Argyreia.] CI. CONVOLVULACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 185 
Sect. II. Euargyreia. Sepals from ovate to narrow-oblong, more or 
less hairy, ultimately dry. Seeds glabrous or very closely tomentose. 
* Stems twining, often extensively scandent. 
2. A. speciosa, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 373; leaves large ovate-cordate 
acute glabrous above persistently white-tomentose beneath, peduncles long, 
flowers subcapitate, bracts large ovate-lanceolate acute thin softly woolly 
deciduous, corolla-tube woolly, fruit brown-yellow stout nearly dry. Chois. 
Convolv. Or. 29, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 828; Wight Ic. t. 851; Hassk. Retzia, 
1 68 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 168; Brand. For. Fil. 343. Convolvulus 
speciosus, Linn. f. Suppl. 187; Smith Ic. Pict. t. 17; Wall. Cat. 1363. C. 
nervosus, Burm. Fl. Ind. 48, t. 20, fig. 1. Lettsomia speciosa, Roxb. Hort. 
Beng.13. L. nervosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fi. Ind. i. 488, and ed. Carey 
§ Wall. ii. 78 (not of Hort. Bot. Caic.). Ipomea speciosa, Blume Bid. 717 : 
Bot. Mag. 9446. 
Inv, alt. 0-1000 ft.; from Assam to Belgaum and Mysore; frequent in Bengal 
plain.—Disrri. Java; also from China, Mauritius, &e., cultivated. . 
Extensively climbing. Stems stout, white-tomentose. Leaves 3-12 in. diam., 
glabrous above even before unfolding ; petiole long. Peduncles usually 3-6 in., stout, 
White-tomentose ; outer bracts 14 in. Corolla 2-3 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, rosy. 
F i å in, diam., globose, apiculate ; sepals ultimately % in. diam., ovate, coriaceous, 
woolly, 
3. A. argentea, Chois. Convolv. Or. 36, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330; 
leaves ovate-cordate acute hairy above persistently white-silky beneath, corymbs 
Peduncled dense or subcapitate, bracts narrow mostly inconspicuous, corolla 
iry without, berry nearly black, fruiting sepals thin lanceolate subpatent. 
Lettsomia argentea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 489, and ed. Carey 
* Wall. ii. 79. Convolvulus argenteus, Wall. Cat. 1364. 
Bencat Piar; frequent, extending to Assam and Chittagong. Kuasia Mrs., 
alt. 4000 ft., HAG T. 
A large climber. Leaves 3-6 in., closely pilose above ultimately subglabrous, 
;_4Y subtomentose beneath; petiole long. Peduncles 2-5 in.; eorymbs small, or 
€; bracts 3 by 4 in., in the Khasia plant larger subpersistent. Corolla 2 ìn., 
tubular-funnel-shaped, with many spreading simple lax hairs without, rose-purple. 
erry $ in. diam., globose ; sepals ultimately $ by à in., subpatent, or in one example 
ovate subobtuse coriaceous. . . 
AR. venusta; indumentum less silvery ultimately thin. A. venusta, Chois. 
Convoly, Or, 36, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330. Convolvulus festivus, Wall. Cat. 1414, 
hot Argyreia festiva, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. Argyreia sp., n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & 1. 
—Pzer, Wallich, McLelland, &c. BewGAr; Furidpore, Clarke.— DisTRIs. Ava. 
4. A. Roxburghii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 37, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330, 
most syns, excl. - leaves ovate-cordate acute softly patently villous on both sur- 
aces, peduncles equalling the petioles, corymbs dense, bracts narrow, sepals 
~} in, elliptic-lanceolate.. Convolvulus Roxburghii, Wall. Cat. 1415. 
Nzrpar, Wallich ; Sixxim Teras, Clarke. Assam, Jenkins. a 
ben 4768 hardly shining. Peduncles 2 in., shorter than in A. argentea, which it very 
“osely resembles, | 
Cym AR. ampla; innovations white silky, leaves large ultim 
Petiol. lax irregularly compound, one or more of the outer 
amni ed, Argyreia ampla, Chois. Convolv. Or. 38, and in DC. Prodr. 
Plus, Wall. Cat. 1420. —The common form. 
5 A. Hookeri, C/arke; leaves large cordate-ovate acute glabrescent or 
mewhat hairy beneath, peduncles very long, cymes dichotomous few-flowered, 
ately sparsely hairy, 
bracts P ften leaflike 
ix. Convolvulus 
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