Argyreia.l ConVolviUace(^. 207 



fl. very large, on short stout pubescent ped., 3 in the cyme, 

 peduncle much shorter than petiole, bracts very small, soon 

 falling; sep. broadly oblong-oval or rotundate, truncate or 

 very obtuse, very much imbricated, pubescent, greatly en- 

 larged and thickened in fruit; cor.-tube i| in. long, funnel- 

 shaped, wide, limb 3 in. diam., plaits glabrous outside ; 

 capsule completely enclosed in the much-enlarged sep. (the 

 whole forming a globose apple-like fruit nearly i\ in. diam.) 

 depressed-globose, f in., pericarp dry, very thin ; seeds 4, 

 subglobose, pubescent, pale brown. 



Moist low country, very common. Fl. Oct.; pale mauve-pink, occa- 

 sionally white. 



Throughout India, Malaya, and the Philippines. 



A coarse rank plant, though the flowers are beau tiful. 



A. spectosa, Sweet, C. P. 2849, Maha-dumudu, S., is much cultivated 

 near the coast for the sake of its large handsome leaves, snowy-white 

 beneath, and beautiful large purple flowers. It is considered native in 

 Bengal. 



2. A. splendens, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, yji (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 210. C. P. 2845. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 186 (not given for Ceylon). Bot. Mag. t. 2628 {Ipomcea 

 splendens). 



Stems long, cylindrical, adpressed silky, 1. large, 6-9 in. 

 ovate, rounded at base, acuminate, acute, glabrous above, 

 densely silky and silvery-white beneath, petiole 3-4 in., silky; 

 fl. moderate-sized, on short ped., 3 or more in cyme, bracts 

 small, caducous, peduncle longer than petiole ; sep. small, 

 not enlarged in fruit, oval, obtuse, densely tomentose, silky 

 outside ; cor.-tube about i in., limb about i in. diam., plaits 

 hairy outside ; fruit not seen (' scarlet'). 



Moist region, very rare. I have only seen Gardner's specimens 

 labelled Hantane, but possibly cultivated. Fl. pink. 

 Also in Khasia and Burma. 



3. A. populifolia, Chois. in DC. Prod. ix. (1845). G-iri-tilla, S. 



Iponicea zeylanica, Gaerln. Fruct. ii. 482 ; Moon Cat. 14. Rivea zey- 

 lanica, Thw. Enum. 209. C. P. 1943. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 187. Gaertn. Fruct. t. 17S, f. i. 



Stems very long, stout, twining, nearly glabrous or 

 slightly rough with hair ; 1. 3-5 in., ovate, usually cordate at 

 base, acuminate, acute, minutely puberulous on both sides, 

 veins prominent beneath, petiole near length of 1., stout, 

 thickened at base, adpressed-pubescent, with 2 wart-like 

 glands at summit or at base of midrib ; fl. sessile, cymes with 

 very short dichotomous branches, capitulate, bracts large, 

 leafy, unequal, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, slightly hairy, 

 peduncles very long, 6-Z in., curved ; sep. oval, obtuse, silky- 



