'292 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Boiss. V. 739. E. ijaniculata, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 248 {not of 

 Eoxb.). 



Peeak : Larut, King's Collector 7379 ! Dijong, Scortechini 1816 ! — 

 DiSTEiB. Sumatra {TeyswMnn 3682). 



When originally describing this species the writer referred to it a Java specimen 

 collected by Kurz ; Dr. Hallier, however, whose knowledge of Convolvulacece is so 

 profound, has shown that this Java specimen, which is not a very good one, belongs 

 in reality to a distinct species — E. macrophylla, Hallier f. 



7. Erycibe leucoxyloides, King MSS. ex Eidl. in Herb. Singap. ; 

 Prain Journ, As. Soc. Beng. LXXIII. 2. 16. A very large climber with 

 slender cylindric branches, bark fissured and covered with a close grey 

 pubescence ; branchlets numerous, very slender, rather distinctly angled, 

 grey- or rusty -pubescent. Leaves sub-bifarious, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 base rounded, apex sub-acuminate or abruptly narrowed to an obtuse 

 tip ; 1 to 1-75 in. long, -4 to -6 in. wide ; membranous or thinly char- 

 taceous ; quite glabrous on both surfaces ; rather dark green above, 

 paler beneath ; secondary nerves about 3 pairs, very oblique and hardly 

 visible above except in young leaves, not visible beneath even when 

 dry and even when young ; petiole "1 in. long, grey-pubescent. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary ; pedicels -2 in. long, somewhat recurved in fruit, grey- 

 pubescent, bracteolate under the calyx. Sepals orbicular, sparsely 

 pubescent on the centre externally, elsewhere glabrous except the 

 ciliate margins. Corolla white, sweet-scented, "5 in. across ; interlobular 

 spaces brown-tomentose externally; lobules broad, semi-orbicular, 

 entire. Fruit elliptic, black, smooth, glabrous, -6 in. long, •4 in. wide. 



Singapore : climbing in secondary jungle, Hallier ! Ridley 2051, 

 6897 ! 10927 ! Selangor : Kwala Lumpar, Curtis 2402 ! Johore : 

 Ridley ! 



8. Erycibe pestiva, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 87. 

 A climber, 60 to 70 feet long [Kunstler), or a small tree {Hullett) ; 

 branches grooved but cylindric ; ultimate branchlets slightly angular, 

 sparingly pubescent. Leaves elliptic or oblong, base cuneate, apex 

 usually rather long acuminate with an obtuse tip ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 

 to 2-5 in. wide ; glabrous ; thinly coriaceous ; lateral nerves 7 to 9 

 pairs, distinct on both surfaces, especially beneath, secondary venation 

 distinct beneath; petiole glabrous, '5 to "75 in. long. Floivers in short 

 axillary 7-12-flowered cymes '5 to "75 in. across ; peduncles "3 to "5 in. 

 long, rusty-pubescent ; pedicels rusty-pubescent, bracteolate, '12 in. 



■ long. Sepals orbicular, rusty-pubescent. Corolla pale greenish-white 

 within, "75 in. across, lobes broad ; interlobular spaces brown-tomentose 

 externally; lobules ovate, margins erose, usually rather deeply, through- 



