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Inflorescence 10 cm. long; corolla gla¬ 
brous, entirely purple; blades often 
3-lobed. 
Peduncles shorter than the leaves; sepals 
mucronulate; stems, petioles and ped¬ 
uncles finely pubescent, with weak ten¬ 
tacular-like outgrowths. 
Corolla 4-6 cm. long or longer. 
Foliage thin and glabrous; pedicels hollow and 
wand-like. 
Pedicels 2-3 cm. long; corolla 5-6 cm. long. 
Pedicels 4-6 cm. long; corolla 8-10 cm. 
long. 
Foliage firm-textured; pedicels not hollow or 
wand-like. 
Corolla white with a purple throat; ped¬ 
uncles 1-2-flowered. 
Corolla blue or purple; blades cordate-sagit¬ 
tate or cordate-hastate. 
171. I. umbraticola. 
170. 7. parasitica. 
172. I. violacea. 
173. I. pedicellaris. 
174. 7. wallii. 
175. 7. morelii. 
149. Ipomcea sagittata Lam. Illus. 1: 466. 1791. — Cav. Ic. 2: 4. 
pi. 107. 1793.— Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 372. 1845.— A. - 
Gray, Syn. FI. N. Am. 2 1 : 212. 1878. 
Convolvulus speciosus Walt. FI. Car. 93. 1788. Not C. speciosus L. f. 1781. 
Convolvulus wheeleri Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 36. 1791. 
Convolvulus formosus Gmel. Syst. 1: 343. 1796. 
Convolvulus sagittifolius Michx. FI. Bor .-Am. 1: 138. 1803. 
Ipomcea sagittaefolia Ker. Bot. Reg. pi. 486. 1820. 
Fraxima sagittifolia Raf. FI. Tellur. 4: 83. 1838. 
Ipomcea heterophylla G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 274. 1838. 
Ipomcea diversifolia F. Dietr. in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 221. 1854. 
Ipomoea speciosa Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. 18: 143. 1894.— Small, FI. 962. 1903. 
Not 7. speciosa Pers. 1805. 
Type locality: Carolina. (Walt.) 
Distribution: Marshes and fields near the coast, North Carolina to 
northern Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba and the Mediterranean region. 
150. Ipomoea polyanthes Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 234. 1819. 
Convolvulus amencanus, vulgaris folio, capsulis triquetris numerosis, Pluk. Aim 
114. pi. 167. f. 1. 
C. luteus polyanthos, Plum. Am. 88. pi. 102. 
C. polyanthos, folio subrotundo, flore luteo, Sloan. Jam. 55. 
Convolvulus umbellatus L. Sp. PI. 155. 1753.— Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 555. 1789. 
Convolvulus multiflorus Mill. Diet. No. 15. 1768. 
