190 CI. coNvoLvtJLACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) lArgyreia. 



^ r. n. 22 have the loaves densely hairy, almost shaggy, fulvous beneath; while 

 here those of n. 24 are strigose green heneath ; both have very acute sepals. 



20. A. Iiawii, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acute base rhomboid or rounded 

 softly strigose on both surfaces, peduncles elongated, cymes small dense, bracts 

 narrowly oblong, sepals \ in. ovate obtuse: — Argyreia n. 28, Herh. Ind. Or. -ff, 

 f.^T. 



The CoNCAN and Malabar, Bababoodan Hills, Law, &c. 



Soandent, subsericeous. Leaves 4 by 2 in., whiter beneath ; petiole 1 -2 in. 

 Fedwicles 2-5 in., silky, white, slenderer than in the foregoing species ; bracts f by J 

 in. Cyme dichotomous 3-9-fld., with one in the fork ; flowers subsessile. Corolla 

 2 in. and upwards, tubular-campanulate, hairy without. Fruit not seen. — Appears- 

 closely allied to A. Ckoisyana, but the sepals diflfer widely. 



21. A,. Choisyana, Wight ms. ; leaves subcordate elliptic-oblong hairy 

 on both surfaces, peduncles 1-3-fld. shorter than the leaves, bracts narrowly 

 oblong, sepals j-J in. elliptic-lanceolate acuminate. Batatas Ohoisyana, Wight 

 Ic. t. 491. 



Madras ; Balaghaut Hills, Wight. 



A twiner, patently hirsute. Leaves 2 by 1 in., subobtuse, densely strigose above,, 

 silky somewhat shining beneath ; petiole ^-| in. Peduncles 1-2 in., hirsute, often 

 with 1 or 2 silky shining subfoliaeeous bracts remote from the flowers ; proper bracts 

 f by ^ in. Corolla nearly 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, hirsute without. Ovary 4- 

 celled. Fruit not seen. — Neither the leaves, flowers, ovaiy or bracts of this species 

 resemble those of Ipomisa atropurpurea to which Choisy (in DC. Frodr. ix. 366) has 

 reduced it. 



Var. ? Wightii ; leaves rhomboid at the base glabrous above sparsely strigose- 

 beneath, sepals strigose margins scarious, corolla 2J in. and upwards. — ^Madras ; 

 Oondaputty and other hills, Wight. This may be a new species, but it is only a 

 fragment in flower. 



22. A. Daltoni, Clarke; leaves large elliptic or oblong acute glabrate- 

 above fulvous-strigose beneath, peduncles elongate, corymbs lax, bracts nar- 

 rowly oblong persistent, sepals ^-J in. ovate-oblong. 



Chota Nagpoee ; Bundgao in Singhboom, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke. 



A large climber. Leaves attaining 9 by 4 in., base usually unequal euneate, 

 sometimes rounded, primary nerves very oblique ; petiole 1-3 in. Fedunoles 2-4 in.,, 

 rigid, fulvous-silky; bracts f in., often narrowly subspathulate. Corolla 2 in., 

 shaggy without. Sepals fulvous-strigose in fruit, coriaceous, concave, two inner- 

 shorter glabrate on the margins. Berry | in. diam., pulpose. — Named after Gen. 

 Dalton, Commissioner of Chota Nagpore. 



23. A. cyxnosa, Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 373 ; grey pruinose-pubescent, 

 leaves ovate-cordate shortly acuminate, peduncles long, corymbs often branched, 

 flowers densely capitate at the ends of the branches, bracts orbicular persistent, 

 sepals ovate obtuse. _ Chois. Convolv. Or. 46, and in DC Prodi: ix. 333 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 839. Lettsomia cymosa, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 492, and 

 ed. Carey 8r Wall. ii. 82. Convolvulus glomeratus, Wall. Cat. 2257. 



Deccan Peninsula, frequent ; Bottler, Wight, &c. — ^Distrie. Philippines. 



Scandent. Leaves 2-4 in. diam. ; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; corymbs 

 1-4 in. diam., sometimes reduced to single heads; bracts i in. diam. Sepals i-J in., 

 somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, hairy -without. 

 Stamens not exserted. Berry | in. diam., pulpose. — This is the Convolvulus mala- 

 haricus of Heyne in Herb. Bottler ; and, as it is frequent in the Peninsula, it is pro- 

 bably Convolvulus malabaricus, Linn., though Linnaeus founds his C. malabaricus on 

 a plate of Eheede's, which is A. malabarica, Chois. 



