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1-4 in. long, silky ; bracts large, foliaceous, with subparallel nerves, 

 ovate-oblong, silky, the outer sometimes reaching 1| in. long; pedicels 

 almost 0. Sepals densely hairy and ciliate, the 2 outer rather more 

 than ^ in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, the 3 inner about 5 in. long, 

 elliptic-oblong, subacute. Corolla pink, 2^ in. long, tubular-infundi- 

 buliform ; tube and bands hairy. Filaments hairy at the base ; anthers 

 sagittate. Berrv 5 in. in diam., orange-colored. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 188 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 248 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 170. Ipomoea bntcteata, Grrah. Cat. p. 131 {not of Don). — ■ 

 Flowers : Sept.-Oct. Vebn. Gavel. 

 Very close to A. argentea, Choisy. 



Konkan: Stocksl, Law I; S. Konkan, common, Dalsell 4' Gihson; Matheran, 

 Cooke ! ; hills near Matheran, Kanitkar ! ; Dasgiion, Woodrow ! ; Chowk, Graham. 

 Deccan : Kartriz hills, Kanifkarl; high hills west of Junnar, Balzell cj- Gibson. 

 S. M. Country : hills south of Belgaum, Ritchie, 472 !— DiSTitru. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



5. Argyreia pilosa, Wight iS,- Am. in Am. Pugill. in Nov. Act. 

 Nat. Cur. v. 18, part 1 (1836) p. 356 c. A large patently hirsute 

 twiner. Leaves 3-74 by 2-6 in., ovate, acute, densely hirsute on both 

 sides with hairs arising from bulbous bases, base rounded or cordate ; 

 petioles |-3 in. long. Flowers capitate, 2-6 in a head ; peduncles 

 variable in length, |-4 in. long, hirsute : bracts |-1| in. long, linear, 

 subacute, hairy on both sides, the hairs usually from bulbous bases. 

 Sepals nearly | in. long, subequal, lanceolate, acute, hairy on the back. 

 Corolla dark-red or purple, 2 in. long, tubular-infundibuliform, hirsute 

 on the bands, sparingly so on the tube ; lobes of the limb short, acute, 

 penicillate at the tip. Filaments long, filiform, hairy at the very base ; 

 anthers oblong, obtuse. Fruit g-f in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 189 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 248 ; 'Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1893) p. 170.~Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Konkan: Stocksl S. M. Country : Belgaum (common), Ritchie, 473' Kanaka: 

 Law I; very common in the forests near Yellnpur in moist shady places, Talbot; 

 Yellapur, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (\V. Peninsula). 



6. Argyreia Lawii, C. B. Clarl-e, in ffool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) 

 p. 190. Scandent ; stems softly silky. Leaves 3-5 by 1|-2| in., ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, softly hairy on both surfaces Avith api)ressed hairs 

 which are often silvery- white beneath, base rounded or rhomboid ; petioles 

 |-1| in. long. Flowers 3-9, in small, dense, dichotomous cymes with 

 1 flower in the fork ; peduncles 2-5 in. long, slender, silky-white ; bracts 

 g-| in. long, linear, acute, pubiscent, ciliate ; pedicels very short. 

 Sepals I in. long, subequal, elliptic, subacute, hairy. Corolla 2 iu. long, 

 tubular-campanulate, hairy on the bands outside. Filaments short, 

 dilated and densely hairy at the base. Fruit not seen. Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 249. 



Except a sheet in Herb. Kew. marked "North and South Konkan, Luiw," I liave 

 seen no specimen from the Bombay Pres-dencj. Talbot has apparently not found the 

 plant, as he gives no definite locality for it, while Woodrow doe.s not include it in 

 his list. 



7. Argyreia cymosa, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 1 (1827) p. 280. 

 Scandent; stems terete, pube.scent. Leaves 2-4 by l|-3 in., broadly 

 ovate, shortly acuminate, pubescent on both sides, base cordate with 



