2G0 LXXXTlll. C'OKVOLVULACE.E. 



above, more or less hairy and pale beneath, base acute or roundt'd ; 

 main nervi s slender, very oblique, curving towards the apex of the leat'- 

 blade ; petioles 1-2 in. long, pubescent. Flower.s in lax corynibose or 

 paniculate cymes ; peduncles 1-3 in. long ; pedicels :|-| in. long ; bracts 

 small, caducous. Sepals 1-^ in. long, the 3 outer elliptic, obfuse, hairy, 

 ^ in. broad, the 2 inner orbicular, as broad as long or nearly so, pubes- 

 cent on the back and with membranous glabrous margins. Corolla 

 tubular-infundihuliform, 1-1 1 in. long, rose-colored with a deep purple 

 bottom, the l)ands slightly hairy, sometimes almost glabrous ; tube 

 glabrous ; limb very slightly lobed. Stamens included ; filaments 

 dilated and hairy at the base. Fruit ^l-^ in. in diam., depressed-globose, 

 orange, surrounded by the slightly enlarged sepals. Fl, B. I. v. 4, p. 192; 

 Trim. Fl. CVyl. v. 3, p. 209 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 249 ; AVoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. \. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; AA^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 4, ]). 032. Argyreia elliptica, Choisy, Convolv. Orient, in Mem. Soc. 

 Phys. Genev. v. 6 (1834) p. 417 ; Grab. Cat. p. 128; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 1G9. — Flowers : Sept. -Oct. A^een. Bondvel. 



A very \ariable plant iu the size of the flowers and their number in 

 a cyme. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law ! Deccan : Kliandaln,, Covke ! ; Western Ghats, KanifJcar ! ; 

 Fitzgerald Gliat below Mahablesliwar, H. M. Birdwood; Koina valley below Maha- 

 blesbwar, Cuokcl S. M. Countuy : Belgauni, EitcJiie, 475!; Castlerook, Cooke]; 

 Kanaka: common in the Supa Ghat jungles, TalbuL — Distuib. India (W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. Lettsomia setosa, Roxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 13. A large 

 climber ; stems terete, thick, the older glabrous with a rough bark, 

 the younger as well as the young branchlets appressedly strigose-haii-y. 

 Leaves 3-6 by 2-5 in., ovate, acute or acuminate, sparsely hairy on both 

 surfaces, nearly glabrous when old, base usually cordate witli rounded 

 lobes; petioles 1-3 in. long. Flowers in dense hairy corymbose cymes; 

 peduncles 2-8 in. long, stout, strigose with appressed hairs; bracts | in. 

 long, broadly ovate, obtuse, appressedly strigose ; pedicels variable in 

 length, strigose. Sepals subequal, 5 in. long, thick, subfleshy, orbicular, 

 densely appressedly strigose, the 2 inner with membranous margins. 

 Corolla rose-colored, f-lj in. long; tube contracted within the calyx 

 and there glabrous, the upper ])ortion beyond the calyx some\\hat 

 swollen and as well as the bands densely strigose ; limb with short 

 acute lobes. Stamens included ; fdaments much dilated and densely 

 hairy at the base. Fruit | in. long, ovoid, red. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 194 ; 

 AVight, Icon. t. 13G0 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 250; AVooclr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171. Arqyreia setosa, Choisy, 

 Convolv. Orient, in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. v. G (1834) p. 425; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 1G8. — Flowers: Sept.-Dec. A^ern. Budh-vel ; Sdmhhar- 

 yil. 



Ko.vkan: Storksl, Lr/to I ; IS'arel below Mathcran, Woodrotv \ Matherau, H. M. 

 JVirdiiood. S. M. Cointrv: Belgauin, south of Cheela hill, liiichic, llliU ! Kanaua : 

 Talhot. — DisTRin. More or less tln-onghout India ; Ceylon. 



A^AR. minor, C. B. Clarke, iu Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 191. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. long; flowers capitate; peduncles 1-1.'; in. long; corolla 

 1 in. long. 



Konkan : Law !, Stocks ! 



