25S LXXWlll. CONYOLVULACE.E. 



rounded lobes ; petioles l|-2g iu. long, hairy. Flowers in branched 

 corymbose cymes sometimes reduced to simple heads ; peduncles 1-4 in. 

 long, hairy ; bracts 5 in. in diam., suborbicular, persis'eiit, soltly 

 pubescent. Calyx large; 3 outer sepals very broad, -^-f in. long and 

 sometimes nearly | in. wide, broadly obovate, oblong or suborbicular, 

 obtuse or subacute, pubescent on both nides, veined ; the 2 inner sepals 

 almost as long as the outer but much narrower (1— | in. wide), oblong- 

 laueeolate, subacute, softly pubescent ou both sides. Corolla 2-2| in. 

 long, tubular-int'undibulii'orm, densely hairy ou the bands outside, 

 Stamens not exserted. Fruit | in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 190 ; 

 "Wight, Icon. t. 839; Woodr. iu Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 170. 



Euro in tlic Bcjinbny Presidency. Konkan : North and South Koiikun, Law\; 

 Western Ghats, Wuodrow.—HiaiRiR. India (W. Pciiiusula) ; Philippines. 



8. Argyreia cuneata, Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Reg. v. 8 (1822) t. 661. 

 A shrub, usually erect but with a tendency to climb when near support ; 

 stems softly silky-pubescent. Leaves l|-4 by |-1| in., obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, sometimes emarginate, usually shortly apiculate, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, silky-hairy beneath, base cuneate ; petioles 5-5 in. 

 long. Flowers iu few-flowered (usually 3-flowered) cymes ; peduncles 

 0-1 i in. long; bracts \-^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, hairy, 

 t-'epals 4— J in. long, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, thick, pubescent outside. 

 Corolla bright-purple, 2 in. long, tubular-infuudibuliform, the bands 

 hairy. Filaments short, dilated and hairy at the base. Fruit h in. long, 

 ellipsoid, pointed, shiuing, yellowisli-brown, nearly dry. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 191 ; Grab. Cat. p. 128; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 169; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 249 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 170.— 

 Flowers : July- Sept. Vekn. MaluiluiHji. 



Tolerably common in the drj' districts of the Presidency. Deccan : hills near 

 Poona, Jl'oudrow '. ; JMavval districts common, Da/zcll cf Gilso/i ; Bowdhan (Poona 

 districts), L'ooke\, Kunitkar \ S. M. Country: lUkhic, 476! — Distrib. India 

 (VV. Peninsula). 



Imperfectly known Species. 



ABGYliEIA MALABAIiICA, Choisy, C(mvolv. Orient, in Mem. See. Phys. Gencv. 

 V. 6 (i8;}4) ]). 420. This plant, of which, according to Mr. C. B. Clarke' (Hook. f. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 189), no authentic example has been Seen by iiny author, I have not 

 been able to find in tlic Bombay Presidency. There are 2 siieets in Herb. Kevv. from 

 Wight's iierbarium which Wight has named A. Lesvhoiaul/ii, but which Mr. Clarke 

 considei's to be the plant figured by liheede (Hort. Ma!, v. 11, t. 51) and to bo 

 A. Yualaha riat , Choisy. Tiic specimens on these sheets arc destitute of fiowcrs and 

 were not collect od in the Bombay Presidency. I camiot agree that they accord with 

 Rheede's drawing. The leaves of Wight's n. 2y.'i3 do not resemble the leaves iu 

 Kiiecde's figure, the former having a truncate or cuneate base, the latter being deeply 

 cordate. The young leaves in Wight's n. 2356 (distributed Irom Kew as Argijrcia, 

 LcucheHOuKii, Wight, and numbered 10()2) are very densely .silky-pubescent ; tiie 

 older leaves in both of Wight's specimens (u. 235') and n. 235()) are appressedly iiairy 

 with long bulbous-based hairs on the lower side. Graham (Cat. Bo. PI. p. 128) 

 describes the flowers as large and sshowy, cream-colored, with a deep pin-plo bottom. 

 I know of no Aiyi/rria on the Bomb;iy CUiats (wIhtc Graham says it is pretty 

 common) which fits in with this descri[)tio!i. Dalzell & Gibson (^I5o. Fl. ]i. KiD) follow 

 Graiiam and say that the jilaiit is common on the Ghats, but there are no specimens 

 in Dalzell's herbarium at Kew. iJalzeil & Gibson further describe the peduncles as 

 Jnany-fiowercd at tiie ape.\, wiicreas iliieede's figure shows liicm to be y-fiowered. 

 Talbot docs not include the plant in bi.s list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers, 



