Hryeibe.] ci. convolvtjlacej:. (C. B. Clarke.) 183 



Chittagong, Wallich. 



Leaves 6 J by 2J in., cuneate at the base, verrucose beneath ; midrib strong, much 

 raised beneath; petiole f in. Be/rry not seen. — There is no specimen of this in 

 Wallieh's Herbarium, nor have I seen any. 



Var. fragrans ; leaves 54 by 3^ in. ovate- elliptic acuminate, cymes rather less 

 -dense than in E. coriacea. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 392. E. fragrans, "Wall. Cat. 1336. 

 — Amherst, Wallich. 



11. E. g'lomerata, Wall. Cat. 1338 (? of JBlume) ; innovations villous, 

 leaves large elliptic acuminate nerves impressed above much raised beneath 

 secondary obscure, cymes axillary sessile capitate. Chois. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, i. 

 224 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 465 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 213. E. citriniflora, Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 284.— Ebenacea, Wall. Cat. 9061. 



MouLMEiN, Wallich. Mergtji, Griffith. 



A powerful scandent shiub ; branchlets round, stout, soon glabrescent. Leaves 7 

 :by 24 in., narrowed downwards, but often shortly suddenly rounded at the very base, 

 . coriaceous, often rugose above from the strongly impressed nerves ; petiole scarcely 

 \ in. Ch/Tnes ^ in. diam., minutely closely rusty-tomentose. Bary not seen. — 

 There is no specimen of this in WaUich's Herbarium. Miquel (Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1033) 

 says that this plant is not E. ghmerata, Blume Bijd. 1047 ; but from Blume's de- 

 scription it is either the same or very near it. 



2. RIVE A, Chois. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves ovate-cordate, silky or hirsute beneath, at least 

 while young ; petiole long. Peduncles axillary, 1-5-fld. ; bracts 2-3, narrow. 

 Sepals ovate or oblong, subequal. Corolla large, white, tube long, cylindric ; 

 limb wide-funnel-shaped, plaited. Stamens attached near the middle of the 

 tube, included; anthers narrowly-oblong, obtuse, not finally twisting. Ovary 

 4-ceiled, 4-ovuled ; disc annular ; style filiform, stigmas linear-oblong. Fruit 

 indehiscent or irregularly breaking up, subglobose, shining, nearly dry. Seeds 

 1-4, glabrous, in mealy pulp. — Species 2, Indian. 



1. R. ornata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 27, t. 3, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 326; 

 leaves orbicular-cordate white-tomentose beneath, peduncles short mostly 3-fld., 

 sepals ^-f in. elliptic-oblong acute or subacute, coroUa-limb white silky without. 

 Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Bist. viii. 179, t. 5, fig. 1, and HI. t. 168, bis fig. 1, 

 and Ic. t. 1356 ; Dalz. 8^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 168. Lettsomia ornata, Iio.vb. Sort. 

 £eng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 496, and ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 85. Convolvulus candi- 

 cans, Both Nov. Sp. 106 ; Itoem. ^ Sch. Syst. iv. 273, 790, not of Sol. 0. 

 omatus. Wall. Cat. 1369. C. Tarita, Sam. ; Wall. Cat. 2253. Argyreia ornata. 

 Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 373 ; Brand. Far. Fl. 343. 



Deccan Peninsula ; common in dry jungles, &c. Cetlon ; in the hotter parts of 

 -the Island. 



Branchlets stout, white-tomentose. Leaves 3-5 in. in diam., often broader than 

 long, glabrous above and, sometimes, at length beneath ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 4 in or less ; pedicels hardly any ; bracts \ in., narrowly oblong, deciduous. Corolla- 

 tuhe 2 in., limb 2 in. diam. Stigmas yb^J i ^- Fruit f in. diam., globose, mucro- 

 nate by the style base, yellow-brown, nearly dry. — Eoxburgh says he obtained seeds 

 ■ of this from Cawnpore (possibly from a garden ?) ; no examples have been seen but 

 from the South Deccan. 



Vae. Griffithii; leaves less silky beneath, peduncles 1-4 J in., sepals i-| in. 

 elliptic-oblong acute, coroUa-limb glabrous without even in the bud. — Bengal, Griffith, 

 Falconer. — Possibly a cultivated form. One of Griffith's examples is from the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, the other from Sikkim; Palconer's example is without 

 locality. 



