Argyreia.'] ci. CONVOLVULACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 189 



Berry in. diam., pulpy. Convolvulus Choisyanus (Wall. Cat. 2259) is not now in 

 Wallich's herbarium ; Choisy says it is Argyreia Leschenaultii ; but it may have been 

 A. Choisyana, Wight. 



16. A. nelly g-herya, Chois. Convolv. Or. 82, and in JDC.JVodr.ix.329; 



leaves subcordate elliptic subacute softly hairy above densely villous beneath, 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves, cymes few-fld. subcapitate, bracts oblong 

 persistent, sepals ^ in. ovate obtuse. Convolvulus pomaceus, Wall. Cat. 1419, 

 partly. 



NILGHERRIES, alt. 6000 ft. ; Wight, &c. ' 



Diifers little from A. Leschenaultii except that the leaves are only half as wide 

 (2-2^ in.) and much more shaggy, often rufescent somewhat shining beneath. It is 

 also very near A. pomacea, .but has larger sepals and peduncles often 2-3 in. 



17. A. malabarica, Chois. Convolv. Or. 38, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 331 ; 

 stem pubescent, leaves ovate-cordate acute sparsely hispid on both surfaces 

 ultimately nearly glabrous, peduncles 2-5 in., bracts elliptic or oblong, sepals in 

 fruit ^- in. elliptic-lanceolate. Dalz. fy Gibs. omb, Fl. 169. Convolvulus 

 malabaricus, Linn. ; Blume Bijd. 715, not of Roxb. C. Rottleri, Spr&ng. Syst. 

 cur. post. 61 ? Ipomaea malabarica, Roem. 8f Sch. iv. 235. Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 xi. t. 51. 



MALABAR and COROMANDEL (Choisy}. DISTRIB. Java, Cochin China (Choisy.} 

 Founded on Rheede's plate, no authentic example being seen by any author, with 

 which, however, Wight's Herb. n. 2353 (named A. Leschenaultii} very closely agrees. 

 Wight had a ms. species, A. courtallensis, in his Herb., the plant on which Choisy 

 founded his A. Leschenaultii. Hence, Wight having the name A. Leschenaultii in 

 excess, applied it to his n. 2353 ; but the three species are so near that they might 

 be made one. 



18. A. hirsuta, Am. Pugitt. PL Ind. Or. 38 ; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 villous above shaggy beneath, peduncles very long patently hispid, bracts pro- 

 minent linear or oblong outer often petioled leaflike, sepals % in. ovate obtuse. 

 Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 330 ; Sot. Mag. i. 4946. Rivea hirsuta, Wight Ic. 

 t. 891. 



NILGHERRT Mxs., common ; Wight, &c. 



Probably, as Arnott suggests, a large form of A. nellygherya, which the sepals, 

 corolla, and fruit resemble. The peduncles are often 4-8 in., and the outer petioled 

 bract makes the cymes pseudo-sessile. The needle-like hairs on the stems and 

 peduncles also give the plant a different aspect. 



VAR. coacta ; leaves cordate triangular-ovate acute closely shortly silky beneath, 

 peduncles very long, bracts large elliptic-oblong flat sparsely hairy. Rivea zeylanica, 

 var. hirsuta, Thwaites Enum. 209. Ceylon, alt. 4000 feet, Thwaites, &c. This 

 in its indumentum and the more triangular leaves does not agree at all closely with 

 A. hirsuta, Arn. 



19. A. pilosa, Arn. Pugitt. PL Ind. Or. 38; leaves ovate subcordate 

 acute hairy on both surfaces, peduncles shorter than the leaves, flowers capitate, 

 bracts linear persistent, sepals elliptic-lanceolate acute often bristly upwards. 

 Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 330. Argyreia, n. 22 and 24, Herb. Ind. Or. H. 



/ * T. 



WESTERN DECCAN PENINSULA, the CONCAN, CANABA,, and MYSORE; Law, 

 Ritchie, &c. 



A powerful twiner. Leaves 2-6 in., base rounded or slightly cordate, fulvous- 

 strigose beneath or sometimes green less hairy ; petiole long. Peduncles A-4 in., 

 variable in length, stout ; bracts f by in., bristly. Sepals -$ in. Corolla 2 in., 

 tubular-funnel-shaped, hirsute without. Berry in. diam. 1 The specimens of H. f. 



