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63. convolvulacetE. 



[Argyreia, 



ed. Ovary completely 4-celled, ^-ovuled ; disk annular ; style filiform, 

 stigmas 2, globose. Fruit indehiscent, baccate or nearly dry, bard or 

 papery, 4-1 -seeded. 



Climbing, scandent or prostrate, creeping shrubs. 



Leaves broad, cordate, glabrous above, white to- 

 mentose beneath. Bracts deciduous, softly 

 woolly ... ... ... ... 1. A.speciosa, 



Leaves elongate, usually rounded at the base, 

 glabrescent beneath. Bracts large, persistent, 

 unequal, glabrescent or sparsely hairy beneath . 2. A. involucrata* 



Leaves broad, ovate, cordate, hispid above, dense- 

 ly white silky beneath. Bracts with 3-5 basal 

 nerves, densely white silky beneath, per- 

 sistent ... ... ... ... 3. A.sericea. 



Leaves acute, fulvous strigose beneath, scabrous 

 above. Bracts linear, persistent, bristly ... 4. A, pilosa. 



Leaves elliptic, acute, base rhomboid, softly 

 strigose on hoth surfaces. Bracts narrowly 

 oblong ... ... ... ... 5. At Lawii, 



Suberect. Leaves obovate, villous beneath. Bracts de- 

 ciduous, small. Flowers bright purple ... Q. A. cuneata. 



1. A. speciosa. Sweet. Hort. Brit. Ed. 2, 373 ; FL Br. T. 4 185 ; Dalz. 

 and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 168 ; Brandis For. Fl. 343. Elephant Creeper. 

 Samudra-sJioka, guguliy Vern. 



Found all over India from Assam to Belgaum and Mysore. 



Throughout the presidency, common near the coasts of the Konkan and 

 North Kafnara, in moist forests and open places near villages. Fl. Aug.- 

 Sept. Fr. Dec. A large woody climber, distinguished easily by the 

 white, silky undersides of the large, cordate, acuminate leaves and the 

 large, white leafy bracts. 



2. A. involucrata, Clarke ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 187 ; var. inequalis. 



Western peninsula, Konkan and the Bababuden hills. ITear the coasts 

 of the Konkan and North Kauara ; very common near Karwar in open 

 places. Fl. July-Aug. Fr. Nov.-Dec. Leaves often purple-coloured. 

 The large, unequal bracts are characteristic. A twining or prostrate 

 shrub. 



3. A.sericea, Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. FL 169; FL Br. I. 4 188. 



Ipomcea bracteata, Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 131. Gavel, M. 

 Malabar ghats and the Konkan, frequent. 



Konkan and North Kanara, in moist forests. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Fr. C. S. 

 A prostrate or twining shrub, rare in the forests near Yellapore, North 

 Kanara. The specimens in my herbarium have the bracts with 3-5 basal 

 parallel nerves. 



4 A. pilosa, Arn. PagHl. PL Ind. Or. 38 ; Fl. Br. I. 4 189. Ugri 

 balUf K. 



Western Deccan peninsula, the Konkan, Kanara and Mysore. 



