216 CONVOLVULACER. [ Argyreia. 
in. long, grey-tomentose, the sepals elliptical, blunt or somewhat 
acute; corolla glabrous, funnel-shaped, 1-14 in. deep, the lobes 
almost obsolete, bluntish; stigmas 2, rotundate; berry entirely 
concealed in the calyx, the size of a cherry; seeds 4-1, covered 
with a dense, fine, brown down, hairy round the hilum. 
Has.—Frequent in all leaf-shedding forests, and more especially in jungles 
along choungs, all over Burma as far south as Upper Tenasserim.—Fl. C.S. ~ 
Remarxs.— Wood rather light and useless, porose, greyish brown, the annual 
rings broad. 
LETTSOMIA, Roxb. 
Sepals ovate, orbicular or lanceolate, usually spreading under 
the fruit. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, the limb shortly lobed, 
plaited in bud. Stamens included or exserted. Disk annular. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell; stigma didymously 
globose. Berry indehiscent, dry or sappy.—Large climbers, with 
ample simple leaves. Flowers small or large, cymose or capitate, 
forming bracted axillary cymes or corymbs. 
All parts tawny-appressed hirsute, the flower-heads spreadingly so; 
corollaaninch deep -. : : . ‘ ; : . DL. capitata. 
All parts greyish or whitish tomentose; corolla about 4in. deep . L. aggregata. 
1. L. capitata, Bth. and H.f.—A lofty twiner with woody 
stems, all softer parts densely covered with tawny-silvery appressed 
acuminate, entire, 4-6 in. long, membranous, densely and _ thickly 
hirsute from appressed tawny or golden hairs, more or less glabres- 
Has.—Frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper ones, preferring 
courses of choungs, all over B f, i to Tenas- 
eerim.—Fl. close of RS. and CS ve, Pe aeons oad Ave down od 
2. L, aggregata, Roxb—A large twiner, all softer parts 
greyish or whitish tomentose 3; leaves cordate to cordate-ovate, 00 
a rather strong tomentose petiole 1-2 in. long, acute or blunt, — 
