Eryeibc] LXXVII. CONA''OLVULACE^ 483 



Oi;l)er LXXYII. CONVOLVULACE^. Gen. PL ii. 8G5. 



Herbs, rarety slirubsj often twiniiic;. L. alternate, stipules 0. Fl. bisesual, 

 refi^ular, pentamerons, generally large and sliovy. Calyx of 5 distinct sepals, 

 much imbricate in bud, persistent, often enlarged in fruit. Corolla campanu- 

 late or funnel-shaped, limb 5-ano;led or 5-lobed, usually folded in bud, stamens 

 5, often of unequal length. Seeds with scanty mucilaginous albumen. 



Thf Tabciilar hinidleb of Convolndacem nre bicollateral and the wood-fibres have 

 hunlored pits. Tho tetom of the climbing ^^pPLieg has a most varied anomalous struc- 

 ture. Cf . riamble lud. Tiinherh, ed. ii. 505, Srlienck, Anatoniie der Lianen 206 and 

 Solereder, Anatomie d. Bicotyl. bl5. 



A. Fr. indehiscent (in Ulrea iiregularly breaking* up). 



Stiguia besbde 1. Eiiycibe. 



Style filiform, stigmas 2, linear-oblong . . .2. IIi\i:a. 

 Style filiform, stigmas 2, globose. 

 Ii. small, \-l imlono, lanceolate , . . . Blinkwoiuiiia (p. 484). 

 L. large, ubiTally coidate. 



Ovarv 4-celled 3. Argyrkia. 



Ovarv 2-celled 4. Let rsoAOA. 



B. Pr. indehiseent or 2-Yalved, sepals much enlarged in fr. 5. Porana. 



C. Capbule 2- or more valveci. 



St^de undivided, stigma Ubually 2-lobed . . .6. Ipomcea.. 

 Styles 2, distinct from the base, or united halt their 



length, stamens included 7. Beewbeia. 



St \ les 2, distinct, fr. supi^orted by a greatl}^ enlarged 



bract ' . . . . Xeueopeltis (p. IbS). 



1. ERYCIBE, Eoxb. ; M. Brit. Ind. iv. 180. 

 (Hans Hallier in Bulletin de THerbier Boibsier, v. 736.) 



Large evergreen climbing shrubs, 1. coriaceous, entire. Sepals broad, coria- 

 ceous, persibtent, appressed to the base of fruit, corolla-tube short, coriaceous, 

 hairy outside, lol3es bifid, segments folded in bud. Eilaments short, inserted 

 at the base of tube, anthers ovate-lanceolate. Ovary 1-celled, ovules 4, erect, 

 stigma sessile, lobed. Fr. an indehiseent 1-seeded berry, cotyledons folded. 

 Species 10-20, from India to Australia and the Pacific. 



A. Branchlets densely rusty-tomentose, inflorescence terminal and axillary. 



1. E. paniculata, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 159; Wight IlL t. 180. Yern. 

 xinkole^ Kan. ; UnankocUj Tarn. 



Young shoots and inflorescence densely clothed with rust-colou.red tomentmn. 

 L. elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate, blade 3-5, petiole | in. long. PL 

 yellowish-white, in elongate narrow terminal panicles, petals crisped. Berry 

 h in. diam., black when ripe. 



Subhimalayan tract from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 4,000 ft. Oudh forests. 

 Singbhum, Western Pensinsula. PL May- Nov.— Malay ArchipeL, Australia. 2, 

 E. Wightiana, Grab. Western Ghats from Bombay southwards, fl, white, fragrant. 

 3. E. peguensis, Praha, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol 63 (1894), p. 83. Chittagong, 

 Burma, Andamans, Nicobars, 1. ouneately acuminate at both ends, panicles large 

 pyramidal, fl. white, fr. much larger than 1. 4. E. subspicata, Wall. Khasi hills. 

 Upper Burma. Yunnan. L. elliptic-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, inflorescence 

 rubty-tomentose, narrow, bpiciform, fl. large. 5. E. expansa, Wall. Tenasserim, Malay 

 Penins. L. elliptic, bhortly acuminate, base rounded or cordate, blade 2-B, pet J- J in., 

 inflorescence broad, bracts often prominent. 



B. Branchlets glabrous or nearly so, inflorescence mostly axillary. 

 (a) Tertiary nerves distinct, parallel and reticulate. 



6. E. l^vigata, Wall. Sikkim 3-5,000 ft. Khasi hills. A large straggling or climbing 

 shrub, branchlets slightly pubescent, 1. elongate-elliptic, blade 8-7, pet. -1-1 in. long. 

 Panicles short, mostly axillary, fl. yellowish-white, fr. globose, | in. diam. 7. E. WalUcMi, 



