190 Ct. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Argyreia. 
4 T.n.22 have the leaves densely hairy, almost shaggy, fulvous beneath; while 
here those of n. 24 are strigose green beneath; both have very acute sepals. 
20. A. Lawii, Clarke; leaves elliptic acute base rhomboid or rounded 
softly strigose on both surfaces, peduncles elongated, cymes small dense, bracts 
narrowly oblong, sepals 1 in. ovate obtuse.—A rgyreia n. 28, Herb. Ind. Or. H. 
f. & T. 
The Concan and Maranan, Bababoodan Hills, Law, &c. . 
Scandent, subsericeous. Leaves 4 by 2 in., whiter beneath; petiole 1-2 in. 
Peduncles 2-5 in., silky, white, slenderer than in the foregoing species; bracts $ by $ 
in. Cyme dichotomous 3-9-fid., with one in the fork; flowers subsessile. Corolla 
2 in. and upwards, tubular-campanulate, hairy without. Fruit not seen.—Appears 
closely allied to A. Choisyana, but the sepals differ widely. 
21. A. Choisyana, Wight ms.; leaves subcordate elliptic-oblong hairy 
on both surfaces, peduncles 1—3-fld. shorter than the leaves, bracts narrowly 
oblong, sepals 3-3 in. elliptic-lanceolate acuminate. Batatas Choisyana, Wight 
Ic. t. 491. 
Mapnas; Balaghaut Hills, Wight. 
A twiner, patently hirsute. Leaves 2 by 1 in., subobtuse, densely strigose above, 
silky somewhat shining beneath; petiole 3-3 in. Peduncles 1-2 in., hirsute, often 
with 1 or 2 silky shining subfoliaceous bracts remote from the flowers ; proper bracts 
3 by din. Corolla nearly 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, hirsute without. Ovary 4- 
celled. Fruit not seen.—Neither the leaves, flowers, ovary or bracts of this species 
resemble those of Ipomea atropurpurea to which Choisy (in DC. Prodr. ix. 366) has 
reduced it. 
Var. ? Wightii; leaves rhomboid at the base glabrous above sparsely strigose 
beneath, sepals strigose margins scarious, corolla 2} in. and upwards,— Madras; 
Condaputty and other hills, Wight. This may be a new species, but it is only à 
fragment in flower. 
22, A. Daltoni, Clarke; leaves large elliptic or oblong acute glabrate 
above fulvous-strigose beneath, peduncles elongate, corymbs lax, bracts nar- 
rowly oblong persistent, sepals 3-2 in. ovate-oblong. 
CuorA NacronE; Bundgao in Singhboom, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke. 
A large climber. Leaves attaining 9 by 4 in., base usually unequal cuneate, 
sometimes rounded, primary nerves very oblique; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 2-4 D+ 
rigid, fulvous-silky; bracts $ in., often narrowly subspathulate. Corolla 2 1n« 
shaggy without. ls fulvous-strigose in fruit, coriaceous, concave, two inner 
shorter glabrate on the margins. Berry 2 in. diam., pulpose.—Named after Gen. 
Dalton, Commissioner of Chota Nagpore. 
23. A. cymosa, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 373; grey pruinose-pubescent, 
leaves ovate-cordate shortly acuminate, peduncles long, corymbs often branched, 
tlowers densely capitate at the ends of the branches, bracts orbicular persistent, 
sepals ovate obtuse. Chois. Convolv. Or. 46, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 333; Wight 
Iv, t. 839. Lettsomia cymosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 492, and 
ed. Carey § Wail. ii, 82. Convolvulus glomeratus, Wall. Cat. 2257. 
Deccan Pentnsvta, frequent; Rottler, Wight, &e.—Disrris. Philippines. 
Scandent. Leaves 2-4 in. diam.; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 1-4 in.; corymbs 
1-4 in. diam., sometimes reduced to singie heads; bracts 4 in. diam. Sepals ii Ine 
somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, hairy without. 
Stamens not exserted. Berry $ in. diam., pulpose.— This is the Convolvulus mala- 
haricus of Heyne in Herb. Rottler; and, as it is frequent in the Peninsula, it is PT 
bably Convolvulus malabaricus, Linn., though Linnzus founds his C. malabaricus 0? 
a plate of Rheede's, which is 4. malabarica, Chois. 
