Erycile.] ci. CONVOLVULACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 183 



CHITTAGONG, Wallich. 



Leaves 6| by 2 in., cuneate at the base, verrucose beneath ; midrib strong, much 

 raised beneath ; petiole in. Berry not seen. There is no specimen of this in 

 Wallich's Herbarium, nor have I seen any. 



VAR. fragrans; leaves 5 by 3^ in. ovate- elliptic acuminate, cymes rather less 

 dense than in E. coriacea. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 392. E. fragrans, Wall. Cat. 1336. 

 Amherst, Wallich. 



11. E. glomerata. Wall. Cat. 1338 (? of Blume) ; innovations villous, 

 leaves large elliptic acuminate nerves impressed above much raised beneath 

 secondary obscure, cymes axillary sessile capitate. Chois. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, i. 

 '224 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 465; urz For. Fl. ii. 213. E. citriniflora. Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 284. Ebenacea, Wall. Cat. 9061. 



MOULMEIN, Wallich, MERGTJI, Griffith. 



A powerful scandent shrub ; branchlets round, stout, soon glabrescent. Leaves 7 

 by 2j in., narrowed downwards, but often shortly suddenly rounded at the very base, 

 coriaceous, often rugose above from the strongly impressed nerves ; petiole scarcely 

 j- in. Cymes- | in. diam., minutely closely rusty-tomentose. Berry not seen. 

 There is no specimen of this in Wallich's Herbarium. Miquel (Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1033) 

 says that this plant is not E. glomerata, 'Blume Bijd. 1047; but from Blume's de- 

 scription it is either the same or very near it. 



2. RIVE A, Chois. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves ovate-cordate, silky or hirsute beneath, at least 

 while young; petiole long. Peduncles axillary, 1-3-fld. ; bracts 2-3, narrow. 

 Sepals ovate or oblong, subequal. Corolla large, white, tube long, cylindric ; 

 limb wide-funnel-shaped, plaited. Stamens attached near the middle of the 

 tube, included ; anthers narrowly-oblong, obtuse, not finally twisting. Ovary 

 4-celled, 4-ovuled ; disc annular ; style filiform, stigmas linear-oblong. Fruit 

 indehiscent or irregularly breaking up, subglobose, shining, nearly dry. Seeds 

 1-4, glabrous, in mealy pulp. Species 2, Indian. 



1. R. ornata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 27, t. 3, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 326; 

 leaves orbicular-cordate white-tomentose beneath, peduncles short mostly 3-fld., 

 .sepals -f in. elliptic-oblong acute or subacute, corolla-limb white silky without. 

 Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. 179, t. 5, fig. 1, and 111 t. 168, bis fig. 1, 

 and Ic. t. 1356 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 168. Lettsomia ornata, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 496, and ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 85. Convolvulus candi- 

 cans, Roth Nov. Sp. 106 ; Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 273, 790, not of Sol. 0. 

 ornatus, Wall. Cat. 1369. C. Tarita, Ham. ; Watt. Cat. 2253. Argyreia ornata, 

 Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 373 ; Brand. For. Fl. 343. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; common in dry jungles, &c. CEYLON; in the hotter parts of 

 the Island. 



Branchlets stout, white-tomentose. Leaves 3-5 in. in diam., often broader than 

 long, glabrous above and, sometimes, at length beneath; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 i in or less ; pedicels hardly any ; bracts \ in., narrowly oblong, deciduous. Corolla- 

 tube 2 in., limb 2 in. diam. Stigmas by in. Fruit f in. diam., globose, mucro- 

 nate by the style base, yellow-brown, nearly dry. Koxburgh says he obtained seeds 

 of this from Cawnpore (possibly from a garden ?) ; no examples have been seen but 

 from the South Deccan. 



VAR. Griffithii; leaves less silky beneath, peduncles l-4 in., sepals 4-| in. 

 elliptic-oblong acute, corolla-limb glabrous without even in the bud. BENGAL, Griffith, 

 Falconer. Possibly a cultivated form. One of Griffith's examples is from the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, the other from Sikkim ; falconer's example is without 

 locality. 



