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somewhat tubular ; limb plicate, more or less hirsute externally, shortly 

 lobed. Stamens 5, included ; anthers oblong, straight. Disk annular. 

 Ovary 4-celled ; ovules 4 ; style filiform ; stigma 2-globose. Fruit a 

 dry hard berry. Seeds 4 or fewer, embedded in mealy pulp. — DiSTKiii. 

 Tropical Asia and the Malayan Archipelago ; species about 25. 



Climbing or twining shrubs. 

 Leaves glabrous above. 



Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, 5-10 in. broad. 



Leaves white-tomentose beneath 1. A. speciosa. 



Leaves glabrous or nearly so beneath, not white- 

 tomentose 2. A. HooJceri. 



Leaves elongate-ovate with rounded base, less than 4 in. 



broad, sparsely hairy beneath 3. A. inmlacrata. 



Leaves strigose or pubescent above. 

 Bracts with parallel nerves. 



Bracts large, ovate-ol)long, silky 4. A, sericea. 



Bracts not parallel-nerved. 

 Bracts linear. 



Bx'acts f-l^ in. long, strigose with bulbous-based 



hairs 5. A. jnlosa. 



Bracts ^-§ in. long, softly pubescent 6. A. Lawii. 



Bracts suborbicular, ^ in. ia diam 7. A. cymosa. 



An erect shrub with obovate cuueate leaves 8. A. cuiieata. 



1. Argyreia speciosa, Sweet, JTort. Brit. ed. 1 (1827) p. 289. A 

 very large climber; stems stout, white-tomentose. Leaves 3-12 by 

 2|-10 in. (sometimes even larger), ovate, acute, glabrous above, 

 persistently white-tomentose beneath, base cordate; petioles 2-6 in. 

 long, white-tomentose. Flowers in subcapitate cymes ; peduncles 

 3-6 in. long, stout, white-tomentose ; bracts large, ovate-lanceolate with 

 a long acumen, thin, veined, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, 

 deciduous, the outer sometimes 2 in. long ; pedicels very short, often 

 almost 0, white-tomentose. Calyx white-tomentose outside ; sepals 

 nearly | in. long, oblong-elliptic, obtuse. Corolla 2-2| in. long, 

 tubular-iufundibuliform, the bands silky-pubescent outside ; tube some- 

 what inflated, white-pubescent outside, rose-purple and glabrous inside. 

 Ovary glabrous. Fruit | in. in diam., globose, apiculate. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 4, p. 185 ; Grab. Cat. p. 128 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 168 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 207 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 248 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 170; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 310.— 

 Flowers : Aug.-Sept. Vern. SamudrashoJc. 



The Elephant Creeper of Anglo-Indians. A doubtful native in the Bombay 

 Presidency, where it is found chiefly near villages. It is considered to be native in 

 Bengal. It is cultivated for its large handsome leaves and beautiful rose-purple 

 flowers. 



KoNKA^^ : Graham, Stocks !, Law ! Deccan : Balzell Sf Gibson. S. M. Countkv : 

 Belgaum, liltchle, 1886 !— Distuib, Throughout India, often cultivated ; Java. 



2. Argyreia Hookeri, C. B. Clarke, in Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 



(1883) p. 185. A large climbing shrub ; stems grooved, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent. Leaves 6-8 by 5-6 in., broadly ovate, acute ar- 

 acuminate, glabrous, base cordate with rounded lobes ; main nerves^ 

 10-12 pairs, conspicuous beneath, not very oblique ; petioles 4-5 in. 

 long, grooved, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers in long-pedunculate few- 

 flowered cymes ; peduncles 6-8 in. long, grooved, more or less hairy ; 

 bracts |-1| byi-g in., linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, often apiculate, 

 glabrous or pubescent; pedicels I-5 in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolivte> 



