BATATAS

(Lat.), n. f. Bas-ta?'taës, Fr, batate. 1. Of C. Bauhin and Rumphius, the B. edulis. 2. Of Choisy, a genus of convolvulaceous plants, referred by Bentham and Hooker to Ipomœa, of which it constitutes a section. |B, 42, 121, 212.]—B. acetosæfolia [Choisy]. The Ipomœa carnosa. [B, 212.)—B. betacea. The beet-rooted sweet potato. [B, 172.1—B. de purga. See Batata de purga.—B. edulis [Choisy]. The Jpomea b. [B, 42, BE jalap a. The Ipomæa jalap a. [B, 42, 214.|—B. littoral is [Choisy]. The Zpomæa carnosa. [B, 212.]—B. maritima [Bofer]. The Ipomœa biloba. [B, 212.) 18. paniculata [Choisy], 3. paniculatus. The Ipomæa digit at a. [B, 212.]—B. papirin Pew The Pharbitis pubescens., 214.]—B. subtriloba [Don]. he Pharbitis pubescens, [B, 214.|—B. tuberosa [Bojer]. The © Ipomea tuberdsa of Linneus, [B, 214.]—B. xanthorrhiza [Bojer]. The Ipomeea b. [B, 212.]