 
Schoranna Adamboe, Rheed. Mai. 11: 117. 
C. marinus catharticus, folio rotundo, flore purpureo, Plum. Am. 89. 
Convolvulus pes-caprce L. Sp. PI. 159. 1753. 
Convolvulus brasiliensis L. 1. c. 
Ipomoea biloba Forsk. FI. Aegypt.-Arab. 44. 1775. 
Convolvulus maritimus Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 550. 1789. 
