192 ci. cONVOLVtiLACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lettsomia. 



tubular-campanulate, rose-coloured, hirsute without. Capsule % in., red, as are the 

 fruiting sepals within. 



VAR. osyrensis ; leaves softly hairy above white-tomentose or somewhat fuscous-, 

 villous beneath. Ipomsea osyrensis, Roth Nov. Sp. 117. Argyreia osyrensis, Chois. 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 334. Deccan Peninsula, frequent. Tenasserim, Heifer. Ceylon, 

 abundant. DISTRIB. Ava. 



2. I*, mysorensis, Clarke ; leaves elliptic cordate mucronate glabrous 

 above white-tomentose beneath, peduncles long grooved when dry, corymbs 

 small, bracts shorter than the sepals deciduous, outer sepals ovate inner much 

 smaller narrow. Argyreia n. 29, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. $ T. 



MYSORE; G. Thomson. 



Scandent ; branches closely white-tomentose. Leaves 5 by 3 in., subobtuse with a 

 mucro; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 3-5 in. ; outer bracts in., obovate, white-tomentose, 

 caducous, inner in., oblong ; outer sepals ^ in. white-tomentose, inner in. oblong. 

 Corolla as of L. aggregata. Anthers exserted. Fruit not seen. Closely allied to L. 

 aggregata. 



3. Xi. bella, Clarke ; leaves ovate-cordate acute glabrous or softly hairy 

 above white-tomentose beneath, peduncles terete shorter than the leaves, flowers 

 capitate, bracts small spathulate or oblong, outer sepals elliptic densely white 

 hirsute. 



CHOTA NAGPORE, alt. 2000 ft., frequent ; Clarke. 



Scandent ; branches white-woolly. Leaves 4 in. ; petiole 3 in. Peduncles ^-3 

 in., rarely exceeding the petioles; bracts \-^ in. Outer sepals ^-^ in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, in fruit enlarged, subovate, coriaceous ; inner sepals gradually smaller ; 

 sepals all densely patently white-hirsute. Corolla as of L. aggregata, more hirsute. 

 Anthers exsert. Capsule % in., red. Convolvulus vestitus, Wall. Cat. 1411, from the 

 Nepal Terai, appears to be this plant ; but, if so, Wallich's flowers which are l in. 

 long, cannot belong to it. 



4. Li. bracteosa, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acute glabrescent above spar- 

 ingly fuscous-villous beneath, peduncles short, flowers capitate, bracts J in. 

 orbicular tomentose persistent, sepals ^ in. orbicular in fruit. 



PEGU ; McLelland, &c. 



Scandent ; branches glabrescent. Leaves 3 by 1^ in. ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles ^ 

 in., woolly ; heads dense, softly hirsute. Flowers not seen. Capsule red. Resembles 

 Convolvulus multibracteatus, Wall. Cat. 1408 (= Argyreia tomcntosa, Chois. in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 333), from Ava, in which the bracts are ovate shortly acute, the sepals 

 linear-lanceolate. 



** Corolla more, than 1 in. long, anthers included. 



5. Xi. elliptica, Wight, note to Ic. t. 1356; leaves elliptic subacute 

 glabrescent above sparsely strigose beneath, corymbs loose, bracts caducous, 

 sepals T in ovate, corolla 1 in. nearly glabrous without. C. ellipticus, Sprang. 

 Syst.L6l3; Wall. Cat. 1380. C. laurifolius, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl 

 Ind. i. 470, and ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 50, 573. Ipomaea elliptica, Roth Nov. 

 Sp. 113. I. laurifolia, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2. 372. Argyreia elliptica, Chois. 

 Convolv. Or. 35, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330 (excl. syn. Wall. Cat. ]381, 

 1417) j Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight, &c. CEYLON ; central province, not uncommon. 



Scandent ; innovations villous, soon glabrous or sparingly grey-pubescent. Leaves 

 4 by 2 in., base rhomboid or rounded ; petiole l\ in. Peduncles 2-5 in., or short, or 

 leafy, when the corymbs have an outer bract ; pedicels ^-\ in. Sepals obtuse, in 

 fruit orbicular, coriaceous, patent. Corolla pale purple. Berry - in. diam., 

 depressed-globose, orange-brown. 



