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and 1-2 broad. Petioles and peduncles clothed with hoary to- 

 mentum. Corolla 18 lines long, hairy outside. Sepals rather 

 hairy outside, with scarious edges. 

 Leschenault's Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



4 A. POMACEA (Choisy, 1. c. p. 413.) clothed with cinereous 

 tomentum ; leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, clothed with cinereous, 

 velvety down on both surfaces, but especially beneath ; peduncles 

 exceeding the petioles a little, cymose, many-flowered ; bracteas 

 linear-lanceolate, adpressed to the flowers ; sepals ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, rather villous. fj . *"\ S. Native of Mysore. 

 Lettsomia pomacea, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 83. Ipomae a Zeylanica, 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 482. t. 178. f. 1. Convolvulus Rottleri. 

 Spreng. syst. 4. p. 61. Lettsomia strigosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 

 80. Ipomse'a strigosa, Roth. Convolvulus capitatus, Vahl, 

 symb. 3. p. 28. ? Convolvulus Choisyanus, Wall. cat. Leaves 

 sometimes sub-emarginate at apex. Petioles and peduncles 

 villous. Bracteas sometimes cuneated. Flowers large, rose- 

 coloured. Berry 4-seeded, size of a cherry, yellow. Peduncles 

 dichotomous, 3-7-flowered. 



Apple-fruited Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



5 A. NEELGHE'RYA (Choisy, 1. c. p. 414.) clothed with rufes- 

 cent hairs ; leaves cordate-orbicular, or oblong, acuminated, sU 

 nuated, beset with strigose hairs on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 exceeding the petioles, umbellately many-flowered ; bracteas 

 ovate or linear, intermixed with the flowers ; sepals ovate- 

 elliptic, obtuse, hairy outside, fj . *"*. S. Native of Neelgherry 

 mountains. Stem fistular. Leaves 3-4 inches long, scabrous 

 and green above. Corolla 2-3 inches long, campanulately funnel- 

 shaped, rose-coloured. Very nearly allied to the preceding species. 



Neelghery Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



" 6 A. POPULIFOLIA (Choisy, 1. c. p. 414.) glabrous ; leaves cor- 

 dately-orbicular, short-acuminated ; peduncles usually exceed- 

 ing the leaves, dichotomously cymose ; flowers loose, intermixed 

 with linear-lanceolate bracteas ; sepals small, ovate-roundish, very 

 obtuse, villous. Tj . ^. S. Native of the East Indies, at Gualpara 

 and Colomba. Ipomae'a Kleiniana, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 789. Ipomae'a bracteata, Willd. herb. Convolvulus Malabari- 

 cus, Hamilt. herb. madr. Wall, cat.no. 1414. Conv. fastigiatus, 

 Roxb. ex Wall. cat. no. 2258. Tops of branchlets rather vil- 

 lous. Leaves paler beneath. Petioles sometimes rather villous. 

 Peduncles a foot long. Corolla tubularly campanulate, hairy 

 outside ; tube coarctate at the base. 



Poplar-leaved Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



7 A. SPLE'NDENS (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 289. Choisy, 1. c. p. 

 415.) leaves ovate-oblong, or ovate-elliptic, entire, or pandu- 

 rately sinuated, sometimes somewhat 3-lobed, smooth above, 

 but clothed with silvery, silky down beneath ; peduncles ex- 

 ceeding the petioles, corymbosely many-flowered ; bracteas 

 none ; sepals ovate, obtuse, clothed with hoary tomentum. 



b ^. S. Native of the East Indies. Lettsomia splen- 

 dens, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 75. Convolvulus splendens, Horn. 

 hort. hafn. suppl. p. 123. Ipomae'a splendens, Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 2628. Conv. splendidus, Hamilt. herb. Stem clothed with 

 hoary villi. Leaves acuminated, 6 inches long ; petioles hoary. 

 Corolla tubularly campanulate, Ij inch long, rather villous 

 outside, pale red. Berry scarlet, size of a large pea. 

 Splendid Argyreia. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1820. Shrub tw. 



8 A. FU'LGEXS (Choisy, 1. c. p. 415.) tomentose ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, long- acuminated, glabrous and dark green above, but 

 clothed with silvery tomentum beneath ; peduncles not exceed- 

 ing the petioles, brachiately and loosely many-flowered ; bracteas 

 almost wanting ; sepals ovate, very obtuse, equal, villous. Tj . 

 ^. S. Native of the East Indies, at Quilon. Convolvulus 

 fulgens, Wall. cat. no. 1394. Conv. argenteus, Heyne, herb. 

 Leaves nerved beneath, 3-4 inches long, 9-15-lines broad. Pe- 

 dicels villous. Corolla tubular, 1 \ inch long, glabrous. 



