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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 205 



2. Argyreia, Lour. Lettson. Roxb. 

 Stamens included, a. 



protruded beyond the tube, p, 



Leaves tomentose, silky, or velvety on the under side. 6. 



villous, or pubescent, glabrous or hairy on the under side, h 



Leaves cordate at the base. c. 



elliptical, oblong, or lanceolate, e. 



Leaves softly tomentose and silky underneath; flowers somewhat urn- 

 belled, rf. 



harshly tomentose, underneath ; flowers cymose, stems hairy, - 4 A. hirsuta (W & AA 



^ < Stamens tomentose : bracteas oval, acuminated, waved, - . - 5 A. speciosa 



I ■ pubescent or glabrous ; bracts lanceolate or linear, - - - 6 A.' areentea* 



7 A. bracteata, Ch. 



8 A. fulgens, Ch. 



9 A. Leschenaultii, CL 

 10 A. pomacea, Ch. 



Leaves glabrous on upper side, f, 

 clothed on upper side. g. 



Leaves roundish oblong, acute, - - - - . 

 lanceolate acuminated, -----» 



Leaves subacute, upper side strigosely hirsute, under sericeous tomentose, 

 obtuse, both sides velvety, ----.. 



Leaves cordate at the base. t. 

 not cordate. 0. 



Stem harshly hairy. L 



glabrous, or pubescent or villous, m. 



Flowers capitate, capitulum surrounded by bracteas, - - - 11 A. capitata 

 — urabelliform, bracteas all mingled with flowers. L ^ t - 



Hairs reddish; sepals ovate, elliptical obtuse, - - . - 12 A. Neilgherryana. 



Leaves underneath livid or glaucous, sepals linear lanceolate pointed, - 13 A, pilosa (W. & A.). 



Exterior sepals equal to, or smaller than the others : leaves with a short broad 

 sinus. - 



the largest and with margins revolute. n. 



- 14 A. populifolia, Ch 



Stem and leaves villous or softly pubescent, - . - - 15 A. Roxburghii. 



sprinkled with short adpressed pubescence, or glabrous, - 16 A*. Malabarica.' 



obovate-cuneate, emarginate; peduncle 3-6-flowered, - - 17 A. cuneata. 



elliptical, ovate or obovate; panicle lax, corymbose, - - 18 A. elliptica. 



Flowers capitate, leaves tomentose underneath, - - - - 19 A. aggregata. 



■ — corymbose or cymose. q. 



Stem and underside of leaves hirsute or strigose with adpressed hairs ; pedun- 

 cles a little longer than the petiole, - - - - - - 20 A. setosa. 



and leaves more or less pubescent ; peduncles the length of the leaves, 21 A. cymosa. 



Leaves entire, or angled, or 3-lobed, 



3. QUAMOCLIT. Cfu 



pmnately cut. 



- 22 Q. phoenicea 

 23 Q. vulgaris. 



Leaves entire, angled or cleft, a. 

 quinate: stem twining, hirsute, 



4. Batatas. RumpL and Choisy* 



C Sepals ovate lanceolate, a little unequal: stems usually prostrate: peduncles 

 « < few-flowered, . - - . / *^ - . 



• 24 B. pentaphylla 



25 B. edulis. 



roundish ovate, equal : stem twining glabrous : peduncles many-flowered, 26 B. paniculata. 



5. Pharbitis. CL 



Leaves entire ; pedicels longer than the bracts, nearly as long as the sepals, 27 P. hispida. 

 3-lobed or entire, pedicels usually shorter than the bracts, about | of the 



length of the sepals, 



. 28 P. niL 



Calontction. CL 



Sepals equal, with an awl-like point; flowers, large, white, - * S & ^P^^^J^^um 



— flowers smaller, purplish, - - - ' o? S' ^P^ctosum 



unequal, obtuse, or with a very short point, - - - - di c. asperum. 



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