186 CI. coNTOLVULACEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Argyreia. 



bracts caducous, sepals ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, berry dusky succulent com- 

 pletely 4-celled. A. populifolia, Chois. in- DC. Prodr. ix. 329 ; and C. mala- 

 baricus, Wall. Cat. 1414 B ; the Goalpara plant only. 



Assam, Hamilton. Sikxim Himalaya, alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent, J. D. JS., &c. 

 Bhotan, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. 



A large climber, •ultimately glabrescent ; innovations viUoue or sometimes shin- 

 ing, Bubserieeous. Leaves 4-9 in., larger deeply cordate ; petiole long. Pedwacles 

 31-2 in. ; bracts i in., narrow, caducous. Sepals 5 in. ; in fruit larger, acute. 

 Corolla 2-2J in., tubular-funnel-shaped, sparsely hairy without, rose-coloured. Berri/ 

 I in. diam., globose. — Convolvulus peduucularis, Wail. Cat. 1417, from Ava, is ex- 

 .oeedingly like A. Hooieri; but in it the fruiting sepals are | in., orbicular and 

 coriaceous. 



6. A. splendens. Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 373; leaves elliptic acuminate 

 base rhomboid or rounded glabrous above silky-white beneath, corymbs 

 peduncled, bracts caducous, corolla-plaits hairy without, capsule papery 

 acarlet. Lettsomia splendens, Boxb. Sort. JBenff. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 487, and 

 ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 75 ; Wall. Cat. 1361. Ipomsea splendens, Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2628. 



Khasia Mts. ; Griffith. Chittagong ; Boxbitrah ; at Seetakoond, H. f. ^ T. 



A large climber. Leaves 7 by 4 in., never cordate ; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 1-4 

 in., few- or many-flowered. Sepals ^ in., ovate, obtuse, closely tomentose. Corolla 

 Ig in., tubular-campanulate, rose-coloured. Fruit (with the sepals) as of A. Wallichii. 

 — Convolvulus Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 6607, from Coehiu-China, is closely allied, 

 but the leaves are elliptic and ovate subeordate. A. acuta. Lour. (Chois. in DC. 

 Prodr. xix. 333) is exceedingly near, but has the corymbs slenderer, smaller flowers, 

 and sepals elliptic-oblong with adpressed silvery hairs. 



7. A. obtecta, Clarke ; leaves elliptic or oblong acute at both ends pilose 

 above silky-strigose beneath, peduncles short, bracts caducous, sepals short 

 ovate obtuse, corolla hirsute without, capsule papery red. Convolvulus ob- 

 tectus, Wall. Cat. 1416. Eivea? obtecta, Chois. Convolv. Or. 28, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 326. 



Malay Peninsula ; Tavoy and Amherst, Wallich ; Mergui, Griffith ; Tenasserim, 

 Heifer. 



A large climber. Leaves 5 by 2j in., beneath tawny or whiteish ; petiole f in. 

 Peduncles J-1^ in. Flower anifrtdt nearly as in A. splendens, but sepals and corolla 

 more hirsute. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. — Kuown from A. splendens by the short 

 petioles, from A. lanceolata by the peduncled corymbs. 



Var. obtusifolia ; leaves obtuse almost emarginate. Tavoy ; Griffith. — An 

 example in Herb. Wight, named by him Convolvulus lau/rifoUus. This may be A. 

 ■obtvdfolia. Lour. (Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 333), of which the fragments at the British 

 Museum consist of branchlets, fruits, and a fragment of one leaf. 



8. A. lanceolata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 39, and in DC. Prod/i: ix. 331; 

 leaves lanceolate or Unear-lanceolate pilose above shining silky beneath, flowers 

 axillaiy subsessile 1-3 together, , bracts inconspicuous, sepals elongate-oblong, 

 •coroUa hairy without. Convolvulus argyrophyUus, WaU. Cat. 1395. 



Malay Peninsula; Martaban and Tavoy, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish; Tenas- 

 .serim or Andamans, Heifer. 



Siems twining, slender. Leaves 5 by §,in., or shorter and broader, base cuneate 

 or rounded ; petiole f in. Sepals § by i in., oblong or lanceolate. Corolla li in., 

 tubular-campanulate. Capsule j in,, globose, thin, not red (but unripe). — The foliage 

 .and corymbs are sometimes like those of A, obtecta, from which it is distinguished 

 by the elongate sepals. 



