186 CI. CONVOLVULACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Argyreia. 
bracts caducous, sepals ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, berry dusky succulent com- 
letely 4-celled. A. populifolia, Chots. in DC. Prodr. ix. 329; and C. mala- 
barieus, Wall. Cat. 1414 B; the Goalpara plant only, 
Assam, Hamilton, Stxxm HrMALAYA, alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., &e. 
BuoraN, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. . . 
A large climber, ultimately glabrescent; innovations villous or sometimes shin- 
ing, subsericeous. Leaves 4-9 in., larger deeply cordate ; petiole long. Peduncles 
31-2 in.; bracts } in., narrow, caducous. Sepals l in.; in fruit larger, acute. 
Corolla 2-24 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, sparsely hairy without, rose-coloured. Berry 
8 in. diam., globose.—Convolvulus peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 1417, from Ava, 1s ex. 
ceedingly like A. Hookeri; but in it the fruiting sepals are } in., orbicular and 
coriaceous. 
6. A. splendens, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 373; leaves elliptic acuminate 
base rhomboid or rounded glabrous above silky-white beneath, corymbs 
peduncled, bracts caducous, corolla-plaits hairy without, capsule papery 
scarlet. Lettsomia splendens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. 1. 487, and 
ed Carey $ Wall. i. 75; Wall. Cat. 1361. Tpomea splendens, Bot. Mag. 
t. 2628. 
Kuasia Mrs.; Griffith. Currracone ; Roxburgh; at Seetakoond, H. f. § T. 
A large climber. Leaves 7 by 4 in., never cordate ; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 1-4 
in., few- or many-flowered. Sepals } in., ovate, obtuse, closely tomentose. Corolla 
1j in., tubular-campanulate, rose-coloured. Fruit (with the sepals) as of A. W allichit. 
—Convolvulus Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 6607, from Cochin-China, is closely allied, 
but the leaves are elliptic and ovate subcordate. 4. acuta, Lour. (Chois. m ^v 
Prodr. xix. 333) is exceedingly near, but has the corymbs slenderer, smaller flowers, 
and sepals elliptic-oblong with adpressed silvery hairs. 
7. &. obtecta, Clarke; leaves elliptic or oblong acute at both ends pilos 
above silky-strigose beneath, peduncles short, bracts caducous, sepals sho 
ovate obtuse, corolla hirsute without, capsule papery red. Convolvulus © 
tectus, Wall. Cat. 1410. Rivea? obtecta, Chois. Convolv. Or. 28, and in DC. 
Prodr. ix. 326. 
" we PzewiNsUVLA; Tavoy and Amherst, Wallich; Mergui, Griffith ; Tenasserim. 
elfer. ; 
A large climber. Leaves 5 by 2} in. beneath tawny or whiteish ; petiole qin 
Peduncles 4-14 in. Flower and fruit nearly as in A. splendens, but sepals and eo an 
more hirsute. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled.— Known from A. splendens by the sho 
petioles, from 4. lanceolata by the peduncled corymbs. A 
VAR. obtusifolia ; leaves obtuse almost emarginate.  Tavoy; Griffith. — yi 
example in Herb. Wight, named by him Convolvulus laurifolius. This may be. h 
obtusifolia, Lour. (Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 333), of which the fragments at the Britis 
Museum consist of branchlets, fruits, and a fragment of one leaf. 
8. A. lanceolata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 39, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 99 : 
leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate pilose above shining silky beneath, flowers 
axillary subsessile 1-3 together, bracts inconspicuous, sepals elongate-oblong; 
corolla hairy without. Convolvulus argyrophyllus, Wall. Cat. 1396. 
Maray Peninsuta; Martaban and Tavoy, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish; Tenas- 
serim or Andamans, Helfer. 
Stems twining, slender. Leaves 5 by $ in., or shorter and broader, base cuneate 
or rounded ; petiole $ in. Sepals 3 by Pin. oblong or lanceolate. Corolla Mag 
tubular-campanulate. Capsule } in., globose, thin, not red (but unripe).— The 0028 
and corymbs are sometimes like those of 4. obtecta, from which it is distinguish 
by the elongate sepals, 
