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ARGYREIA cuneata. 
Argyreia of the Mysore. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY. NIA. ° 
Nat. ord. Convouvut. Jussieu gen. 182. Div. I. Stylus unicus. 
ConvotvuLacEx. Brown prod. 1. 481. Sect. I. Germen 
unicum. 
ARGYRETIA. Loureiro cochin. 134. Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. campanu- 
lata infundibuliformisve. Germ. 2-4-loculare. Stig.2-lobum. Bacca sicca 
vel succulenta, 1-4-loc. loculis 1-spermis. Embryo erectus, curyatus; coty- 
ledones cortugati. Plante (Indie, Chine, et Cochinchine) perennes, vo- 
lubiles, validissime, longé latéque se extendentes, lactescentes ; folia simpli- 
cia; iflorescentia axillaris, Roxburgh flor. ind. med. sub LETTSoMIA; 
(ex angl. vers.) , ; 
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Div. I. Corolla campanulata. R. 
A. cuneata, (fruticosa ramis volubilibus:) foliis cuneatis, 
supra rotundatis mucronatis), subtis sericeis : 
pluries -brevioribus. Roxburgh flor. ind. 
_ (ex angl. vers. ) \ 
Lettsomia cuneata. Roxb. 1. c. 
Convolvulus cuneatus. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 873. 
Tpomeea atrosanguinea. Curtis’s magaz. 2170. 
Frutex alte latéque scandens, ramis sericeis. 
cuneato-obovata, oblonga, 
costa media utrinque em 
emarginatis (y. 
pedunculis trifloris, folio 
ined. sub LETTSOMIA cuneata ; 
Folia alterna, distantiu, 
nervis plurimis alternis adscendentér divaricatis 
issis parallelé notata, subbiuncialia latitudine vix ; 
duplo minore, subtus sericea, supra glabra. Petioli sericei multoties brevio- 
res (% uncie vix equantes). Pedunculi axillares solitarit, triflori, folio 
triplo breviores, petiolo triplo longiores, teretes, sericei: pedicelli calyct 
aquales. Cal. sericeus, ovato-campanulatus, brevis (2-linearis), coriaceo- 
crassus, rigidus, foliolis 5 late ovatis equilongis imbricato-conniventibus. 
Cor. saturate purpurea, lactescens, Cg eer ee ita, sesqui- 
uncid param brevior, d dimidio superno 5-plicata ; tubus calyce equalis, fauce 
triplo angustior multotiesque brevior; faux cylindraceo-elongata, nitida ; 
limbus opacus, campanulatus,.fauce plurimim brevior, breve recurvato-pa. 
tens, obsoleté 5-lobus lobis rotundatis emarginatis. Stam. fauce profunde 
inclusa, tmequalia; fil. tubo adnata, subulato-filiformia, purpurascentia, 
bast incrassata breveque barbata; anth. erecta, sagittate, albide, polline é 
globulis albis granuloso. Stylus albus, filiformis, stamini longiori equalis ; 
stig. roseo-rubens, didymo-capitatum lobis divaricatis corrugato-papillosis. 
Germ. albidum, angusté pyramidatum, cum stylo rostrato-continuum, undo 
incrassato calycis immersum, 
disco crasso albo annulari cinctum, tetrasper- 
mum; ovula erecta, 
a basi impacta, oblongé conotdea. 
Dr. Roxburgh mentions this elegant twining shrub as 
having been introduced from the Mysore country into the 
Botanic Garden at Calcutta, by General Martin, in 1792; 
