122 CONVCLVULACEJE. [Lettsomia. 



2. L. setosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13 ; Fl. Ind. i, 490 ; F. B. I. iv, 194 ; 



Train Beng. PI. 742 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 260 ; Brandis Ind . Trees 486 I 

 Argyreia setosa, Chois. ; Brandis For. Fl. 344. 



A large climber, branches strigose when young. Leaves 3-6 in- long, 

 ovate-cordate, acute or acuminate, sparsely hirsute on both sides, 

 becoming sometimes glabrous in age, petioles 1-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 dense hairy corymbose cymes ; peduncles 2-8 in. long, stout, strigose ; 

 bracts about 5 in. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, strigose, deciduous. 

 Sepals i in. long, suborbicular, thick, fleshy and densely strigose, 

 somewhat enlarged in fruit, the 2 inner with membranous margius. 

 Corolla rose-coloured, about 1 in. long, upper portion as well as the 

 bands densely setose outside. Stamens included, filaments dilated and 

 hairy at the base. Berry f in. long, ovoid, subacute, red, succulent, 

 usually 4-2-seeded. 



Forests of Bundelkhand and N. Oudh. Flowers November to January. 

 Disteib. Southwards from Mount Abu and Chota Nagpur to Central 

 and S. India and Ceylon, extending to Upper and Lower Burma. 



Aniseia uniflora, Cho is.; Cooke Fl. Bo mb. ii, 232. A martinicensis, Cnois.; 

 Prain Beng. PI. 727. Ipomaea uniflora, R. $ S. ; F. B.I.iv,201.- -A. 

 glabrescent twining herb with creeping stems. Leaves petioled, oblong, 

 obtuse, entire. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. Outer sepals larger 

 than the inner and decurrent on the pedicel. Corolla white, cani- 

 panulate, hairy on the bands outside. Ovary 2 -celled ; stigmas 2, 

 capitate. Capsule 4-valved. Seeds 4, with a fringe of hairs round the 

 margin. — Eecorded by Edgeworth as'growing in hedges in Bundelkhand. 

 There are no Bundelkhand specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and 

 there is much doubt as to the plant being indigenous within the area 

 of this flora. Distrib. Nepal, Assam, E. Bengal, Chota Nagpur and 

 S. Konkan to S. India and Ceylon ; also in the Malay Peninsula, extend- 

 ing to most tropical countries. 



Quamoclit Phoenicia, Chois.; Prain Beng. PI. 737. Q. coccinea, Cooke in Fl. 

 Bomb, ii, 261. Ipomsea phoenicia, Roxb. ; Fl. Ind. i, 502. I. coccinea. 

 Clarke in F. B. I. iv, 199. — A subsoandent herb with weak stems. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate-cordate, acute, entire or lobed, glabrous. Flowers in 

 axillary lax cymes, pedicels erect. Corolla salver-shaped, crimson orange 

 or yellow. Stamens exserted. Capsule 4-celled. — Cultivated and quasi- 

 wild within the area and throughout the warmer parts of India. Intro- 

 duced from Trop. America, and now widely spread over S. E. Asia. 



Q. pinnata, Boj.; Prain Beng. PI. 738. Q. vulgaris, Chois.; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb, ii, 261. Ipomaea Quamoolit, Linn. ; F. B. I. iv, 199.— This differs 

 from the preceding in having the leaves pinnately divided into many 

 filiform segments. The flowers are bright red or occasionally white. — 

 Very common in gardens within the area and throughout India, also in 

 a semi-wild condition. It is a native of Trop. America and is now 

 widely spread in the warmer parts of the Old World. 



