196 CI. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Lettsomia. 
base rhomboid or rounded, adult glabrous or with scattered fulvous hairs on the 
nerves beneath, coriaceous; petiole 3-1 in. Peduncles 0-} in., fulvous-hirsute ; heads 
2-3 in. diam., very dense; bracts nearly 2 by 1 in., sparsely hairy. Sepals 1 in. and 
upwards; flower-buds densely hairy without. Berry $ by à in. ellipsoid, very 
succulent, l-seeded. Expanded flowers not seen. 
18. L. hancornisefolia, Clarke; leaves elliptic acuminate glabrous, 
peduncles short 1-fld., sepals ovate subobtuse ashy pubescent. Argyreia hancor- 
nimfolia, Gardn.; Thwaites Enum. 210. 
Crxrow; ascending to 5000 ft., Walker, &e. . 
Scandent; branches ashy-pubescent, afterwards glabrate. Leaves 3 by j in., base 
rounded; nerves at right angles to the midrib, very fine and close; petiole 1j in. 
Peduncles 4-4 in. ashy-pubescent; bracts near the middle, $ in., linear, caducous. 
Sepals 1 in. Corolla 12 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, glabrous without, purple. Ovary 
2-celled; stigmas 2, globose. Berry 1 by 2 in., ellipsoid, very succulent, 1-seeded. 
19. L. adpressa, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 591; leaves elliptic acute hairy 
on both surfaces, peduncles very short, cymes small, bracts small lanceolate 
hairy. Convolvulus adpressus, Wall. Cat. 1424. Moorcroftia adpressa, Chois. 
Convolv. Or. 49, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 334. 
Penane ; Wallich, Maingay, &c. 
Shrubby (? scandent); branches hairy. Leaves 4} by 2 in., base obtuse or cuneate; 
petiole 13 in. Peduncles 3-1) in., hirsute; bracts $ by } in., a leaflike bract some- 
times added; pedicels 0-3 in. Sepals }-} in., narrowly lanceolate, sparsely hirsute. 
Corolla 1} in., hirsute without. Berry 4 in., ellipsoid. 
20. L. penangiana, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii.- 592 ; leaves elliptic-oblong 
adult glabrous or midrib beneath sparsely hairy, peduncles elongate slender 
glabrate, cymes lax, bracts inconspicuous. Convolvulus penangianus, 
Cat. 1425, Moorcroftia penangiana, Chois. Convolv. Or. 50, t. 4, and in DC. 
Frodr. ix, 335. 
Penane ; Wallich. 
Scandent ; innovations thinly fulvous-hirsute. Leaves 6 by 2} in., base obtuse OF 
cuneate, coriaceous ; petiole }-$ in. Peduncles 2-4 in.; pedicels (many of them) 
$j in. Sepals } in., ovate, obtuse, sparsely hirsute. Corolla (only seen in Choisy’ s 
picture) 1$ in. tubular-funnel-shaped, hirsute without. Berry $ by 3 in., ovoid.— 
early allied to L. adpressa, but only one specimen seen. 
21. L. ? Rurzii, Clarke; leaves ovate subcordate very sparingly hairy 
beneath, peduncles long, cymes few-flowered, bracts } in. linear, sepals 3 17- 
linear-oblong, capsule berry-like yellow size of a pea usually l-seeded. Argyre 
zeylanica, Kurz For. FI. ii. 215, syn. excl. 
Prov, not rare in the upper forests (Kurz). ] 
An extensive twiner; young shoots sparingly adpressed-hairy. Leaves 3-5 1m» 
sometimes a foot long and broad. Peduncle 5-8 in. Corolla large, funnel-bell-shaped. 
pink; tube 14 in., lobes of the limb triangular blunt.—Not seen; the foregoing 
copied from Kurz, who supposed this plant to be Zpomea zeylanica, Gaertn., which 
does not grow in Burma; nor will Kurz's description of the fruit suit, which, ; 
correctly described as a l-seeded berry no bigger than a pea; it may possibly be 
a Porana. 
5. IPOMÆA, Linn. 
Herbs, rarely shrubs, twining or prostrate, less often suberect. Leaves 
alternate, entire, lobed or divided. Cymes axillary, l- many-fid.; bracts 
various. Flowers purple, white or yellow, usually showy. ovate oF 
linear, equal or unequal, in fruit erect or rarely patent. Corolla campanulate 
