292 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Boiss. V. 739. E. paniculata, Miq. Elor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 248 (not of 
Boxb.). 
Perak : Larut, King’s Collector 7379 ! Dijong, Scortechini 1816 ! — 
Distrib. Sumatra ( Teysmann 3682). 
When originally describing this species the writer referred to it a Java specimen 
collected by Kurz ; Dr. Hallier, however, whose knowledge of Gonvolvulacece is so 
profound, has shown that this Java specimen, which is not a very good one, belongs 
in reality to a distinct species — E. macrophylla, Hallier f. 
7. Erycibe leucoxyloides, King MSS. ex Bidl. in Herb. Singap. ; 
Prain Journ. As. Soe. Beng. LXXIII. 2. 16. A very large climber with 
slender cylindric branches, bark fissured and covered with a close grey 
pubescence ; branchlets numerous, very slender, rather distinctly angled, 
grey- or rusty-pubescent. Leaves sub-bifarious, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
base rounded, apex sub-acuminate or abruptly narrowed to an obtuse 
tip ; 1 to P75 in. long, -4 to -6 in. wide ; membranous or thinly char- 
taceous ; quite glabrous on both surfaces ; rather dark green above, 
paler beneath ; secondary nerves about 3 pairs, very oblique and hardly 
visible above except in young leaves, not visible beneath even when 
dry and even when young ; petiole - 1 in. long, grey-pubescent. Flowers 
axillary, solitary ; pedicels -2 in. long, somewhat recurved in fruit, grey- 
pubescent, bracteolate under the calyx. Sepals orbicular, sparsely 
pubescent on the centre externally, elsewhere glabrous except the 
ciliate margins. Corolla white, sweet-scented, '5 in. across; interlobular 
spaces brown-tomentose externally ; lobules broad, semi-orbicular, 
entire. Fruit elliptic, black, smooth, glabrous, '6 in. long, -4 in. wide. 
Singapore : climbing in secondary jungle, Hallier ! Ridley 2051, 
6897 1 10927 1 Selangor : Kwala Lumpar, Curtis 2402 1 Johore : 
Ridley t 
8. Erycibe festiva, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 87. 
A climber, 60 to 70 feet long ( Kunstler ), or a small tree (Hullett) ; 
branches grooved but cylindric ; ultimate branchlets slightly angular, 
sparingly pubescent. Leaves elliptic or oblong, base cuneate, apex 
usually rather long acuminate with an obtuse tip ; 3 to 6 in. long, l - 5 
to 2-5 in. wide ; glabrous ; thinly coriaceous ; lateral nerves 7 to 9 
pairs, distinct on both surfaces, especially beneath, secondary venation 
distinct beneath ; petiole glabrous, '5 to "75 in. long. Flowers in short 
axillary 7-12-flowered cymes -5 to -75 in. across ; peduncles -3 to -5 in. 
long, rusty-pubescent ; pedicels rusty-pubescent, bracteolate, -12 in. 
long. Sepals orbicular, rusty-pubescent. Corolla pale greenish-white 
within, '75 in. across, lobes broad; interlobular spaces brown-tomentose 
externally ; lobules ovate, margins erose, usually rather deeply, through- 
