Erycibe.] ci. CONVOLVULACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 181 



i. 222; DC. Prodr. ix. 464, exclud. var. ; Dalz. 8? Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 344 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1032 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 411 ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 214. E. Rheedii, Blume Bijd. 1047. Erimatalia Kheedii, Roem. fy 

 Sch. Syst. v. 331. Catonia glauca, Vahl in Skrift Kiobenh. vi. 99. Rheede 

 Hort. Mai vii. t. 39. 



THROUGHOUT INDIA, from Oudh eastward and southward to Ceylon, Tenasserim 

 and the Nicobars; ascending the Himalaya to 4000 ft.. DISTRIB. Malaya, Australia. 



A diffuse or subscandent shrub, or an erect tree 40 ft. Leaves 5 by 2 in., gla- 

 brescent; nerves 5-7 pairs, distinct above ; petiole 5 in. Panicles 7 by 1^ in.; bracts 

 inconspicuous ; pedicels |- in. Sepals y 1 - in. Corolla ^-\ in., yellowish. Roxburgh's 

 plant was a diffuse or subscandent shrub, with rusty shoots ; the Central Indian is an 

 erect tree with pendent branchlets and racemes, and grey pubescence. 



VAR. Wightiana, leaves elliptic cuneately acuminate at both ends or lanceolate 

 coriaceous, primary nerves obscure above, secondary prominent much reticulated 

 beneath, axillary cymes often 3-5 in. elongate raceme-like or terminal panicle broad, 

 flowers white sweet-scented. E. Wightiana, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 137; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 170 ; Brand. For. Fl. 344. Catonia elliptic^ Vahl in Skrift. Kiobenh. 

 vi. lOl.-^W. Deccan Peninsula, from Bombay to Cochin; common. 



VAR. peguensis ; leaves elliptic cuneately acuminate at both ends, secondary nerves 

 not prominently reticulate beneath, panicles terminal large, branches long or short, 

 flowers white. Chittagong ; J. D. H. Moulmeih ; Griffith, Falconer, Parish. 



2. E. expansa, Wall. Cat. 1331 ; branchlets angular rusty-tomentose, 

 leaves elliptic acuminate base rounded or subcordate, cymes in terminal racemes 

 or panicles often prominently bracteate. O. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 392. E. 

 ferruginosa, Griff. Notul. iv. 283. E. paniculata, var. $ expansa, Chois. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. 2, i. 222 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 464. 



PEGU and TENASSERIM ; Wallich. 



Panicles mostly large, broad (whence the name E. expansa} ; bracts ^-1 by in., 

 foliaceous. Berry not seen. Perhaps a form of E. paniculata, but the base of the 

 leaf is always rounded or subcordate, which it never is in E. paniculata. 



3. ZS. subspicata, Wall. Cat. 1332 ; branchlets angular rusty-tomentose, 

 leaves elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, cymes peduncled subspicate, berry - in. 

 elliptic-oblong. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv.- 392. 



SILHET, Wallich. KHASIA MTS., Griffith, J. D. H. DISTRIB. Ava. 



Leaves 4 by If in., less abruptly acuminate than in E. paniculata, not at all 

 obovate, rhomboid or rounded at the base, coriaceous, nerves obscure above. 

 Perhaps only a variety of E. paniculata ; but the specimens are very uniform. 



4. IS. glaucescens, Wall. 'Cat. 1334; nearly glabrous except the corolla, 

 leaves elliptic acuminate base cuneate, cymes axillary often half as long as the 

 leaves and in elongate terminal panicles. Chois. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, i. 223 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 464 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 2]4. E. leevigata, Wall. Cat. 1333 6; 

 Chois. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, i. 223, partly ; DC. I. c. partly. 



SILHET and MOULMEIN, Wallich. CACHAR ; Keenan. 



Differs from E. paniculata, var. peguensis, only by the branchlets and young 

 panicles being very nearly glabrous. E. glaucescens of DC., with the racemes sparingly 

 rufous-silky, and E. qlaucescens, Kurz, with the young shoots rusty-pilose, may 

 include, wholly or partially, E. Icevigata. Keenan refers to his plant as " a tall erect 

 tree with white scented flowers." 



5. E. Icevig-ata, Wall. Cat. 1333, a only; branchlets angular slightly 

 pubescent, leaves elliptic or oblong acuminate base cuneate, cymes short axillary 

 towards the end of the branches and terminal scarcely panicled, berry in. 



