Schau in De. Prod. Syst. Nat. XI J1847] p. 624. — C. vestita Griff. Not. 

 Pl. As. IV [1854] p. 174 and Icon. Pl. As. [1854[ pl. 458.— C. tomentosa 

 ROXB. Vor azurea [WALL ] CLARKE in HOOK f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV [ 1 885 ] 

 p. 604.- C. tomentosa [Not of ROXB.] COOKE Flor. Pres. Bomb. [1908] p. 

 437.— Rjscoea villosa Roxb. Flor. Ind. Iii [1832] p. 55; ROXB. Flor. Ind. 

 Carey Ed [1874] p. 476 — A stout, large, scandent shrub ; branchlets, petioles 

 and inflorescences grey- or +; ferruginous-tomentose ; leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, apex obtuse or 

 schortly acuminate, pairs of nerves 3-6, softly villous on the upper surface, 

 pubescent beneath- 3-16 bij 2-7.5 c.M.; petioles 0.5-1.3 c.M. panicles 

 large, terminal, trihotomous and axillary, reaching a length of 15-30, and a width 

 of 5-20 c.M. ; peduncles 1-1.5 c.M. long; involucra 3 [?-4]-leafed ; leaflets 

 rose or whitish [? azure], elliptic or obovate-cuneate, tomentose above, densely 

 pubescent beneath, one of them frequently two-veined and emarginate ; 2-3 

 by 0.5 — 0.8 c.M. ; calyx 0.5—0.7 c.M, 5 -toothed ; teeth lanceolate acute; 

 inner and outer side long-pubescent; corolla rose, glabrous on both 

 sides or with some hairs in the throat; tube schort, frequently shorter than 

 the calyx, 0.35—0.50 c.M.; stamens exserted ; anthers dehiscent at the 

 apex; ovary glabrous, glandular towards the top; style 1 1.5 c.M., 

 with slightly bifid stigma. 



Distribution: Malacca : Pegu-Rangoon (ROXB.)! Martaban (VOFOT)! 

 Tenasserim (CLARKE)! Mergui (GRIFF.) ! 



3. Congea velutina WIGHT. Icon. Plant. Ind. Or. IV (1850) pi. 1479 

 3 or 1566 and pi. 1479 B; WIGHT. 111. Ind. Bot. 11 (1850) p. 216 C. 

 Forbesii King and Gamble in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew (1908i p. 114; King 

 GAMBLE Mat. Flor. Mal. Pen. 11909) p. 1076; Verb 337; C. tomentosa 

 (NOT of ROXB.) KING/GAMBLE Mat. Flor Mai. Pen. [1909| p. 1076; Verb. 

 338 — A stout, extensive, scandent shrub ; branchlets, petioles and inflores- 

 cences cinnamomeously or ferrugineously tomentose; leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate or oblong, cuneate-obtuse or rounded at the base, apex obtuse or 

 shortly acuminate, pairs of nerves 3—5, upper side glabrous, shining or 

 scarcely hispid, especially on the nerves, lower side shortly hairy on the 

 veins; 3—15 by 2—7 c.M.; petioles 0.5 1.5 c.M.; panicles large ter- 

 minal and axillary, reaching a length of 50-100 c.M., and a width of 20-50 

 c.M. ; peduncles 0.7-1 .2 c.M. long ; involucra 3-or 4-leafed; leaflets rose or 

 lilac, obovate-spathulate, dilated and cohering at the base, forming a cup, 

 sometimes three-or 4-leafed and then free, tomentose above, villous beneath ; 

 1 .5-3 by 0.5-1 c.M. ; calyx 0.4-0.6 c.M., 5-toothed ; teeth short, obtuse ; in and 

 outside velutino-pubescent ; corolla rose, glabrous except in the villous 

 throat; tube slender, exserted, 0.6-1 c.M.; stamens exserted; anthers 

 dehiscent by a short, longitudinal slit; ovary glabrous, glandular towards 

 the top; style 1-1.5 c.M, with slightly bifid stigma. 



Distribution: Malacca: Tavoy (Wight, CLARKE)! Tenasserim! 

 Mergui (GRIFF.)! (?). Sumatra: Lampong (KiNG/GAMBLE) ! often cultivated, 

 especially the form with the 4-leafed involucrun. 



