312 CONVOLVULACEAE. «  [Argyreia. 
r lobed, generally convolute or twisted in the bud. Stamens 5, alternate 
with the lobes or angles of the corolla and inserted in the tube, often 
of unequal length. ary usually free, entire, 2—4-celled, with 2 or 
1 erect ovules in each cell, rarely divided into 2 or 4 distinct uni-ovulate 
carpels, or 1-celled with 2—4 ovules. Style single, entire or bifid, or two 
distinct styles, Fruit either a capsule, opening into 2 or 4 valves, leaving 
he dissepiments attached to the axis, or opening transversely, or succulent 
and indehiscent. Seeds with a small quantity of mucilaginous albumen, 
or without any. Cotyledons folded or crumpled, rarely straight, or undi- 
vided and minute. — Herbs, often twining or parasitical, or rarely shrubs, 
woody climbers or even trees. Leaves alternate, without See In- 
say ma various, usually axillary and more or less ¢ 
A large Order widely spread over the globe, but most abundant in warm countries. 
Corolla eee or rps nea in the bud (hinbolvdide). 
Corolla contorted o: 
Style 1, with 2 ice se kta : 
lled, indehiscent 1, Argyreia. 
ed capsule ope 1 2, Lpomoca. 
tyle 1, with 2 clavate-oblong ressed stigma: 3. Jacquemontia. 
uit not twisted in the bud; alas 2, connate at nd base, with 
e stigmas 4. Breweria. 
vars to bed, the lobes imbric. ate e in the bud; 8 tyles : 
Cotyledons straight, twice agree a low prostrate en (Cresseae) 5. Cressa. 
mbryo undivided, curved or spiral; a leafless eens twiner 
(Cuscuteae) Ae ‘ 6. Cuscuta. 
12 ARGYREIA, Lour. 
Sepals 5. Corolla large, funnel- shaped, plaited-angular or 5-lobed. 
Stamens included, with oblong anthers. Style 1, filiform, with 1 globose 
2-lobed or with 2 globose stigmas. Ovary 4 aie d, 4-ovuled, seated on 
an annular disk. Capsule indehiscent, coriaceous or fleshy, surrounded 
‘by the enlarged chan often 1-seeded. — Frutescent climbers with showy 
pte or and flow 
us of ni species, one of African origin. 
1k tiliaefolia, Wight, in Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. VIII, 179. — Icon. 
Pl. Ind. Or. tab. 1358. — A stout woody climber, the young shoots canescent. 
rdate or reniform, 2!'/2—3/ in ee and as } much or more in 
broad Sidale, with scarious margins. Corolla pale purple, 2'/2' long: 
Style enclosed. Capsule large, coriaceous. Seeds r ounded, tomentose. -— 
Convoloulus tiliaefolius, Desr. — Rivea tiie, Choisy, in DC. Prod. IX, 
325. — Ipomoea Turpethum, eee m. no. 376. ed sinelait Lae ie 
Ito; aba Al eB 42); Kaus mt 1 Os. Monte Na Pagel pron Ne Probably 
an escape from es is common in India as spread 
The species 
various other countries. i cultivation : A. speciosa, Sw., and A. argentea, hen. 
