Erycibe.] xcvii. convolvulace^e. 447 
across. Fruit elliptic, warty grey, -9 in. long. Hah. Perak, 
Larut, 300 to 2500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
{9) E. Grifiithii Clarke, l.c. iv. 182; Prain, l.c. 295. E. 
Maingayi Clarke, l.c. 
Climber 60 to 80 ft. long, 4 to 6 in. through; branchlets pubes¬ 
cent. Leaves elliptic, blunt cuspidate, base narrowed usually 
blunt, sub-coriaceous, glabrous; nerves slender, elevate, 6 to 8 
pairs; 2*75 to 6 in. long, -75 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
Cymes solitary or clustered, 4- to 9-flowered, *3 in. long, pubescent; 
peduncles *2 to ’3 in. long; pedicels -25 in. long. Sepals pubescent. 
Corolla cream-colour, -5 in. wide; lobes narrow. Fruit coriaceous, 
scurfy outside, 1 to 1*5 in. long. Hab. Not rare. Hedges and 
woods. Singapore, Bukit Timah Road (Hullett); Changi. 
Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Sumatra, Philippines. 
(10) E. festiva Prain , l.c. lxiii. (2), 87; lxxiv. 292. 
Woody climber, glabrous except flowers. Leaves thinly cori¬ 
aceous, elliptic, long acuminate, base cuneate; nerves fine but 
distinct, 7 to 9 pairs; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; 
petioles *5 in. long. Cymes *5 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 7 to 
12. Sepals pubescent. Corolla greenish white, 75 in. across. 
Hab. Forests. Not common. Singapore, Garden Jungle. 
Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(n) E, sapotacea Hallier and Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
Ixxiii. (2), 16; lxxiv. 293. 
Stout climber, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, base shortly cuneate, 
short blunt acuminate, coriaceous; nerves 6 pairs prominent 
beneath as are reticulations; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles *5 in. 
long. Cymes small, axillary, -24 in. long, about 4-flowered. 
Flowers scurfy puberulous. Fruit oblong-ovoid acute, 2 in. long, 
1 in. through; epicarp sub-woody. Hab. Penang Hill near the 
Cooly Lines (Curtis). Rare and little known. 
(12) E. praecipua Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxiii. (2), 86; 
lxxiv. 294. 
Big climber, glabrous. Leaves narrow elliptic, base cuneate, 
narrowed at both ends, thick coriaceous; nerves 5 pairs, obscure; 
1*5 to 4 in. long, 75 to 2 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Cymes 
axillary 5- to 8-flowered, *5 in. long, rusty-pubescent; pedicels 
•12 in. long. Sepals rusty-pubescent. Corolla white, *5 in. across, 
lobes very narrow. Fruit ovoid 7 to 75 in. long. Hab. Forests. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Curtis). 
(13) E. glomerata Bl. Bijdr. 1047; Prain, l.c. 294. E. albida 
Prain, Journ. ris. Soc. Beng. lxiii. (2), 87. 
A shrub or small tree, 10 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic or 
narrow-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green above, yellow 
green beneath; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, slender, faint; midrib stout; 
7 to 12 in. long, 175 to 5 in. wide; petioles -15 to -35 in. long. 
