XCVII. CONVOLVULACEjE. 
[Erycibe. 
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Cymes glomerate, 5- to 8-flowered, sub-sessile axillary. Sepals 
nearly glabrous, pale green. Corolla -5 in. across, white, lobes 
narrow. 
var. typica. Leaves elliptic, 3*5 to 5 i n - wide. Hab. Mountains, 
Perak, Gunong Bubu, 2500 to 3000 ft. altitude (Kunstler); Bujong 
Malacca; Waterloo (Curtis). 
var. longifolia Bl., l.c. Leaves cuneate-oblong to 2*25 in. 
wide. Hab. Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray); Tea Gardens, 
Lankawi, Sungei Batu Asap (Haniff). Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
(14) E. angulata Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxiii. (2), 84; 
Ixxiv. 291. 
Big liane 100 ft. long, 4 to 6 in. through; branchlets angular, 
pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, base cuneate, tip round 
or short-acuminate; 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide, quite glabrous; 
nerves 5 to 8 pairs elevate, slender; petioles *5 in. long, pubescent. 
Flowers rather small in axillary panicles, 1 to 6 in. long, and terminal, 
7 to 10 in. long, many-flowered; rachis angular tomentose. Sepals 
outer, tomentose. Corolla white, *5 in. across. Hab. Selangor, 
Batu Tiga. Perak near Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Dipang (Scor- 
techini). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name : Akar Tampang Ari. 
(15) E. Stapfiana Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxiii. (2), 87; 
Ixxiv. 293. 
Woody climber 15 to 20 ft. to xoo ft. long, 3 in. through, 
glabrous. Leaves oblong or elliptic to narrow lanceolate, base 
short cuneate, apex short abrupt acuminate, coriaceous; nerves 
4 to 6 pairs strong elevate beneath, transverse nervules and re¬ 
ticulations very fine; 4 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Panicles solitary or fascicled, brown tomentose, 
axillary, 1 to 2 in. long, many-flowered. Pedicels -i in. long. 
Sepals small, dense, tomentose. Corolla white, lobes narrow, 
•5 in. across. Fruit ovoid, *6 to *8 in. long, dark velvety-brown. 
Hab. Perak, Batang Padang District and Larut (Kunstler and 
Scortechini). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
3 . ARGYREIA, Lour. 
Climbing or sub-erect shrubs. Leaves cordate ovate to lanceo¬ 
late, silky. Cymes many-flowered, peduncled axillary. Sepals 5, 
herbaceous, in fruit leathery, red inside, silky outside. Corolla 
large, funnel-shaped, rose pink, more or less hairy outside, limb 
plicate, shortly 5-lobed. Stamens 5, included. Disc annular. 
Ovary 4-celled; ovules 4; style filiform; stigma biglobose. 
Fruit a dry berry. Seeds 4 in a mealy pulp. Species 30, Old 
World tropics. A. speciosa Sweet, the elephant creeper, a very 
large species with big pink flowers is often cultivated and covers 
old walls in Malacca. 
Leaves oblong blunt . . . . . . (1) A. obtusifolia 
Leaves lanceolate acute . . . . . . (2) A. mollis 
