256 
villi. Bracteas and sepals villous outside. Corolla 2 inches 
long, rose-coloured ; inside of the tube a bright red. 
Roxburgh’s Argyreia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub tw. 
15 A. Marasa’rica (Choisy, l. c. p. 420.) stem downy ; 
leaves roundish-cordate, acute, glabrous, or furnished with a few 
scattered hairs on both surfaces; peduncles about equal to, or 
exceeding the leaves, many-flowered at the apex ; sepals lanceo- 
late, acute, exterior ones larger, and clothed with hoary villi, 
with revolute edges. b.^*. S. Native of Coromandel, Malabar, 
Mysore, Cochinchina, Java.  Convólvulus Malabáricus, Lin. 
spec. 221. Willd. spec. 1. p. 857. Ipomæ'a Malabarica, Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 235.  Kattu-Kalengu, Rheed. mal. 11. 
p. 105. t. 51. Petioles villous. Leaves paler beneath, 3-4 
inches long, and the same in breadth. Peduneles trifid, villous. 
Flowers rather small; the bottom of the bell deep purple; 
throat pink, with the edges paler, almost white, and slightly 10- 
lobed. Desrousseaux and Blum. say, that the peduncles are 
1-3-flowered ; the flowers cream-coloured, with a purple bottom. 
Malabar Argyreia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 
16 A. A'uPLA (Choisy, l. c.) leaves ovate-roundish, somewhat 
cordate at the base, short-acuminated at the apex, clothed with 
woolly tomentum on both surfaces while young, but when old 
nearly glabrous; peduncles very short, umbellately many-flowered ; 
bracteas linear-lanceolate, villous; sepals equal, linear-lanceo- 
late, hairy outside. h.%.S. Native of Nipaul. Convólvulus 
ámplus, Wall. cat. no. 1420. Stem fistular, villously tomentose 
while young. Leaves 6 inches long, and about the same in 
breadth. Umbels 4-6-flowered. Corolla 21 inches long, showy, 
glabrous. 
Large-leaved Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
17 A. Warrícnir (Choisy, l. c. 421.) leaves ovate or lanceo- 
late, hardly cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, gla- 
brous and wrinkled above, nerved and clothed with white tomen- 
tum beneath; peduncles almost wanting, many-flowered ; brac- 
teas permanent, linear-lanceolate, rather villous; sepals linear- 
lanceolate: exterior ones the longest. h.^. S. Native of the 
Burman Empire, on mount Taong Dong. Convólvulus erythro- 
carpus, Wall. cat. no. 1413.  Petioles villous, 4-6 inches long. 
Leaves length of petioles. Flowers 3-4 in a fascicle, nearly ses- 
sile. Berry red. 
Wallich’s Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
18 A.? rawcEOLA' TA (Choisy, l. c.) clothed with cinereous, 
silky down; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, and 
blackish, clothed with silky, silvery down beneath; flowers soli- 
tary, nearly sessile; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, clothed with 
silky hairs outside. 5.^. S. Native of Martaban and Tavoy, 
in the East Indies. Convélvulus argyrophyllus, Wall. cat. no. 
1395. Leaves 24 inches long, and 3-5 lines broad. Corolla 
tubularly campanulate, an inch long, purple, hairy outside. 
Lanceolate-leaved Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
19 A.? uórLiIs (Choisy, l. c.) stem glabrous, or hardly downy ; 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, hairy above, and blackish, but clothed 
with silvery-silky down beneath; peduncles equal in length to 
the petioles, many-flowered ; flowers umbellate ; bracteas invo- 
lucrating the flowers, ovate-obtuse ; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
hairy outside. 5.^. S. Native of the Prince of Wales Island. 
Convólvulus móllis, Burm. ind. 44. t. 17. Convolv. sericeus, 
Lin. mant. p. 43. — Convolv. gracilis, Sal. prod. 124.? Ipomze'a 
sericea, Blum. bijdr. p. 720.  Lettsómia hispida, Hook. mss. 
Leaves 2-3 inches long. Peduncles hoary, 3-6-flowered. Co- 
rolla 2 inches long, pur  , beset with long white hairs outside. 
-~ Berry red. Convolvucus Kütion, and C. KleiniQna, Herb mus. 
par. is probably referril'e to this species. 
Soft Argyreia. Fl? Clt.? Shrub tw. 
20 A. nitipa (Choisy, l. c. p. 422.) clothed with silvery-silky 
villi ; leaves ovate-elliptic, acute, silky on both surfaces, blackish 
CONVOLVULACE. 
