1894.] D. Prain — Some additional species of Couvolvulace®. 99 



elliptic, vsparsely hirsute except on the nerves beneath, as are tlie petioles, 

 pedicels and bracts externally. 



Malay Peninsula: Johore, at Kota Tinggi, Ridley, n. 4214! I Chan 

 Chin, Lake Sf Kelsall ! 



VAR. Yelutina Prain; leaves somewhat smaller, 4 in. by 2| in., 

 slightly narrowed from above the rounded base, densely hirsute esj^ecial- 

 ly on the nerves beneath, as are the jDetioles pedicels and bracts exter- 

 nally. 



Malay Peninsula : Singapore, atBukit Mandan, Ridley, n. ]635 ! 



Scandent, branches sparsely ashy-hirsute. Leaves petioled, petioles 1-3 in. 

 Peduncles 2-6 in., heads 1| in. diam., 8-10-fld., bracts sessile, quite glabrous above. 

 Sepals ^ in. corolla IJ in. tubular funnel-shaped, hirsute externally. Berry | in. by 

 3 in., ovoid, two-thirds embraced by calyx. 



Easily distinguished by its large bracts from all hitherto reported Moorcroftias 

 except from L. Maingayi, where however the heads are sessile, or nearly so, the 

 flowers are larger, and the bract and sepals much larger, longer and more lanceolate 

 A very distinct species. 



17. Lettsomia maingayi ClarJce ; Ridley, Trans. Linn. Sac. n.s., 

 iii. 323. 



Add to description of F. B. I. : — 



Bracts dark piu^ple above; corolla 2^ in. long, tubular, slightly enlarg- 

 ing upwards, purple, the folds whitish, hairy outside glabrous within ; 

 filaments inserted near base of tube, glandular-hairy at the thickened 

 base. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Perak, Scortechini ! Pahang, Ridley. 



39. Lettsomia adpressa " Miq. " 



Add to localities of F. B. I. :— 



Perak : Latut, etc., very common, Scortechini n. 1280 ! Kunstler n. 

 2457 ! 5400 ! Wray n. 1914 ! 3298 ! 3961 ! 



Recent Penang gatherings are Curtis n. 318 ! Kunstler n. 1324 ! 

 n. 5271 ! 



Corolla dull pale claret ( Wray) or pale pink and white {Kunstler) or white with 

 claret stripes (Wray). Fruit at first green with a reddish tint, becomes bright pink 

 and at length red-brown when ripe. 



20, Lettsomia penangiana "Miq." 



VAR. typica, leaves thinly coriaceous, secondary nerves obscure. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. .— 



Perak : Larut, etc., very covciiwow, Scortechini n. IIVI \ Kunstler 

 n. 2048 ! n. 2574 ! n. 5339 ! Curtis n. 20.34 ! Wray n. 2095 ! 2334 ! 2601! 

 2733 ! (A recent Penang gathering is Curtis n. 1586 !) 



The corolla is as figured by Choisy ; as a rule the termitial flower of the cyme 

 is distinctly larger than the others; in color bright claret (Wray\ or purple 

 (Kunstler) ; the fruit a beautiful rose-pink ( Wray) bluish red (Kunstler) or purpli.sh 

 (Gurti^). The leaves beneath are very characteristically glandular-punctulato. 



