Argyreia] LXXVII. CONVOLVULACEiE 485 



pubescent, 1. cordate, shortly acuminate. F). heads dense, single or arranged in large 



pedunculate panicles or corymbs, bracts orbicular, corolla lilac, hairy outside. 7. A. 



hirsuta, Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 891. Nilgiris. Clothed with long soft hairs, peduncles 



.. hracts lanceolate, the outer often petiolate, leaf-like. Corolla hairy oil - 



s . A. Vallicnii, Choisy. Sikkim. Terai to 4,000 ft Assam. Khasi and Naga hills. 

 Yunnan. L. densely grey tomentose beneath, S. sessile or nearly so, in dense heads, 

 peduncles short, corolla narrow. 1| in. long, white, tinged with pink. 



B. Bracts persistent, 1. ovate or oblong, breadth three-fourths of length or 

 less. 



9. A. pilosa, Arn. Konkan. B Ig ram. Kanara. Bababudan hills. Often pro- 

 cxunbent, running along the ground, peduncles stout, varying in length, bracts linear, 

 very hair; sepals '. in. long. 10. A. Lawii, (lark.-. Konkan. 



Bababudan hills. L. acuminate, grey silky '• luncles slender, sepals ovate, 



obtuse, £ in. long. 11. a. Choisyana, "VYiirht. Karnatik. B. ovate-lanceolate, hairy on 

 ; eduncles 1-3-fld., 1-2 in. long, hirsute. 



12. A. Daltoni, Clarke. Singbhum. L. ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous above, 

 fulvous-strigose beneath, blade 6-9, pet. 1-3 in. long. Fl. in lax corymbs, peduncles 

 rigid, silky, 2—1 in. long, bracts narrowly oblong. 



C. Bracts deciduous. 1. broad, usually cordate. 



13. A. speciosa, Sv.i-.-i -. Wight Ic. t. 851. Tfie Elephant Creeper. Assam, Plains ,,f 

 Bengal. Sundi-ilian. Western Peninsula, common on the sea coast in the Konkan. 

 A large woody i branches, underside of 1. and inflorescence persistently white- 

 tomentose. L. glabrous above, blade 3-12 in. dia .] 9in.long. Corymbs many-fid., 



acles 3 12 in. long, bracts large foliaceous leciduous, corolla 2 in. across, white 

 woolly outside, bright pusple within. 



1 1. A. argentea, Choisy ; Sikkim Terai, Assam, Khasi hills. Plains of Bengal. L. 

 hairy above, densely white silky beneath, blade 3-6 in. diam., pet. 2-5 in. long. 15. 

 A. Roxburghii. i hoisy. Nepal. Sikkim Terai. Assam. L. softly hairy on both sides, 

 peduncles 2 3 in. lo - semi-pers'istent. corolla red. 16. A. venusta, I i,..i-\ : 



Pin in in .1. oiiii. As. Soc. Bengal 63, 89.— Syn. .1. argentea, var, venusta, Clarke; A. 

 argentea, var. hirsuta, Kurz. Bun ' ad i. i L. glabrous above, grey- 



silky beneat h. 14,15 16 selj allied. 



17. A. Hookeri, Clarke. — Syn. 1 Kurzii, Clarke ; Argyn ".Kurz. 

 var. populifolia. Nepal. Sikkim, Terai and Lower hills, to 1,000 ft. Andamans, 



- island. Pegu, chin hills. Upper Burma. Young shoots silky, 1. cordate, 4-9 

 in. diam., pet. 3 6 in. long. • lorymbi few-fld., dichi 6-10 in., bracts 



caducous, sepals .', in. long. 



18. A. tiliafolia, Wight Ic. 1. 1358. Sundriban. Power Burma. Western Peninsula. 

 i Ion. Philippines. I V large climber, stems long, twisted and ridged, 1. 

 cordate, glabrous above, slightly hairy beneath, blade 3-6 in. diam., pet. as long as 

 diam. of 1. Peduncles 8-fld. shorter than petiole, fr. globose, 1 U. in. diam., dry,eni ! 



in the much enlarged and hardened calyx. 



D. Bracts dec-iduous, 1. ovate, oblong, lanceolate or spathulate, width | of 

 length or less. 



a • Westi rn s].i-.-i.-s. 

 If. A. pomac'ea. choisy -. Wight [11. 1. 16? .2: Wight Io.t.888. Coimbatore, 



Nilgiris. Hi-an.-hl.-t-. underside of Land inflorescence -. silky, upperside of 



I. h;iir\ Corymbs few-fld-, peduncles short, fr. pulpy, yellow-brown. 20. A. fulgens, 

 Choisj : Wight let. 1857. Courtallum, Branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence 

 white silky, t lorj mbs 8 7-fld., peduncles I in. long. 21. A. cuneata. K. i ; Wight I.-, 

 i. sun. Deccan. M\- re. Nilgiris, Palnis. Javadis (D. B. Jan. 1882). An erect 

 shrub, often gregarious, sometimes twining, n ben it meets with supports. I., oboi 

 bulate, densely hairy beneath, blade 2 I. pet. i in. Peduncles usually 8-fld., 

 ! in., corolla deep crimson, 1A-2 in. 1 



6 Knst.Tii speciea 

 22. A. splendens. Sw.-.-t. Khasi and Nago hills. Yunnan. L. coriaceous, elliptic, 

 acuminate, glabrous above, silky-white beneath, blade 5 7, pel 2 Lin. long. Corymbs 

 few- or many-fld., peduncles ] Lin. long. 2:;. A. Championi, Benth. ; Prain in Jouru. 

 .\~. Soc. Beng. 68, 89. Syn. A. ob 1 i unans, very common. Burma, 



Upper and Lower. Malaj Penins. china. L. elongate-elliptic or obovate, densely 

 grej silkj below, blade i 5, 1 in., peduncle '_. 1 in. long. 24. A. lanceolate, 



Choisy. Tenasserim, L. narrowly lanceolate, shining silky beneath, corymbs 8-fld., 

 almost sessile, sepals i In. long. 



