Lettsomia.] ci: coNVOLYTJLACEJi. (0. B. Clarke.) 193 



6. Ii. Thomsoni, Clarke; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate sparsely 

 strigose on both surfaces, peduncles scattered mostly as long as the petioles, 

 flowers capitate, bracts ^-^ in. spathulate-oblong sparsely villous caducous, 

 sepals ^-f in. ovate acute densely patently hirsute. Argyreia capitata, Brand. 

 For. Fl. 343, not of Chois. 



SuBTEOPicAL Himalaya, alt. 0-4000 ft., from Gurwhal to Sikkim, common; 

 Boyle, Thomson, J. D. H., &c. 



Scandent; stems sparsely villous. Leaves 5 hy 2 J in., acuminate; petiole 2 in. 

 Peduncles 2-5 in. ; bracts shorter than, and much lees hirsute than the sepals, some- 

 times subpersistent. Sepals mth soft fulvous hairs |-§- in. long, in fruit coriaceous 

 slightly enlarged. Corolla nearly 2 in., rose-purple, hirsute without. Capsule 

 usually 4-2-seed6d. 



7. Xi. birsutisslma, Clarke; leaves ovate-cordate acute softly dusky 

 villous on both surfaces, peduncles short collected towards the ends of the 

 branches, flowers capitate, bracts g- in. oblong villous deciduous, sepals ^-| in. 

 elliptic acute densely patently hirsute. Convolvulus hirsutissimus. Wall. Cat. 

 1400. Argyreia capitata /3 conferta, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 332. 



SrKziM Himalaya, alt. 5000 ft. ; Teudong, Clarke. — Disteib. Ava. 

 Perhaps only a villous mountain form of L. Thomsoni. Leaves villous or almost 

 silky. Peduncles ^2 in., rigid, forming as it were a narrow terminal dense panicle. 



8. Ii. strlg'osa, Roxh. Bort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. 

 ii. 80 ; leaves cordate suborbicular suddenly short acuminate sparsely hispid on 

 both surfaces, peduncles long, ilowers capitate, bracts 1 in. elliptic-oblong 

 sparsely hispid persistent, sepals unequal smaller than the bracts densely bristle- 

 hispid. L. capitata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 591. Convolvulus strigosus, Wall. 

 Cat. 1365, type sheet. 0. capitatus, Vahl Symh. iii. 28. C. capitiformis, Poir. 

 Enc. Suppl. iii. 469. Ipomsea capitata. Poem. Sf Sch. Syst. iv. 238, not of 

 Chois. Argyreia capitata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 41, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 332, 

 in part. 



Bbngai. Plain, and Assam, common ; extending into subtropical valleys of the 

 adjacent mountains. — Disthib. Java. 



A powerful climber; branches hispid. Leaves 5 by 4i in., usually very obtuse, 

 covered with needle-like fulvous long straight patent hairs, as is nearly the whole 

 plant ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 2-4 in. ; bracts much less copiously bristly than the 

 sepals. Sepals ^— | in. ; outermost elliptic, inner almost linear, coriaceous in fruit. 

 Corolla 2 in. purple, hispid without. Capsule j- in., papery, usually 4-2-seeded. 



9. Ii. peg'uensis, Clarke ; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate densely softly 

 hairy on both surfaces, peduncles long, flowers capitate, bracfa 1 in. elliptic- 

 oblong softly densely hairy subpersistent, sepals unequal smaller than the bracts 

 densely hispid. Argyreia capitata, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 216; Choisy in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 332, chiijly. Convolvulus strigosus, Wall. Cat. 1365, partly. 



British Bubma, common ; Griffith, Parish, &a. Tavoy ; Wallich. Anbamans, 

 Heifer, &o. 



Perhaps only a marked local variety of L. strigosa, as Choisy and Kurz have 

 esteemed it ; is very constant in its characters and general aspect. Stem, villous or 

 woolly, without the -needle-like hairs of L. strigosa. Leaves gradually narrowed 

 upwards. Corolla softly sparsely hairy without. 



10. Xi. barbig'era, Clarke; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate sparsely 

 hirsute on both surfaces, peduncles long, flowers capitate, bracts ^-^ in. ovate 

 obtuse persistent, sepals ovate and elliptic longer than the bracts densely sub- 

 patently hirsute. Convolvulus barbiger. Wall. Cat. 1404. Pharbitis barbigera, 



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