Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 299 



BoNAMiA SEMiDiGYNA, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 528. 

 A large twining shrub ; stems and leaves rusty-tomentose. Leaves 

 ovate-cordate, entire, apex acute ; length 4 in., width 2-5 in. ; petiole 

 1-5 in. long. Flowers medium, in axillary sub-capitate 2-5-flowered 

 cymes ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, rusty-villous as are the pedicels and 

 sepals; bracts -25 in. long, oblong, rusty-villous. Sepals "35 to "5 in. 

 long, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, sub-equal. Corolla yellowish, wide- 

 infundibuliform, 1*5 in. long; tube hirsute externally; limb sub-entire. 

 Style "6 in. long. Capsule sub-globose, glabrous, "5 in. in diam., split- 

 ting into many vertical segments, hardly covered by the slightly 

 accrescent, ovate fruiting sepals. Seeds sub-glabrous. Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. V. 1814. Convolvulus semicligynus, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 13 ; 

 Flor. Ind. I. 468 ; Wah. Cat. 1405. Breweria cordata, Bl. Bijdr. 722 ; 

 Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 438 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Mor. Brit. Ind. 

 IV. 223. B. Boxhirghii, Choisy Convolv. Or. III., and in DC. Prod. IX. 

 438 ; Wight, Ic. 1. 1370 ; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. El. 162. B. madagas- 

 cariensis, Choisy Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 493. 



Peov. Wellesley : at Kubang Ulu, Curtis I Pehang : on the 

 coast. Porter ! Curtis 1703 ! Peeak : Ipoh, Curtis 3166 ! — Disteib. 

 S.E. Asia generally, Mascarenes. 



7. Caltstegia, E. Br. 



Prostrate or twining perennial herbs. Leaves entire or lobed, 

 glabrous or nearly so. Flowers medium, axillary solitary or rarely 

 in few-flowered cymes ; bracts 2, large, leafy, embracing the calyx, 

 persistent. Sepals 5, ovate or oblong, the innermost 2 rather the 

 smallest. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate ; tube glabrous ex- 

 ternally with 5 bands in centre of component petals, each with 5 

 pellucid lines at the base ; limb sub-entire plicate. Stamens 5, adnate 

 to corolla-tube, included ; filaments sub-equal. Ovary 1-celled or 

 imperfectly 2-celled ; ovules 4 ; style filiform, entire ; stigma of 2 

 oblong lobes. Fruit a globose, 1-celled, 4-valved, 4-seeded capsule. 

 Seeds black, glabrous or verrucose. — Disteib. Species 16 to 20, in 

 warm and temperate regions. 



Calystegia hedeeacea Wall. Cat. 1328. A prostrate or climbing 

 weed of cultivated places and hedges. Leaves somewhat irregular, 

 cordate or sagittate, lobed or rarely entire, 1 to 3 in. long, -75 to 1 in. 

 wide ; petiole 1 in. long. Floioers axillary solitary ; peduncles 1 in. 

 long ; bracts 2 ovate, "3 in. across, persistent, enclosing the calyx. 

 Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, outer -3 in. long, inner rather 

 smaller. Corolla sub-campanulate, pinkish purple, tube 1 in. long; 

 limb plicate, sub-entire. Caps2ile ovoid, sub-acute, glabrous, '3 in. long. 



