Argyreia.] ci. coNTOLvtJLACBai. (0. B. Clarke.) 191 



** Stems mherect. 



24. A . cuneata, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 661 ; leaves short-petioled ellip- 

 tic or obovate yiUous beneath, peduncles numerous short few-fld., corolla 

 bright-purple. Chois. Convolv. Or. 34, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 330; Dalz. 8f 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169 ; Brand. For. Fl. 344. Lettsomia cuneata, Roxh. Sort. 

 Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 491, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 81. Convolvulus 

 cuneatus, Willd. Sp. PI. i. 873; Wall. Cat. 1366. Rivea cuneata, Wight 

 in JTook. Journ. Bot. iii. 199 ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 327 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 890. Iponisea atrosanguinea, Bot. Mag. t. 2170, not of Chois. 



Deccan Peninsula, common. 



Shrubby ; 2-5 feet ; branches often almost sfirgate, sometimes somewhat 

 twining. Leaves 2-4 in., obtuse mncronate or emarginate, glabrate above ; petiole 

 J- J in. Ped««oZ«s 0-lJ in., often 3-flowered; bracts deciduous. Sepals ^ in., ovate, 

 subobtuse. Corolla 2 in., tubular-ftmnel-shaped, hairy without. Ovary 4-celIed ; 

 Fruit I in., ovoid, shining, yellow-brown, nearly dry. 



25. A. fiilg'ens, Chois. Convolv. Or. 33. and in DC. Prodr. ix. 329 ; 

 leaves long-petioled elliptic acute densely silky shining beneath, peduncles 

 numerous short few-fld. Wight in Calc. Jawm. Nat. Hist. viii. 179, t. 6, flg. 3,. 

 and Jc. t. 1357. Convolvulus fulgens. Wall. Cat. 1894. 



S. Deccan Peninsula ; Heyne ; Courtallum, Wight. 



Branches straight, silky white. Leaves 4 by If in., acuminate, base rounded or 

 rhomboid, glabrate above ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 1 in., 3-7-fld. ; bracts 

 deciduous. Sepals 1 in., elliptic, subobtuse. Corolla 2 in. and upwards, tubular- 

 campanulate, glabrous without, or when young strigose near the tip, appears to have 

 been very dark in colour. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit not seen. — In habit closely allied 

 to A. cuneata. 



4. IiETTSOmXA, Roxh. 



Scandent more or less hairy shrubs. Leaves alternate, undivided, base 

 often rounded or cordate. Cymes axillary, peduncled', densely corymbose or 

 capitate, bracteate. Sepals orbicular elliptic or oblong, in fruit often somewhat 

 thickened or enlarged. Corolla tubular-funilel-shaped ; limb plicate, lobes 

 iisually shallow. Stamens included or exserted ; anthers oblong or linear, never 

 twisting. Ovary 2-eelled, 4-ovuled ; disc annular, usually prominent ; style 

 filiform, stigmas 2 subsessile globose, i^wiif indehiscent. Seeds 4r-l. — Species 

 32, East Asiatic and Tropical Africa. 



SiTB&Einrs I. Eulettsomia. Fruit 4-1-seeded, l-seeded capsules occur- 

 ring as the rule of no one species. 



* Corolla less than 1 in., limb lobed ; anthers distinctly exserted, 



1. Ii. affgreg'ata, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 488, and ed. 

 Carey ^ Wall. ii. 76 ; leaves ovate cordate subacute glabrous above white- 

 woolly beneath, peduncles grooved when dry shorter than the leaves, flowers 

 capitate, bracts orbicular closely woolly subpersistent, sepals nearly as long as 

 the bracts ovate white-tomentose. Wight in. Calc. Journ. Nat. Sist. viii. 179, 

 t. 5, fig. 4, and Ic. t. 1359 ; Kv/rz For. Fl. ii. 216. Convolvulus orixensis, 

 Rnttl.; Wall. Cat. 1362. 0. imbricatus, Spreng. Syst. i. 613. Ipomsea im- 

 bricata. Roth Nov. Sp. 112. Argyreia aggregata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 45, and 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 333 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 169. 



Deccan Peninsula, frequent ; Wight, BaUell, &c. 



A scandent shrub ; branches closely white-tomentose. Leaves 1-4 in., somewhat 

 wrinkled above; petiole 1 in'. Peduncles 0-2 in.; bracts J-J in. Corolla § in.. 



