304 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



acuminate, -3 to "S in. long, glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, '6 in. 

 long, pale yellow with a purple eye ; limb slightly lobed. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments slightly hairy at the base ; anthers straight. Ovary and style 

 glabrous ; ovary 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Capsule ovoid, papery, 

 glabrous, 2-celled. Seeds glabrous. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIII. 117. Con- 

 volvulus Jiastatus, Desr. in Lamk Encyc. Meth. III. 547. C. filicaulis, 

 Vahl Symb. III. 24. C. denticulatus , Spreng. Syst. I. 603. C. medius, 

 Eoxb. Elor. Ind. I. 474, and ed. Carey & WaU. II. 56 ; Wall. Cat. 1346 

 {not of Linn.). C. Blumei, Dietr. Syn. PI. I. 675. Ipomaa denticulata, 

 E. Br. Prod. I. 485 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 317 {not of Choisy). I. filicaulis, 

 Bl. Bijdr. 721; Choisy Convolv. Or. 66; DC. Prod. IX. 353. I. Blumei, 

 Steud. Nomencl. I. 815. I. angustifolia, Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. IV. 205 {not of Jacq., nor of Choisy). Eheede Hort. Malab. XL t. 55. 

 Pebak: Larut, Scortechini 138! 1833! Kwala, &c., Wray 859! 

 1751 ! Sungah Eyah, King's Collector 996 ! Pbnang : Batu Gaja, &c., 

 Deschamps ! Malacca : Griffith I Tanjong Kling and Bukit Bruang, 

 Hervey ! Pahang: Pekan, Bidley I Katapang, Bidley 1236! Singa- 

 pore : Hullett 69 ! 232 ! King's Collector 1174 ! King ./— Disteib. 

 Throughout S.B. Asia, Tropical Africa, and Australia. 



3. Merebmia teidentata, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 552. 

 A diffuse glabrous herb with a woody rootstock giving off many closely 

 decumbent elongated stems. Leaves glabrous, hastate-oblong, or 

 spathulate-linear, or sub-quadrate, '5 to "8 in. long, "15 to "5 in. wide, 

 apex obtuse truncate or 3 -toothed; petiole 0. Floioers 1 to 3 on wiry 

 axillary peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves ; bracts very 

 small, lanceolate. Sepals ovate, acuminate, "25 to '35 in. long. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, "4 to -5 in. long, yellow with pink eye ; limb slightly 

 lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule ovoid, papery, glabrous, 2-celled. Seeds 

 glabrous. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIII. 116. Convolvulus tridentatus, 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 157 ; Eoxb. El. Ind. I. 475, and ed. Carey & "Wall. 11. 56 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1347. Evolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. II. 392. 

 Ipomoza tridentata, Eoth Cat. Bot. II. 19 ; Choisy Convolv. Or. 65, 

 and in DC. Prod. IX. 353 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 205. 



Malacca : Griffith 5861/1 (K.D.) ! Maingay 1147 (K.D.) ! Johgee : 

 Batu Pahat, Bidley 11,114 ! — Disteib. India generally, Africa, Bangka. 



4. Meeremia c^spitosa, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 552. A 

 sparsely hairy or glabrescent annual or biennial slender twining or 

 creeping herb. Leaves narrowly oblong, the lower often sub-cordate 

 and ovate-oblong, sometimes slightly hastately lobed, 1"5 to 2-5 in. long, 

 •5 in. wide ; petiole "25 to -5 in. long. Flowers cymose, few or many 

 on slender peduncles 1 to 3 in. long ; bracts minute, persistent. Sepals 

 elliptic-obtuse, "25 in. long, margins when dry often inflexed above. 



