Flora of the 21alayan Peninsula. 305 



Corolla sub-campanulate, "75 in. long, white with a pinkish tinge or 

 yellowish-white or yellow. Ovary 2-cellecl, each cell 2-ovuled. Ca2)sule 

 ovoid, '25 in. long, papery, 1-celled, with only a trace of the original 

 dissepiment near the base. Seeds glabrous. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 382. 

 Convolvulus caspitosus, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 14, Flor. Ind. I. 483, and 

 ed. Carey & Wall. II. 70; Wall. Cat. 1357. C. Bmthamii, WaU. Cat. 

 1393. Heioittia ccesjntosa, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. II. i. 757. 

 Shinneria ccesjntosa, Choisy Convolv. Or. 105, t. 6, and in DC. Prod. IV. 

 435. Ipomcea linifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 721; Choisy DC. Prod. IX. 369; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. IV. 423 ; Clarke in Hook, f . Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 205. 

 I. setulosa, ZoU. & Mor. Syst. Verzeichn. 51. 



Peeak : Larut, King's Collector 2486 ! Malacca : Griffith ! 

 SiNGAPOEE : Kurz 2976 ! Hullett 127 ! 387 ! King ! King's Collector 

 1193 ! — DiSTEiB. E. Himalaya, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, 

 Australia. 



5. Meeeemia convolvulacea, Dennst. Schl. Hort. Malab. 39. A 

 much -twining glabrous or casually hirsute often muricated herb. 

 Leaves ovate -cordate, acute, glabrous, margin usually crenate or 

 toothed, sometimes 3-lobed, 1 to 2 in. long, -5 to 1 in. wide ; petiole 

 •5 to 2 in. long. Floiuers numerous, rather densely cymose, on axillary 

 peduncles -5 to 3 in. long ; bracts small, caducous. Sepals elliptic, 

 glabrous, '2 in. long, ultimately sub-patent, margins often at length 

 sub-involute. Corolla funnel-shaped, externally glabrous, yellow, -5 to 

 •6 in. long. Capsule ovoid, sub-angular, at the apex rather thicker 

 than elsewhere and often depressed, -25 in. long ; cells 2. Seeds 

 puberulous. M. hederacea, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XA^III. 168, 

 and Verslag. Buitenzorg 1895, 126. Evolvulus hederaceus, Burm. 

 Fl. Ind. 77, t. 30, f. 2. Convolvulus flavus, WiUd. Sp. PI. 852. 

 G. strictus, Vahl Symb. III. 28. G. dentatus, Vahl Symb. III. 25 ; 

 Eoxb. Flor. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 62; Wall. Cat. 1349. 

 Ipomcea striata, Poir. in. Lamk Encyc. Meth. Suppl. IV. 632 [not of 

 Eoth). I. dentata, Willd. ex Eoem. & Schult. Syst. IV. 789. I. suh- 

 trifiora, ZoU. & Mor. Verzeichn. 51. 



Peeak : Durian, King's Collector 397 ! Larut, Scortechini 1832 ! 

 Pahang : Khol, Ridley 2168 ! Johoee : Serom, Eidley ! Singapoee : 

 Dorioard ! — Disteib. S.E. Asia, Africa, Australia. 



6. Meeeemia NYMPHiEiroriiA, Hallier f. Verslag. Buitenzorg, 1895, 

 127. A large woody climber. Leaves orbicular-ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous on both surfaces, peltate with a rounded or slightly 

 retuse base, 6 to 10 in. long, 5 to 8 in. wide, the floral leaves more 

 deeply cut and at times cordate with a narrow sinus. Floivers large, in 

 loose 4-15-flowered cymes on a common peduncle sometimes shorter 