III. ARGYREIA. 
above, and silvery beneath ; peduncles very short, 2-3-flowered, 
but usually 1-flowered; bracteas small, linear-lanceolate; sepals 
acute, outer ones the longest. 5. ^. S. Native of the East 
Indies and Philippine Islands. Convolvulus nítidus, Desr. in 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 544. Leaves 3 inches long, and 2 broad, 
sometimes furnished with fascicles of smaller ones in the axils of 
the older ones. Petioles 1-2 inches long. Corolla inflated, 
tubular, 2 inches long, coarctate at the base, clothed with silky 
hairs outside; limb spreading a little. 
Shining Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
21 A. Guicuendti (Choisy, l. c. p. 423.) clothed with silvery 
down; leaves ovate-cordate, quite glabrous above, clothed with 
adpressed down beneath; peduncles shorter than the leaves, 
commonly 3-flowered; sepals clothed with silky-silvery down: 
outer ones ovate-orbicular: inner ones smaller, ovate-oblong. 
b.. S. Native of the islands of Timor and Java. Ipome'a 
pülehra, Blum. bijdr. p. 716. Leaves acute, cordate at the 
base, 3-5 inches Jong, and 1-3 broad. Corolla tubularly funnel- 
shaped, fine red, silky outside; limb obtuse, 5-lobed. 
Guichenot's Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
22 A. capita‘ra (Choisy, l. c.) clothed with strigose hairs; 
leaves cordate-ovate, acuminated, hairy on both surfaces; hairs 
glandular at the base; peduncles exceeding the petioles ; 
flowers capitate; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, involucrate, hairy, 
as well as the sepals, which are linear-lanceolate. h. ^. S. 
Native of Silhet, Goalpara, Tavoy, Madras, &e. Convólvulus 
capitifórmis, Poir. ency. suppl. 3. p. 469. Convolvy. capitatus, 
Vahl, symb. 3. p. 28. Ipome'a capitàta, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 238.  Lettsómia strigósa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 80. 
Ipome'a trichótoma, Blum. bijdr. p. 717. Convélvulus strigó- 
sus, Roxb. herb. Leaves 2-5 inches long, and 1-3 broad. Co- 
rola 1-2 inches long, rose-coloured or purple, hairy outside. 
Berry red, 4-seeded, round. 
Var. (3, conférta (Choisy, l. c. p. 424.) peduncles very short, . 
crowded on the tops of the branches, forming long, hairy spikes; 
bracteas and sepals smaller than in the species. b. ^. S. Na- 
tive of the Burman empire, on mount Taong Dong. Convélvu- 
lus hirsutissimus, Wall. cat. no. 1400. 
Capitate Argyreia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 
23 A. BAnBiÍcERA (Choisy, l. c. p. 424.) clothed with ad- 
pressed hairs; leaves cordate, acuminated ; clothed with strigose 
hairs on both surfaces, but particularly beneath ; peduncles ex- 
ceeding the petioles, stiff, many-flowered ; flowers capitate ; 
bracteas ovate, very blunt, surrounding the pedicels and flowers; 
sepals like the bracteas, but more strigose. ^.^. S. Native 
of the Burman empire, at Prome.  Convólvulus bárbiger, Wall. 
cat. no. 1404.  Lettsómia strigósa, Roxb. hort. beng., but 
hardly of fl. ind. Hairs on the petioles and peduncles spread- 
ing. Corolla purple, hairy outside. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 
and 1-2 broad. 
Beard-bearing Argyreia. Shrub twining. 
Secr. II. Scuizan’ruus (from oyw, schizo, to cut; 
and avSoc, anthos, a flower; the corolla is 5-cleft.) Corolla 5- 
cleft, or 5-parted at the apex. Stamens exserted. 
24 A. serosa (Choisy, l. c. p 425.) clothed with adpressed 
hairs; leaves cordate-ovate, or cordate-roundish, acuminated, 
quite glabrous above, and beset with adpressed strigze beneath ; 
peduncles exceeding the petioles, stiff, corymbosely . many- 
flowered; bracteas compassing the flowers and pedicels, reni- 
formly orbicular, very obtuse ; sepals very strigose outside ; 
ovate, orbicular, obtuse. h.%™.S. Native of Sukanagur and 
Lower Nipaul, as well as of the island of Timor. Ipome'a 
strigósa, Roth, nov. spec. p. 113. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
242. Lettsómia setósa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 80. Convólvulus 
strigosus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 600.  Convólvulus setdsus, Roxb. 
