Zetfsomia. pentAndria monogynia. 79 



Obs. Seeds received from England, sent to me by the late Ho- 

 nourable Charles Greville, under the name Convolvulus speciosus, 

 produced this identical plant. Stigma, &c. &c. perfectly the same 

 as in the original Bengal plant. 



4. L. argentea, K. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves cordate, parallel-veined, sericeous 

 underneath. Peduncles, as long as the petioles, leafy ; bractes lanceo- 

 late, sericeous. 



Found in forests about Calcutta. I never saw it on the coast of 

 Coromandel. 



Beng. SMmoodra-shoka, chhota Bistzruka. 



Stems twining, perennial. — Leaves petioled, broad-cordate, entire, 

 with many parallel veins, as in C nervosa ; the upper side pale green, 

 with depressed hairs, the under side covered with much bright, sil- 

 ver-coloured, silky down ; about four inches long each way. — Pe- 

 tioles erect, round, hairy, length of the leaves ; at the apex on each 

 side is a green gland, as in C nervosus. — Fed uncles axillary, erect, 

 round, hairy, umbel-beariug. — Bractes lanceolate, silky. — Flowers 

 many, large, of a beautiful rich pink-colour. — Nectary, a fleshy ring 

 round the base of the germ. — Stamens, base of the filaments woolly. — 

 Berry soft, and pulpy, four-seeded. 



Obs. The following marks distinguish this species from nervosa } 

 to which it is nearly allied : 

 1st. The leaf-bearing umbel. 



£,d. The bractes. In this species they are lanceolate and not 

 waved, in that oval and much waved. 



3d. The flowers of this species are larger, and the leaves much 

 smaller than in that. 



4th. Here the veins are few, and alternate, there many, large and 

 opposite. 



5th. This produces a soft Berry, that a perfectly dry capsule. 



