188 CI. cONVOLvuLACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) [Argyreia^ 



Tropical Africa (if A. populifolia, var. africana (Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 

 114) can be identified with any Indian plant). 



12. A. bracteata, Choia. Convolv. Or. 39, and in DC. Prodr. ii. 328 ; 



leaves ovate base rounded glabrate above fulvous densely silky beneath, 

 peduncles mostly short, flowers subcapitate, bracts prominent oblong or elliptic 

 silkily villous persistent, sepals ^ in. ovate subacute. Wight in Hook. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. i. 38, t. 3. Convolvulus pomaceus. Wall. Cat. 1419, type sheet 

 partly. Ipomeea Kleiniana, Soem. 8f Sch. Syst. iv. 789. 



Deccan Peninsula ; Bottler ; Madras, Shuter ; Coimbatore, Wight. 



Seandent. Leaves 2-3^ in., obtuse or scarcely acuminate, base sometimes slightly- 

 cordate ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles ^-2 in., bracts f in. Sepals with scarious margins. 

 Corolla 2 in. and upwards, tubular-campanulate, hirsute without. Serry f in., 

 yellowish-brown, pulpy. — Easily distinguished by its leaves being glabrous above 

 shining silky beneath ; hence often confounded with A. argentea. 



13. A. pomacea, Chois. Convolv. Or. 31, and in DC. B-orfr. ix. 329 ; 

 leaves elliptic-ovate obtuse closely softly hairy on both surfaces, peduncles 

 short, corymbs small lax, bracts narrowly oblong caducous, sepals \ in. round- 

 ovate. Wight III. 168 bis Jig. 2. Lettsomia pomacea, Moxb. Hort. Beng. 18, 

 and Fl. Ind. i. 493, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 83. Rivea pomacea, Wight Iv. 

 t. 888. Convolvulus pomaceus, Wall. Cat. 1419, part of second sheet. 



South Deccan ; Mysore, Eoxburgh ; Coimbatore, Wight ; Nilgherries, G. Thom- 

 son, &c. 



Large, seandent. Leaves 1-3 in., sometimes emarginate, often undulate, base^ 

 rhomboid or rounded ; petiole | in. Peduncles 0-f in. ; bracts J-f in. Corolla 2 

 in., tubular-campanulate, hirsute without, Berry § in. diam., yellow-brown, 

 pulpy. 



Vae. triflora; leaves narrowly ellipde rhomboid at the base glabrate above 

 sparsely strigose beneath, peduncles ^| in. 1-3-flowered, bracts -i-i in. narrowly 

 oblong obtuse glabrous, sepals glabrous. A. Leschenaultii, Thwaites Enwn. 209, not 

 of Chois. Ipomsea u. 43, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. ^ T.— Ceylon ; Thwaites (C. P. 

 n. 1932). 



14. A. sericea, Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169 ; leaves ovate-cordate 

 acute hispid or strigose above densely silky beneath, peduncles as long as the 

 petioles, flowers capitate, bracts prominent persistent oblong or elliptic nerved 

 silky, sepals elliptic-lanceolate often unequal. Ipomsea bracteata, Graham Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 131, not of G. Don. 



Malabar Ghauts and Concan, frequent ; Stocks, Law, &c. ; Belgaum, Bitchie. 



A powerful, silky twiner. Leaves 3-5 in., base of lower deeply cordate ; petiole 

 1-3 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; bracts attaining H in. Sepals | in., two outer often 

 much longer. Corolla 2^ in., tubular-funnel-shaped, pink, hirsute, without. Berry 

 J in. diam., orange-coloured, pulpy. — Perhaps, as Dalzell suggests, nearest to A. 

 airgentea, but is usually referred to A. bracteata, Choisy, to which it is not 

 very near. 



15. A. Iiescbenaultii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 31, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 329, not of Thwaites; innovations white-tomentose, leaves subcordate ovate 

 acuminate softly hairy on both surfaces, peduncles short, bracts linear, sepals i- 

 ji in. ovate obtuse. Convolvulus Choisyanus, Wall. Cat. 2259, type sheet only 

 (Choisy). 



.NiLGHEEKiES, alt. 1-6000 ft. ; Wight, &c. 



A powerful climber. Leaves 6 by 5 in., suddenly shortly acuminate, closely 

 villous subtomentose beneath becoming less so in age ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles ^% 

 in., softly villous ; bracts J by ^ in., subpersistent. Corolla 2 in., hirsute without. 



