Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 327 



smooth, dry, -75 in. long, -3 to '5 in. wide, the base closely embraced by 

 the sepals. Convolvulus ruhicundus, "Wall. Cat. 1409. Argyreia rubi- 

 cuncla, Choisy Convolv. Or. 44, and in DC. Prod. IX. 333. 

 Malacca: Griffith! Maingay. — Distrib. Burma. 



The above description is taken from Griffith's Malacca plant ; the writer has seen 

 no other specimens. One or two bracts remain ; they are small, -2 in. across, and 

 orbicular, but it does not follow that the fallen bracts were so small. There is no 

 perfect corolla on the specimens at Calcutta ; the length of the tube given above is 

 derived from Mr. C. B. Clarke's description. 



10. Lettsomia Kunstleei, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 

 100. A slender climber, 50 to 80 feet long, young branches densely 

 hirsute. Leaves elliptic-acuminate, glabrous and shining above, 

 sparingly strigose-hirsute beneath, especially on the nerves, occasionally 

 the midrib above sparsely hairy ; length 3'5 to 4'5 in., width 2 to 2-5 in.; 

 petioles densely hirsute, 1 to 1-5 in. long. Flowers in lax axillary 

 12-20-flowered cymes, 2 to 3 in. across ; peduncles 5 to 8 in. long, 

 densely hirsute ; bracts hirsute, 3 in. wide ; pedicels hirsute, slender, 

 •5 to '75 in. long. Sepals orbicular, sub-equal, the three outer 

 pubescent, the others at length almost glabrous, -15 in. long. Corolla 

 white externally, bright pink or red within, externally hirsute, tubular- 

 campanulate, '5 in. long. Berry ovoid, '5 in. long, -3 in. wide, deep 

 glossy red. 



Perak : Larut ; Kota, Wray 2856 ! Ulu Salama, Scortechini ! 

 Goping, Chanderiang, &c.. King's Collector, 732 ! 2307 ! 2726 ! 5672 ! 

 Campon Eoad, Biclley 9704 ! Selangor : Batu Caves, Bidley 8220 !- — 

 DisTEiB. Sumatra. 



Order LXXXII. SOLANACE^. 



[By D. Prain.] 



Herbs or shrubs, sometimes becoming small soft-wooded trees. 

 Leaves alternate or at times in unequal pairs, rarely clustered, never 

 truly opposite, entire, lobed or pinnate ; stipules 0. Inflorescence of 

 terminal or oftener lateral axillary or extra-axillary cymes, or of 

 solitary or clustered pedicels, without bracts or bracteoles. Flotoers 

 regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, lobes or teeth 

 usually 5, rare 4 or 6 to 10 ; usually persistent, sometimes enlarged in 

 fruit. Corolla gamosepalous 5-lobed or rarely [Datura) 10-lobed or 

 with limb sub-entire ; narrow-campanulate to rotate. Stamens 5, 

 epipetalous ; anthers oblong or narrow-ovate ; cells parallel, dehiscing 

 by apical pores or longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled or imperfectly 



