Argyreia.] CI. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 191 
** Stems suberect. 
_ 24. A. cuneata, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 661; leaves short-petioled ellip- 
tic or obovate villous beneath, peduncles numerous short few-fld., corolla 
bright-purple. Chois. Convolv. Or. 34, and: in DC. Prodr. ix. 330; Dalz. & 
Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169; Brand. For. Fl. 944. Lettsomia cuneata, Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 13, and Fi. Ind. i. 491, and ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 81. Convolvulus 
cuneatus, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 873; Wall. Cat. 1366. Rivea cuneata, Wight 
m Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. 199; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 327; Wight Ic. t. 
890. Ipom:ea atrosanguinea, Bot. Mag. t. 2170, not of Chois. 
Deccan PENINSULA, common. 
.Shrubby; 2-5 feet; branches often almost virgate, sometimes somewhat 
twining. Leaves 2-4 in. obtuse mucronate or emarginate, glabrate above ; petiole 
ing in. Peduncles 0-1} in., often 3-flowered ; bracts deciduous. Sepals } in., ovate, 
subobtuse, Corolla 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, hairy without. Ovary 4-celled ; 
Fruit 2 in., ovoid, shining, yellow-brown, nearly dry. 
25. A. fulgens, Chois. Convolv. Or. 33. and in DC. Prodr. ix. 329; 
leaves long-petioled elliptic acute densely silky shining beneath, peduncles 
numerous short few-fld. Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. 179, t. 5, fig. 3, 
and Ie. t. 1357. Convolvulus fulgens, Wall. Cat. 1394. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA ; Heyne; Courtallum, Wight. . 
Branches straight, silky white. Leaves 4 by 1f in., acuminate, base rounded or 
rhomboid, glabrate above; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles l in. 3-7-fid.; bracts 
deciduous, Sepals i in., elliptic, subobtuse. Corolla 2 in. and upwards, tubular- 
rampanulate, glabrous without, or when young strigose near the tip, appears to have 
to 4 very dark in colour. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit not seen.—In habit closely allied 
- Cuneata, 
4. LETTSOMIA, Roxb. 
Seandent more or less hairy shrubs. Leaves alternate, undivided, base 
often rounded or cordate. Cymes axillary, peduncled, densely corymbose or 
capitate, bracteate. Sepals orbicular elliptic or oblong, in fruit often somewhat 
thickened or enlarged. Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped ; limb plicate, lobes 
usually shallow, Stamens included or exserted ; anthers oblong or linear, never 
twisting, Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled; disc annular, usually prominent ; style 
X orm, stigmas 2 subsessile globose. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds 4-1.—Species 
72, East Asiatic and Tropical Africa. 
. SUBGENUs I. Bulettsomia. Fruit 4-1-seeded, l-seeded capsules occur- 
"ng as the rule of no one species. 
* Corolla less than 1 in., limb lobed ; anthers distinctly exserted, 
yu Ws aggr Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 488, and ed. 
Carey $ Wall i oe leaves ovate cordate subacute glabrous above white- 
Woolly beneath, peduncles grooved when dry shorter than the leaves, flowers 
y Pitate, bracts orbicular closely woolly subpersistent, sepals nearly as long as 
1° bracts ovate white-tomentose. Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vin. 179, 
Rot, fig. 4 and Ie, t. 1359; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 916. Convolvulus orixensis, 
UE Wall. Cat. 1362. C. imbricatus, Spreng. Syst. i. 613. Ipomea im: 
p cata, Roth Nov. Sp. 112. Argyreia aggregata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 45, an 
m DC. Prodr, ix. 333; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169. 
Dzccax PENINSULA, frequent; Wight, Dalzell, &c. 
vA Scandent shrub; branches closely white-tomentose. : 
ed above; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 0-2 in.; bracts 4-3 in. 
Leaves 1-4 in., somewhat 
Corolla 2 in., 
