326 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Perak : Larut, King's Collector 8544 ! 



The leaves of this species are very characteristically glandular-punctate beneath. 

 The peduncles and pedicels of vak. reticulata are rather shorter than in the type and 

 the corolla, described by Kunstler as "waxy white, pale blue inside," is only two- 

 thirds the length and only half the width of that of L. penangiana proper. But the 

 leaves have the same characteristic glandular punctulation and are similarly 

 sparingly adpressed-pubescent beneath, while the fruit, described by Kunstler as a 

 rich pink, is indistinguishable from that of L. penangiana. This form, therefore, 

 though very distinct, cannot yet be more than varietally separated. 



8. Lettsomia Scoetechinii, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 

 98. A strong climber ; stems rusty-brown, very sparingly pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate-acute, base rounded, firmly sub-coriaceous, very sparsely 

 hirsute with scattered rusty hairs beneath, glabrous above ; length 2 to 

 3 in., width 1 to 2 in. ; petiole -5 to 1 in., minutely sparingly rusty- 

 pubescent. Floivers in open 3-8-flowered corymbose cymes 1 to 1-5 in. 

 across ; peduncles minutely sparingly rusty-pubescent, 2 to 5 in. long ; 

 bracts caducous. Sepals orbicular, minutely adpressed-grey-tomentose 

 externally, in flower -25 in., in fruit -3 in. across, the inner larger than 

 the outer. Corolla Vb in. long, infundibuliform-campanulate, pink, 

 densely adpressed-fulvous-tomentose on tube and bands of limb 

 externally. Berry sub-spherical to ellipsoid, -5 in. wide, -5 to '75 in. 

 long, the base closely embraced by the sepals. 



Pebak: Canfield's Hill, 4,000 feet, Scortechini 381! Birch's Hill, 

 Ridley 10681 ! Maxwell's Hill, Biclley 5559 ! 



As in the case of L. rubicunda, one or two bracts remain on the specimens ; they 

 are small, orbicular, -2 in. across, but it does not follow that the fallen bracts were so 

 small. The corollas on Scortechini's specimens, on which the original description was 

 based, are about -6 in. long, but subsequent material communicated by Mr. Eidley 

 (Ridley ooo9) shows that the flowers originally described were not fully expanded. 

 Another of Mr. Ridley's specimens (10681) proves that the berry is not always sub- 

 spherical. The species is obviously closely allied to L. rubicunda, but besides the 

 very different degree of tomentum, L. Scortechini differs from L. rubicunda in having 

 the inner sepals distinctly larger, instead of smaller, than the outer. 



9. Lettsomia eubicunda, Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 

 195. An extensive climber ; stems fulvous-tomentose. Leaves elliptic, 

 shortly abruptly acuminate or acute, base rounded, sub-coriaceous, 

 densely tawny-tomentose beneath, glabrous above ; length 5 to 7 in., 

 width 2 to 4 in. ; petiole tawny-tomentose, 1 to 2 in. long. Floivers in 

 open many-flowered corymbose cymes, 2 to 4 in. across ; peduncles 

 tawny-tomentose, 3-5 to 7 in. long ; bracts caducous. Sepals orbicular, 

 obtuse, softly tawny-velvety, in flower -2 in., in fruit "3 in. across, the 

 inner rather smaller. Corolla "75 in. long, infundibuliform-campanu- 

 late, pink, densely tawny-tomentose externally. Berry ellipsoid, obtuse, 



