Argyreia.] ci. Convoivulace^. (C. B. Clarke.) ISb 



Sect. II. Euarg^yrela. Sepals from ovate to narrow-oblong, more or 

 les8 hairy, iiltimately dry. Seedt glabrous or very closely tomentose. 



* Stems tmninff, often extendvely scandent. 



2. A. speciosa, Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 373; leaves large ovate-cordate 

 acute glabrous _ above persistently wbite-tomentose beneath, peduncles long,, 

 flowers subcapitate, bracts large ovate-lanceolate acute thin softly woolly 

 deciduous, corolla-tube woolly, fruit brown-yellow stout nearly dry. Chois, 

 Convolv. Or. 29, and in jDC. I¥odr. ix. 328 ; Wight Ic. t. 851 ; Bassk. Retzia, 

 i. 68; Bah. |- Oihs. Bomb. Fl. 168; Brand. Fm: Fl. 343. Convolvulus 

 spedosus, lAnn. f. Suppl. 137 ; Smith Ic. Fict. t. 17 ; Wall. Cat. 1363. 0. 

 nervosus, Burnt. Fl. Ind. 48, t. 20, fig. 1. Lettsomia speciosa, Moxb. Sort.- 

 Bmg. 13. L. nervosa, Boxh. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 488, and ed. Careys 

 8( Wall. ii. 78 {not of Hort. Bot. Calc). Ipomeea speciosa, Blvjme Bijd. 717 ;, 

 Bot. Mag. 2446. 



India, alt. 0-1000 ft. ; from Assam to Belgaum and Mysore ; frequent in Bengal 

 plain. — DiSTEiB. Java ; also from China, Mauritius, &c., cultivated. 



Extensively climbing. Stems stout, white-tomentose. Leaves 3-12 in. diam., 

 glabrous above even before unfolding ; petiole long. Peduncles usually 3-6 in., stout, 

 white-tomentose ; outer bracts IJ in. Corolla 2-3 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, rosy. 

 Fruit f in, diam., globose, apiculate ; sepals ultimately ^ in. diam., ovate, coriaceous,, 

 woolly. 



3. A., argrentea, Chois. Convolv. Or. 36, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330;; 

 leaves ovate-cordate acute hairy above persistently white-silky beneath, corymbs 

 peduncled dense or subcapitate, bracts narrow mostly inconspicuous, coroUa 

 hairy vrithout, berry nearly black, fruiting sepals thin lanceolate subpatent. 

 Lettsomia argentea, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 489, and ed. Carey 

 ir Wall. ii. 79. Convolvulus argenteus, Wall. Cat. 1364. 



Bengal Plain ; frequent, extending to Assam and Chittagong. Khasla Mts., 

 alt. 4000 ft., fl:/. ^ T. 



A large climber. Leaves 3-6 in., closely pilose above ultimately subglabrous, 

 sUky subtomentose beneath ; petiole long. Pedimoles 2-5 in. ; corymbs small, or 

 large; bracts ^ by ^ in., in the Khasia plant larger subpersistent. Corolla 2 in., 

 tubular-funnel-shaped, with many spreading simple lax hairs without, rose-purple. 

 Berry | in. diam., globose ; sepals ultimately J by ^ in., subpatent, or in one example 

 ovate subobtuse coriaceous. 



Vab. venusta; indumentum leSs silvery ultimately thin. A. venusta, Chois, 

 Convolv. Or. 36, and in I)C. Prodr. ix. 330. Convolvulus festivus. Wall. Cat. 1414, 

 not Argyreia festiva, Wall. PI. As. Bar. Argyreia sp., u. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. §• '1\ 

 — PBOir, Wallich, McLelUmd, &c. Bengal ; Furidpore, Clarice. — Distbib. Ava. 



4. A. Ztoxburgrbii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 2!T, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330, 

 most syns. excl. ; leaves ovate-cordate acute softly patently vUlous on both sur- 

 faces, peduncles equalling the petioles, corymbs dense, bracts narrow, sepals 

 J-^ in. elliptic-lanceolate. Convolvulus Eoxburghii, Wall. Cat. 1415. 



Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim Tehai, Clarke. Assam, Jenkins. 



Leaves hardly shining. Peduncles 2 in., shorter than in A. argentea, which it very 

 closely resembles. 



Vah. ampla; innovations white silky, leaves large ultimately sparsely hairy, 

 cymes lax irregularly compound, one or more of the outer bracts often leaflike 

 petioled. Argyreia ampla, CKois. Co»w2t;. O. 38, and in DC. Proi^j', ix. Convolvulus 

 amplus, Wall. Cat. 1420. — The common form. 



6. A. Kookerl, Clarice ; leaves large cordate-ovate acute glabrescent or 

 somewhat hairy beneath, peduncles very long, cymes dichotomous few-flowered. 



