250 LXXXTIII. CONTOLTULACE.5:. 



sparsely liairy on the back and witli membranous margins, tlie outer 

 rather more than g in. long, shghtly narrower and longer than the inner. 

 Corolla rose-colored, 2-2g in. long, tubular-campannlale ; tube 1 in. 

 long, glabrous ; limb 2-2| in. wide at the moutb, with 5 acute lobes, 

 the bands sparsely hairy with appressed hairs. Filaments hairy at the 

 base ; anthers ^ in. long, oblong, obtuse. Berry | in. in diam., globose. 

 An/i/reia malabarica, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. JNTat. v. 12 (1898) p. 170 

 (not of Choisy), — Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Tlie bracts of the Bombay s]:)ecimens are rather longer than those 

 from the Himalayas and Assam and the sepals somewhat more 

 iniequal. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Coolce !, Woochmc ; road between Mahableshwar and 

 Panchgaui, Cooke I — Distuib. Assam, Sikkim-Hiinalaya, Bhotau, W. Peninsula. 



3. Argyreia involucrata, C. B. Clarice, in HooTc. f. Fl. B. I. y. 4 



(1883) p. 187. A large twiner; stems clothed with appressed hairs. 

 Leaves 4-7 by 11-31 in., ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrous or nearly 

 so above, sparsely hairy beneath, base rounded or shallowly cordate 

 (rarely subrhomboid) ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, conspicuous beneath; 

 petioles 1-2| in. long, usually hairy. Flowers in subcapitate cymes ; 

 peduncles |-3 in. long, hairy ; bracts very variable, usually I-I5 in. long 

 (iu an extreme case 2k by 1 in.), oblong-lanceolate, acute, veined, thin, 

 tlat, sparsely hairy, the inner narrower than the outer. Sepals in flower 

 unequal, the 2 outer exceeding | iu. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 hairy and with ciliate margins, the 3 inner | in. long, rather broader 

 than the outer, ovate, acute, hairy on the back and with glabrous 

 membranous margins. Corolla 2 in. long, tubular-infundibuliform ; the 

 bands hairy ; tube glabrous within the calyx, sparsely hairy \\ith long 

 hairs beyond it ; lobes of limb short, acute, with penicillate tips. 

 Filaments Iiairy at the base. Fruit ^ in. in diam., globose. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. JN'at. v. 12 (1898) p. 170 ; var. incequalis, C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. (/. c.) ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 248.— Flowers : 

 Oct. 



In the ' Flora of British India' (1. c.) the sepals are said to be subequal, 

 but I have found them very distinctly unequal, even in the specimens 

 in Herb. Kew. which have been named A. involucraia by Mr. Clarke. 

 The outer bracts vary much in size, being especially laige in some of 

 the specimens collected near the coast. In a specimen collected by me 

 near Marmagao the outer bract is 2| by 1 in. These monstrous 

 bracts are, however, by no means a constant character and vary on 

 the same plant. The yah. iucpqualis, C. B. Clarke, cannot be 

 maintained. 



Konkan: Sforksl; Collem (in Poriuguese territory below Castlerock Ghat), 

 Woodrow ! ; road from Yingorla to Wadi, Woodrow ! ; Marmafta 1, Conke I, Wondrmc ! 

 Deccan: Wadi, below Mahableshwar, Cooke \ Kanaua: T(illiol.—D\i-Tinn. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



4. Arygreia sericea, Dah. i» Dah. 4' Clih^^. Bo. FL (ISGl) p. 109. 

 A large silky twiner. Leaves 3-0 by 2-5| in., broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 hispid or strigose with appressed hairs above, densely silky, silvery- 

 white beneath, base usually cordate with rounded lobes ; main nerves 

 8-10 pairs, slender, usually conspicuous beneath ; petio'es 1-2 in. long, 

 densely silk}-. Flowers G-8, in capitate or subcapitate cymes ; peduncles 