Fulgent Argyreia. Shrub twining. 



9 A. PA'LLIDA (Choisy, 1. c. p. 416.) smoothish ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute and mucronate at the apex, glabrous above, clothed 

 with cinereous down beneath ; peduncles very short, shorter 

 than the petioles, 3-4-flowered ; sepals ovate-orbicular, very 

 blunt, villous. Tj . r> . S. Native of the East Indies, between 

 Yandaboo and Paghumew, on the road to Petiwell Wells. Con- 

 volvulus pallidus, Wall. cat. no. 1418. Branches clothed with 

 cinereous, white wool at top. Corolla tubular, glabrous, hardly 

 5-8 lines long. Fruit black, acute, 2-celled. 



Pale Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



10 A. CUNEA'TA (Ker. bot. reg. 661.) smoothish ; leaves obo- 

 vate-cuneated, emarginate, glabrous above, but beset with short, 

 crowded hairs beneath, hardly petiolate ; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves, 3-6-flowered ; bracteas linear, very acute ; sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, equal, villous. \i . *"*. S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Convolvulus cuneiformis, Buch. draw. mys. pi. Ipo- 

 mae'a atrosanguinea, Sims, bot. mag. 2170. Lettsomia cuneata, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 81. Conv. cuneatus, and Conv. cymosus, 

 Herb. madr. Stem clothed with powdery down at top. Petioles 

 villous. Peduncles and pedicels downy. Corolla large, of a beau- 

 tiful deep bright purple colour. Berry smooth, yellowish outside. 



Cuneatc-\eaved Argyreia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub tw. 



11 A. ELLIPTICA (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. p. 417.) 

 smoothish or downy ; leaves ovate or obovate-elliptic, usually 

 villous ; peduncles sometimes exceeding the leaves ; flowers in 

 loose, corymbose panicles ; bracteas small, linear, caducous ; 

 sepals equal, very blunt, fj . r> . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 as of Mysore, Ceylon, Taong Dong, and Lower Nipaul. Con- 

 volvulus ellipticus, Spreng, syst. 1. p. 613. Ipomae'a elliptica, 

 Roth. nov. spec. 113. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 248. 

 Convolv. laurifolius, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 50. and 573. Ipomae'a 

 laurifolia, Sweet, hort. brit. p. 288. Convolv. peduncularis, 

 Wall. cat. no. 1417. Branches and peduncles downy or villous. 

 Bracteas and calyx villous. Corolla tubularly campanulate, an 

 inch long, of a rose-colour. Berry round, 4-seeded. 



Elliptic-leaved Argyreia. Shrub twining. 



12 A. ARGE'NTEA (Choisy, 1. c. p. 418.) stem downy; leaves 

 roundish-cordate, short-acuminated, glabrous above, rarely beset 

 with short hairs, and clothed with silvery, silky down beneath ; 

 peduncles stiff, about equal in length to the petioles ; flowers 

 loosely umbellate ; bracteas lanceolate or linear, intermixed with 

 the flowers ; sepals lanceolate : exterior ones larger, with revo- 

 lute margins, villous outside. T? . ^. S. Native of Silhet, and 

 Chittagong ; and in woods about Calcutta. Lettsomia argentea, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 79. Convolv. argenteus, Herb. madr. Leaves 

 3-4 inches long, and the same broad. Bracteas silky. Flowers 

 many, large, of a beautiful rich pink colour, glabrous, except the 

 outside of the plicae, which is villous. Berry 4-seeded. 



Silvery Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



13 A. VENU'STA (Choisy, I.e. p. 4 1 9.) altogether like the preced- 

 ing, except the leaves, which are not silky beneath, but clothed 

 with wool-like down, fj . ^. S. Native of the East Indies, as 

 of Goalpara, Rangoon, Pegu, Ava, Prome, Segaen. Convolv. 

 Malabaricus, Wall. cat. no. 1414. Lettsomia argentea, Roxb., 

 from Rangoon. Berry glabrous, black in the dried state, 4- 

 seeded. Sepals stiff, glabrous, and bluntish. 



Beautiful Argyreia. Shrub tw. 



14 A. ROXBU'RGHII (Choisy, 1. c. p. 419.) very nearly allied 

 to the two preceding species ; but the leaves are clothed with 

 cinereous villi on both surfaces, but particularly beneath. f; . 

 *"\ S. Native of the East Indies, in woods and hedges. Ipo- 

 mae'a multiflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 89. Ipomse'a Burmanni ? 

 Koen. mss. ex Wall. Ipomae'a Roxburgh!!, Sweet, hort. brit. 

 p. 289. Ipomae'a amce'na, Blum, bijdr. 718. Convolvulus 

 Roxburghii, Wall. cat. no. 1415. Stems clothed with cinereous 



