J84 LXXYII. COXVOLYULACE.E [Enjribe 



Praiu ot ITallier in Bull. Hf^rb. Boifc^s. v. HS2. 7oS. — S\ii. E. fjlomercffa. Wail.: "FI. Brit. 

 Iiicl. iy. ltS3. Maiiliiiein. A biiiall tr<^e, ^^ illi strong strag-^liiig bliootsj j.rjo^ldjy coria- 

 ceons, bladp 4-6, pet. btoiit, cliaiiiiflfHl, I in. long, s(^c. ii. con^plcuon^. bdow. 71. in spsslh- 

 axillary cliisierSj crt^amy >ellow ^\itb a strong smell. 8. E. Stapfiana, Prain in Joiirn. 

 As. Soc. Bong. 63. 87. TpTiasserim, Malay P<niinsiila. A slpuder climbpr, 1. ellipti('- 

 lanceolatey Made 4-7, ppt, | in., ser. n. arching, 4--b pair, tin- lower 2-3 pair extending 

 beyond lialf tlie length ot I Fr. oToid, -5 in. long, d^nseh^ dark-hro^\n Tehvty. 9. 

 E. Griffithii, Clarke, ^iergiii. 31alay Peninsula. Fr. ellipsoid, 1 in. long. 



{h) Tertiary nerves indistinct, underside of 1. minutely granular. 



10. E. coriacea, Wall. — Syn. K rrcn/rrfns, Wall. ; Prain in Jonrn. A'^. Soc. Beng. 05. 

 536. Chlttagong. Tenasborim. Branelilets nearly glabrous, 1. thickly coriaceous, 

 midrib }n'omineiit beneath. Panicles short; compact, minutelr pubcrulotih. 11. E. 

 glaucescens, Wall. Silhet, Cachar. Tenasserini. G-labrous, except inlioreseence. Fl. 

 white, fragrant, petals with a firm rusty-silky back. 



2. RIVE A, Choisy ; FL Brit. Ind. iv. 183. 



Twining slirubSj 1. ovate-cordatej silky or hirsute beneath. Peduncles 

 axillary l~-3-fid.j bracts 2-8, narrow. Sepals ovate or oblong, nearly equal. 

 Corolla large, tube long cylindric, limb wide, funnel-shaped, plaited, anthers 

 included, not t-vvisted. Ovary 4-celled, ovules 4, disk annular, style filiform, 

 stigmas linear-oblong. Fr, subglobose, sliining, nearly dry, inclebiBcent or 

 irregularly breaking up. Seeds 1-4, glabrous, in mealy pulp. Species 3. 



1. R. ornata, Choisy ; Wight 111. t. 168 b. fig. 1 ; Ic. 1. 1356. Western Penins. in 

 dry forests. Ceylon." A woody climber, brancliletb and underside of 1. white-tonien- 

 tose. Blade 3-5 in. diameter, petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncles I in., usually 3-fld.., fi. 

 cream-coloured, sweet-scented, ox)ening at night, sepals \~l in. long, corolla silky outside. 

 2. R. EoxburgMi, Prain in Joum, As. Woe. Beng. 63. 89.--Syn. M. ornata, var. GrlffitJiii, 

 PL Brit. Ind. iv. 183; Aryifreia ornata, Sweet; Brandib F. Fl. 343. Subhinmlayan 

 tract from the* Jumna eastwards, common in the Sal forest& of Jalpaiguri and the 

 Western Duars. Singbhum. Southern Shan States. A stout erect shrub, branches 

 often twining, 1. renilonn, sparsely grey hirsute beneath, peduncles long, mostly^ 7-fld. 

 S. R. liypocrateriformis, Choisy. — ^yii. Lettsomia bona-nox. Eoxb. ; Aryurela uniflora^ 

 Sweet. The Michiapore Creeper. Sind. Plains of Northern India. Eajimtana. 

 Chutia Nagpur. Central Provinces. AA'estern Peninsula. Common in hedges and 

 dry forests. L. silky beneath, fl. fragrant, pure white, opening at sunset, solitary- 

 or in pairs, sepals J-^ in. long, corolla glabrous outside. 



BlinkwortMa lycioides, Choisy ; Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 94, tab. 15. Dtj region of 

 Irawadi valley from Promo ui)wards, often in Eng forest. A shrub, 6-10 ft. high, 

 branchlets, 1., pedicels and bracteoles strigose with long hairs, 1. lanceolate -J-1 in. long, 

 pet, short . Fl. solitary, axillary, supported by an involucre of 4 bracteoles, pedicels ^ in. 

 long, corolla white, waxy, ^-| in. long, limb entire, disk cylindric, including ^ the 

 2-celied ovary. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 63, 91 distinguishes B. convolvuloldes, 

 Prain, Kendat, Myingnan, Upper Burma, bj- its climbing habit and larger 1. 



3. ARGYREIA, Lour. ; M. Brit. Ind. iv. 184. 



Twining, rarely ei-ect slirubs. Fl. sbowy, as a rule pnrple or rose, sepals 

 often unequal, corolla funnel-sliaped, limb shortly lobed, stamens included, 

 antbers oblong, not twisting, base of filaments usually hairy. Ovary 4- 

 celled, disk annular, usu.ally prominent, style filiform, stigmas 2, globose. Fr. 

 indehiscent, often fieshy . Species 80-40, one African, the rest in India, Malaya 

 and South OMna, 



A. Bracts persistent, h broad, usually cordate. 



1. A. sericea, Dak. & Gibs. Konkan. Elanara. Coorg. Ii. hairy above, densely 

 white-silky beneath, fl. in braeteate heads, peduncles 1-4 in., cor. pink. 2. A. bracteata, 

 Choisy, Beccan. L. glabrous above, shining silky beneath, fl. pedicellate, in braeteate 

 heads, pednncles 4~2 in. long. 3. A, involucrata, Clarke. Konkan and North Kanara, 

 near the coast. Bababudan hills. L. sparingly hairy, ovate, sometimes longer than 

 twice their breadth. 4. A. populifolia, Choisy. Travancore. Ceylon. L. nearly 



fjabrous, peduncles 3-5 in. long, 5. A. Lesclienaultll, Choisy and A. neilyglierya, Choisy, 

 filgiris, A, malabarica, Choisy, Malabar, probably one species, L. softly hairy on both 

 sides, 6. A. cjrjnosa. Sweet ; Wight Ic, t. 839. Western Peninsula, frequent. Grey 



