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GEiSVS II. ARGYREIA. 

 Pentandi'ia Monosynla. Seje 



Deriv. So named from the Greek word signifying Silvery ; 

 in reference to the appearance of the leaves. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals 5 : corolla campanulate : style one : stigtaa 

 capitate, 2-lobed. : ovary 2-celIed, 4«eeded : frnit baccate, sur- 

 rounded by the sepals, often rubescent within and hardened. — » 

 Perbs or undershrubs, usually silvery, silky or tomentose. 



(1) A. BRACTEATA. {Choisy.) 



Ident. Choisy. Conv. o;t. p. 30. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 328. 

 Engrav. Kook. Bot. Oomp. t. 3. 



Spec. Char. Covered with silky hairs: leaves oblong-rotund^ 

 acute at the apex, glabrous above, silky rufescent below : peduncles 

 cymosely many-flowered, much shorter than the leaf: bracts lanceo-^ 

 late surrounding the cyme, sopaewhat villous externally ; sepals, 

 ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, villous externally at the middle, mem- 

 branaceous at the margin : corolla hirsute eztemalfyi greenish^ 

 white, with dark purple eye. 



Common about Madras. 



(2) A. sPECiosA. {Siveei.') 



Ident. Sweet. Hort. Sub. p. 289. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 328. 



Syn. Convolvulus nervosus, Burm. — C. speciosus, Linn. — Ipo- 

 maea speciosa, Pers.— Lettsomia nervosa, Roxb. 



Engrav. Burm. Ind. t. 20. fig. 1.— Rheede Mai. XI. t. 61. — 

 Wight's Icon. t. 851. 



Spec. Char. Large climber: stem tomentose: leaves very 

 large, cordate-acute, smooth or nearly so above, covered with white 

 silky hairs beneath : peduncles as long as the petioles : flowers 

 somewhat umbellate or capitate : sepals ovate, very obtuse, tomen- 

 tose : corolla 2 inches long, sonaewhat cylindric, pale rose-colouied ; 

 fruit berried, 4-celled : cells 1-seeded. 



Coromandel. Malabar. Deccan. Hindostan. Flowering nearljf 

 all the year. It is called the Elephant creeper. 



(3) A. LEscHENAUiTn. (Choisy.) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. IX. p. 329.— Choisy. Conv. or. p. i\. 



Spec Char. Ash-coloured, silky : leaves ovate-elliptic, stri.. 

 gosely hirsute above and green, ashy-tomentose below ; peduncles. 



