250 63, coNvoLVULACE^. [Lettsomia, 



3. L. setosa, Uoxh. Fl. Ind. L 490 ; Fl. Br. I. 4 194. Argyreia setosa, 

 Choisy ; Brandis For. Fl. 843 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 168. 



Tlironghout tropical and sub-tropical India from Oudh, and Bombay to 

 Pegu, Ceylon. 



Throughout the Presidency, common in the Konkan and North Kanara 

 from the coast, inland. Fl. Oct.-Jany. Fr. Feb.'Mch. 



5. IPOMCEA, Linn. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, twining or prostrate. Leaves entire, lobed or 

 digitate. Sepals ovate or linear, equal or unequal. Corolla bell or 

 funnel-shaped, limb 6-plaited. Stamens unequal, included or exserted, 

 not connivent over the ovary. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled, rarely 4-celled, 

 4-ovuled or S-celled, 6-ovuled. Fruit a dry dehiscent capsule. Seeds 

 as many as or fewer than the ovules. 



S»eds villous, furred or woolly. 



Corolla large, salver-shaped, white, tube very 

 long. 



Leaves large, cordate. Seeds softly villous ... L Z, grandiflora. 

 Corolla usually medium- sized, coloured purple, 

 pink or white. 



Leaves cordajbe, 5-7-palmately lobed. Flowers 

 many, on long peduncles, not umbelled. 

 Corolla campanulate, pink purple. Seeds 

 with long wool ... ... ... 2. Z digitata. 



Leaves cordate, entire or sinuate. Flowers on 

 long peduncles, pedicels sub-umbelled. 

 Corolla-tube cylindric, mouth suddenly 

 widened, pink, purple within. Seeds furred. 3. L sepiaria. 

 Leaves shallowly cordate. Panicles many- 

 flowered. Corolla small, campanulate, pur- 

 plish-white. Seeds with short, silky hairs... I, stapJiylina, 

 Leaves cordate, acute. Panicles large, many- 

 flowered. Corolla large, campanulate, white 

 with a purple centre. Seeds with long, brown, 

 silky hairs ... ... ... I. camj>aiwlata^ 



Leaves cordate or hastate, elliptic, acute. 

 Cymes few-flowered, compact. Corolla tubu- 

 lar, pure white. Seeds with stifO patent 

 hairs ... ... ... .„ 6. I. ctfwiosa. 



Seeds glabrous. 



Leaves ovate or oblong, cordate or obtuse. Cymes 

 few-flowered. Corolla large, white tubular- 

 campanulate ... ... ... 7. Z Tn/rpethum. 



Leaves cordate, palmately-lobed, hairy. Pedun- 

 cles 1-7-flowered. Corolla middle-sized, yellow. 8. Z mtifolia. 

 Seeds villous, margins woolly. 

 . Leaves digitate nearly to the base. Peduncles 



fewflowered. Corolla large, purplish ... L palmata. 



1. I. grandiflora, Lamk. 111. 1. 467 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 198. 



Western Deccan peninsula, Ceylon. 



J^orth Blanara, in moist forests and along the banks of ndlas, very rare. 

 FL ii. S. Oct A large twining shrub. Stems muricate. 



