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Convolvulus adpressus, Wall. Cat. 1424. Moorcroftia adprcssa, Choisy 
Convolv. Or. 49, and in DC. Prod. IX. 334. 
Penang : Porter ! Kunstler 1324 ! 5271 ! Curtis 318 1 Malacca : 
Maingay ! Perak : Scortechini 1280 ! King’s Collector 2457 ! 5400 ! 
Wray 1914 ! 3298 ! 3961 ! 
6. Lettsomia Curtisii, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 100. 
A climber with brown glabrous branches. Leaves elliptic, shortly 
acuminate, glabrous except for a few hairs on the midrib above, 
sparingly adpressed-hirsute beneath ; length 4 to 5 in., width 2 - 5 to 
3 in. ; petiole 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous. Flowers in axillary compound 
sub-umbellate cymes, 3 in. wide, 12-16-flowered ; peduncles 4 to 10 in. 
long, brown, glabrous ; bracts deciduous. Sepals coriaceous, - 25 in. 
long, the three outer sparingly hirsute, rounded, entire, the two inner 
wider, deeply emarginate, glabrous. Corolla not seen. Berry ovoid, 
succulent, '75 in. long, -5 in. wide, lower third closely embraced by the 
sepals. 
Selangor : Kwala Lampar, Curtis 2158 ! 
A very distinct species, easily differentiated by its emarginate inner sepals. 
7. Lettsomia penangiana, Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. III. 592. A 
climber with very slender stems sometimes 100 feet long, young branches 
thin, fulvous-tomentose, soon becoming glabrous. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong, base rounded or cuneate, apex acute or sub-acute, papery, 
medium green glabrous above, very light green and glabrous or 
sparingly adpressed-pubescent and more closely hairy on the midrib 
beneath ; 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide ; petiole - 5 to 1 in., glabrous. Floivers 
in lax axillary cymes 2 to 3 in. across, the terminal flower usually 
longer than the others ; peduncles slender, 2 to 6 in. long, very sparsely 
hirsute, soon glabrous ; pedicels - 3 to -7 in. long, slender, hirsute ; bracts 
minute. Sepals ovate-obtuse, sparingly hairy and at length glabrescent, 
•2 in. long, at length spreading or sub-reflexed. Corolla tubular- 
campanulate, externally hirsute, bright claret or purple within, paler 
without, 1‘5 to 1'75 in. long. Berry ovoid, -6 in. long, -3 in. wide, rose- 
pink, reddish-blue, or purple. Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. 
IY. 196; Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 99. Convolvulus 
penangianus , Wall. Cat. 1425. Moorcroftia penangiana, Choisy Convolv. 
Or. 50, t. 4., and in DC. Prod. IX. 335. 
Penang : 'Porter ! Curtis 1586 ! Peraii : very common ; Scorte- 
chini 1147 ! Wray 2061 ! 2095 ! 2334 ! 2733 ! Curtis 2034 ! Derry ! 
King’s Collector 1936 ! 2048 ! 2574 ! 3223 ! 5339 ! 
Var. reticulata, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 100. Leaves 
thicker, secondary nerves beneath very distinct. 
