Argyreia.] ci. coNTOLVULAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 189 



Serrr/ J in. diam., pulpy. — Convolvulus Choieyanus (Wall. Cat. 2259) is not now in 

 Wallich's herbarium; Choisy says it is Argyreia LeschenatiUii ; but it may have been 

 .A, Ckoisya/na, Wight. 



16. A. neUyg'lierya, Chois. Convolv. Or. 82, and in DC. Frodr.\s..B2Q ; 

 leaves sutcordate elliptic subacute softly hairy above densely villous beneath, 

 peduncles shorter thatf. the leaves, cymes few-fld. subcapitate, bracts oblong 

 persistent, sepals 5 in. ovate obtuse. Convolvulus pomaceus, WaU. Cat. 1419, 

 partly. 



NiLOHEKEiES, alt. 6000 ft. ; Wight, &e. 



Differs little from A. Leschenavltii except that the leaves are only half as wide 

 (2-2^ in.) and much more shaggy, often rufescent somewhat shining beneath. It is 

 also very near A. pomacea, but has larger sepals and peduncles often 2-3 in. 



17. A. malabarica, Chois. Convolv. Or. 38, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 331 ; 

 stem pubescent, leaves ovate-cordate acute sparsely hispid on both surfaces 

 ultimately nearly glabrous, peduncles 2-5 in., bracts elliptic or oblong, sepals in 

 finat j-f in. emptic-lanceolate. Dalz. Sr Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 169. Convolvulus 

 malabaricuB, lAnn. ; Blume Bijd. 715, Tiot of Boxb. C. Rottleri, Spreng. Syst. 

 cw. post. 61 ? Ipomsea malabarica, Boem. S/- Sch. iv. 235. — Bheede Hort. Mai. 

 xi. t. 51. 



Maiabae and Coromandel (Choisy). — Disthib. Java, Cochin China (Choisy.) 

 Foimded on Rheede's plate, no audientic example being seen by any author, with 

 which, however, Wight's Herb. u. 2353 (named A. Leschenaultii) very closely agrees. 

 — ^Wight had a ms. species, A. cowrtaMensis, in his Herb., the plant on which Choisy 

 founded his A. Leschenaultii. Hence, Wight having the name A. Leschenaultii in 

 excess, applied it to his n. 2353 ; but the three species are so near that they might 

 be made one. 



18. A. hirsuta, Am. Pugill. PI. Ind. Or. 38 ; leaves ovsite-cordate acute 

 villous above shaggy beneath, peduncles very long patently hispid, bracts pro- 

 minent linear or oblong outer often petioled leaflike, sepals ^ in. ovate obtuse. 

 Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 330 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4946. Bivea hirsuta, Wight Ic. 

 t. 891. 



NixGHBHET Mrs., common ; Wight, &c. 



Probably, as Arnott suggests, a large form of A. nellygherya, which the sepals, 

 corolla, and fruit resemble. The peduncles are often 4-8 in., and the outer petioled 

 bract makes the cymes pseudo-sessile. The needle-like hairs on the stems and 

 peduncles also give the plant a different aspect. 



Vab. coacta; leaves cordate triangular-ovate acute closely shortly silky beneath, 

 peduncles very long, bracts large elliptic-oblong flat sparsely hairy. Eivea zeylanica, 

 var. hirsuta, Thwaiies Emim. 209. — Ceylon, alt. 4000 feet, Thwaites, &c. This 

 in its indumentum and the more triangular leaves does not agree at all closely with 

 A. hirsuta. Am. 



19. A. pilosa, Am. PugiU. PI. Ind. Or. 38; leaves ovate subcordate 

 acute hairy on both surfaces, peduncles shorter than the leaves, flowers capitate, 

 bracts linear persistent, sepals elliptic-lanceolate acute often bristly upwards. 

 Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 330.— Argyreia, n. 22 and 24, Serb. Ind. Or. H, 



/.SfT. 



Western Deccan Peninstoa, the Concan, Canaea, and Mysore ; Law, 



Bitchie, &c. 



A powerful twiner. Leaves 2-6 in., base rounded or slightly cordate, fulvous- 

 strigose beneath or sometimes green- less hairy ; petiole long. Peduncles ^4 in., 

 variable in length, stout ; bracts | by ^ in., bristly. Sepals ^-^ in. Corolla 2 in., 

 tubular-funnel-shaped, hirsute without. Berry f in. diam.— The specimens of H. f. 



