344 LVII. CONVOLVULACEiE. [Argyreia. 



5. A. setosa, Choisy 1. c. 332. Syn. Lettsomia setom, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 490; Wight Ic. t. 1360. 



A large woody climber ; young shoots and under side of leaves strigose 

 with adpressed hairs. Leaves broad-ovate from a cordate base, penni- 

 veined, blade 3-5 in. long. Flowers pink, shortly pedicellate, in compound 

 corymbose pedunculate cymes. Bracts broad-ovate, deciduous. Corolla 

 campanulate. 



Northern Circars, Dekkan. Fl. No v. -Jan. This sp. is closely allied to A. 

 capitata. They require farther examination on the spot. 



6. A. cuneata, Bot. Reg. t. 661 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 330. Syn. Lettsomia 

 cuneata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 491. 



A large woody climber with smooth dark grey bark, young shoots and 

 leaves with adpressed silky hairs. Leaves deep green, cuneate-oblong 

 3-4 in. long, petiole J in. long or less. Flowers large, bright deep purple, 

 on slender pedicels, in short axillary 3-flowered pedunculate cymes; bracts 

 linear. Corolla campanulate. 



Nilgiris, Pulneys, Western Ghats as far north as Bombay, cultivated in gar 

 dens. Fl. Aug.-Sept. 



3. ERYCIBE, Roxb. 





Large climbing shrubs with entire, evergreen, coriaceous leaves. Cor- 

 olla-tube short, lobes bifid, middle part firm coriaceous, hairy outside, seg- 

 ments folded in bud. Stamens at the base of the corolla-tube, filaments 

 short. Ovary 1 -celled, with 4 erect ovules ; stigma thick sessile, lobed. 

 Fruit an indehiscent 1 -seeded berry ; cotyledons folded. 



1. E. paniculata, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 159 ; Fl. Ind. i. 585 ; Wight 111. 

 t. 180. 



A large climbing shrub ; young shoots and inflorescence covered with 

 rust -coloured pubescence. Leaves elliptic -oblong, abruptly acuminate 

 (caudate), 3-5 in. long, narrowed into a short petiole; main lateral nerves 

 arcuate, 4-6 on either side of midrib. Flowers yellow, in long terminal 

 leafy panicles. Calyx and middle part of corolla-lobes with dense rust- 

 coloured hairs, appendices (segments of corolla-lobes) rounded, glabrous, 

 membranous. Connective prolonged beyond anthers, apiculate. Berry 

 subglobose, % in. diam., supported by the persistent calyx, pulpy, black 

 when ripe. 



South India, Ceylon, Burma, Bengal, Oudh forests. Fl. June-Nov. Indian 

 Archipelago, Queensland. 



E. Wightiana, Graham Cat. Bombay Plants, 137 ; scandent, with rigid 

 stems, and white, fragrant flowers, may possibly only be a variety of E. pani- 

 culata.-^ Western Ghats, Bombay to Belgaum. 



