Letts omia.~\ cr. CONVOLVULACEJS. (C. B. Clarke.) 193 



6. Xi. Thomson!, Clarke; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate sparsely 

 strigose on both surfaces, peduncles scattered mostly as long as the petioles, 

 flowers capitate, bracts g--^ in. spathulate-oblong sparsely villous caducous, 

 sepals ^-jf in. ovate acute densely patently hirsute. Argyreia capitata, Brand. 

 For. Fl. 343, not of Chois. 



SUBTBOPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 0-4000 ft., from Gurwhal to Sikkim, common; 

 Boyle, Thomson, J. D. H., &c. 



Scandent; stems sparsely villous. Leaves 5 by 2\ in., acuminate; petiole 2 in. 

 Peduncles 2-5 in. ; bracts shorter than, and much less hirsute than the sepals, some- 

 times subpersistent. Sepals with soft fulvous hairs |- in. long, in fruit coriaceous 

 slightly enlarged. Corolla nearly 2 in., rose-purple, hirsute without. Capsule 

 usually 4-2-seeded. 



7. L. hirsutissima, Clarke; leaves ovate-cordate acute softly dusky 

 villous on both surfaces, peduncles short collected towards the ends of the 

 branches, flowers capitate, bracts ^ in. oblong villous deciduous, sepals ^-f in. 

 elliptic acute densely patently hirsute. Convolvulus hirsutissimus, Wall. Cat. 

 1400. Argyreia capitata j3 conferta, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 332. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft. ; Tendong, Clarke. DISTRIB. Ava. 

 Perhaps only a villous mountain form of L. Thomsoni. Leaves villous or almost 

 silky. Peduncles ^-2 in., rigid, forming as it were a narrow terminal dense panicle. 



8. L. strig-osa, Roxl. Hort. Seng. 13, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 ii. 80 ; leaves cordate suborbicular suddenly short acuminate sparsely hispid on 

 both surfaces, peduncles long, flowers capitate, bracts 1 in. elliptic-oblong 

 sparsely hispid persistent, sepals unequal smaller than the bracts densely bristle- 

 hispid. L. capitata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 591. Convolvulus strigosus, Wall. 

 Cat. 1365, type sheet. C. capitatus, Valil Symb. iii. 28. C. capitiformis, Poir. 

 Enc t Suppl. iii. 469. Ipomsea capitata, Roem. fy Sch. Sijst. iv. 238, not of 

 Chois. Argyreia capitata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 41, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 332, 

 in part. 



BENGAL PLAIN, and ASSAM, common ; extending into subtropical valleys of the 

 adjacent mountains. DISTRIB. Java. 



A powerful climber; branches hispid. Leaves 5 by 4J in., usually very obtuse, 

 covered with needle-like fulvous long straight patent hairs, as is nearly the whole 

 plant ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 2-4 in. ; bracts much less copiously bristly than the 

 sepals. Sepals | f in. ; outermost elliptic, inner almost linear, coriaceous in fruit. 

 Corolla 2 in. purple, hispid without. Capsule % in., papery, usually 4-2-seeded. 



9. Xi. peg-uensis, Clarke ; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate densely softly 

 hairy on both surfaces, peduncles long, flowers capitate, bracts 1 in. elliptic- 

 oblong softly densely hairy subpersistent, sepals unequal smaller than the bracts 

 densely hispid. Argyreia capitata, Kurz For. FL ii. 216; Choisy in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 332, chiefly. Convolvulus strigosus, Wall. Cat. 1365, partly. 



BRITISH BURMA, common ; Griffith, Parish, &c. TAVOY ; Wallich. ANDAMANS, 

 Heifer, &c. 



Perhaps only a marked local variety of L. strigosa, as Choisy and Kurz have 

 esteemed it ; is very constant in its characters and general aspect. Stem villous or 

 woolly, without the needle-like hairs of L. strigosa. Leaves gradually narrowed 

 upwards. Corolla softly sparsely hairy without. 



10. Xi. barbigera, Clarke-, leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate sparsely 

 hirsute on both surfaces, peduncles long, flowers capitate, bracts - in. ovate 

 obtuse persistent, sepals ovate and elliptic longer than the bracts densely sub- 

 patently hirsute. Convolvulus barbiger, Wall. Cat. 1404. Pharbitis barbigera, 



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