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Argyreia. | CI. CONVOLVULACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 187 
9. A. Wallichii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 39, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 331; 
leaves large ovate-cordate acute glabrous wrinkled above persistently tomentose 
beneath, peduncles very short, flowers capitate, bracts large persistent outer 
thinner often nerved. Convolvulus erythrocarpus, Wall. Cat. 1413. Lettsomia 
nervosa, Hort. Bot. Calc. and Herb. Wight, not of Roxb. 
Suxxm Terar; Clarke,—Disrrrs. Ava. . 
A large climber. Leaves 4-10 in., upper surface wrinkled by the impressed 
secondary nerves; petiole 2-4 in. Peduncles 0-1 in.; heads 1-3 in. diam., dense, 
many-fid.; outer bracts 1 in. and upwards, ovate-oblong. Sepals 2-3 in., elliptic- 
oblong. Corolla 1} in., tubular-infundibuliform, hirsute, white tinged rose. Capsule 
4 in., depressed globose, becoming (together with the interior of the sepals) red, or 
(in the Sikkim example) a glistening white. . 
VAR. coriacea; leaves more leathery, sepals more leathery densely hairy not 
nerved, capsule red.—Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 feet, common; J. D. H., Treutler, &e. 
Upper Assam ; Jenkins. 
10. A. populifolia, Chois. Convolv. Or. 32, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 329; 
leaves ovate acuminate base shallowly cordate or rounded glabrous or sparingly 
hairy beneath, peduncles shorter than the leaves, flowers subcapitate, bracts 
romment linear-lanceolate persistent, sepals small subequal ovate obtuse. 
pomea zeylanica, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 482, t. 178, fig. 1; Moon Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 
14, not Argyreia zeylanica, Kurz. Convolvulus festivus, Wall. Cat. 1414, the 
eylon material only. Rivea zeylanica var. a only, Thwaites Enum. 209, 
many syn. excl. 
Ceyton ; common; Walker, &c. 0n 
A large twiner, sparingly grey pilose or glabrate. Leaves 2-5 in. diam., long- 
Peüoled. = Peduncles 1-7 in., usually exceeding the petioles; bracts numerous Ly in., 
zParingly grey-pilose or glabrate. Sepals ł in., hardly largerin fruit. Corolla 2 in., 
funnel-shaped, rose-purple, hairy on the plaits without, ultimately nearly glabrescent. 
Berry 3-4 in. diam., dusky, pulpy. . h 
AR. Thwaitesii; leaves elliptie acute base rounded sparsely hirsute beneath, 
bracts elliptic oblong.—Ceylon ; Colombo, Thwaites (C. P. n. 1943.) LL 
AR. fastigiata ; corymbs many-fid., close not capitate. Convolvulus fastigiatus, 
Wall. Cat. 2258, not of Roxb, Ipomea fastigiata, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 380, the 
vengal plant, nët of Sweet.—Bengal (Choisy). The type (in Wallich s Herbarium), 
18 a plant from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and looks altogether like A. populifolia 
cultivated. A powerful twiner; stems sparsely hairy. Leaves 4 in., shallowly 
cordate, ovate, subacute, glabrous above, sparingly hairy beneath ; . petiole 2 in. 
uncles 3-8 in. strigose; corymbs 2-4 in. diam.; bracts 1 by } in., lanceolate, 
Persistent, a few outer sometimes leaflike and petioled. Sepals } in. ovate, obtuse, 
Pressed villous. Corolla 21 in. and upwards, tubular-funnel-shaped, hairy without, 
Tose-purple, Fruit not seen. 
ll. A. involucrata, Clarke; leaves ovate acuminate sparingly hairy 
or glabrescent, peduncles shorter than the leaves, flowers subcapitate, bracts 
arge oblong persistent, sepals subequal ovate-lanceolate acuminate.—Argyrela 
n 23, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
Da ESTERN Deccan Pentnsvra; Concan and Bababoodan Hills, Law; Bombay, 
eet, . . 
A large twiner. Leaves 7} by 4: in., usually more elongate than 4. populifolia, 
base rounded or shallowly cordate. + peduncles 2-6 in.; bracts 1 by à T: sparingly 
ary, flat. Sepals } in., often caudate, margins scarious. Corolla and fra ory 
mi à A. populifolia.— Leaves in one example of Dalzell’s narrower, 5 by 1} in., 
omboid 
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^R. inequalis; bracts large some attaining 2 by $ in., two outer sepals muc. 
longer than the inner, corolla exceeding 3j in.—The Concan, Stocks. Distrib. 
