194 Cl. CONVOLYULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Lettsomia. 
G. Don. Gen. Syst. iv. 202. Argyreia barbigera, Chois. Convolv. Or. 42, and 
in DC. Prodr. ix. 332; Brand. For. Fl. 343. 
Assam ; Jenkins. British Burma; Prome, Wallich. 
Probably a var. of L. setosa ; it differs in the capitate inflorescence and spreading 
almost hispid backs of the sepals. 
ll. L. setosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and in Fl. Ind. i. 490, and ed. 
Carey & Wall. ii. 80; leaves ovate-cordate acute or subobtuse sparsely hirsute 
on both surfaces, peduncles long, cotymbs dense, bracts 4-} in. ovate obtuse 
adpressedly strigose persistent, sepals ovate or elliptic longer than the bracts 
densely adpressedly strigose. ight Ic. t. 1360. Convolvulus setosus, Wall. 
Cat. 1412. C. strigosus, Spreng. Syst. i. 600. Ipomæa strigosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 
113. Argyreia setosa, Chois. Convolv. Or. 43, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 332; 
Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 168; Brand. For. Fl. 343. 
Throughout tropical and subtropical Ixpra, from Oudh, Mt. Aboo and Bombay, 
to Pegu. CEYLON. 
A large climber; branches adpressedly strigose. Leaves 3-5 in., in age sometimes 
nearly glabrous; petiole 1-3 in.  Peduncles 2-8 in., stout, adpressedly strigose; 
bracts coriaceous, very obtuse, at length deciduous; corymbs 1—4 in. diam., dense, 
but not capitate, branches thick. Sepals ovate, inner elliptic, very coriaceous, some- 
what enlarged in fruit. Corolla 14-2 in., densely setose without, rose-coloured. 
Stamens included. Berry much more succulent than in L. strigosa, ovoid, subacute, 
red, usually 4-2-seeded. 
Var. minor; leaves 1-2 in., peduncles 1 in., flowers capitate.—Argyreia n. 21, 
Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 4 T.—Deccan Peninsula, Wight; S. Concan and Bababoodan 
Hills, Law. 
Van. obovata; leaves large 6 by 5 in. obovate obtuse or emarginate, fruit. of L. 
setosa. Convolvulus obovatus, Wall. Cat. 1381.—Nepal; Wallich.—Reduced to L. 
elliptica by Choisy (DC. Prodr. ix. 330, under Argyreia), from which it is certain that 
the true Convolvulus obovatus, now in the Wallichian herbarium, was not detected by 
Choisy among Wallich's collections, which were placed loose in his hands. Sev 
species not found by Choisy appear to have been afterwards identified correctly by 
Kippist, the Librarian of the Linnzan Society, in arranging the herbarium. 
12. L. atropurpurea, Clarke ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate cordate sparsely 
hirsute on both surfaces, heads dense subsessile, bracts large oblong-lanceolate 
persistent. Convolvulus atropurpureus, Wall. Cat. 1345, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 
§ Wall. i. 54, and Pl. As. Rar. i. 38, +t. 43. Ipomæa atropurpurea, Chois. 
Convolv. Or. 75, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 366 (syn. partly ex). L sphseroce- 
phala, Don. Prodr. 98, syn. excl. 
NEPA; Wallich. Stxxm Tersar; J. D. H., &c. 
A large climber. Leaves 6 by 2} in., base deeply cordate ; petiole 14 in. Peduncles 
0-1 in., fulvous-hirsute ; bracts 1} in., acuminate, softly hirsute. Sepals $in., oblong- 
lanceolate, herbaceous, softly hairy, lax in fruit. Corolla 1} in., tubular-campanulaté, 
hirsute without, dark-purple, or in a Sikkim example, white. Fruit j in. diam., 
globose, coriaceous, indehiscent, usually 4—2-seeded. 
13. L. sikkimensis, Clarke ; leaves large elliptic shortly acuminate a 
both ends or subobtuse sparsely hairy beneath, peduncles long, corymbs sma 
few-fld., bracts linear-oblong, sepals 4 in. round nearly glabrous.—A rgyre!a B. 
12, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Sixxrw ; Pomong, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. Kuasta Mrs, Siner and  CACHAP 
H.f.4 T. Keenan. 
A large twiner; stems closely strigose. Leaves 5} by 3 in., base usually shortly 
cuneate, sometimes rounded; petiole 2-5 in. Peduncles 3-8 in., somewhat slender ; 
bracts 1-1 in., inconspicuous, deciduous, or one of the outer sometimes 
