450 
XCVtI. CONVOLVULACEiE. 
f Lettsomia. 
Cymes lax, brads small. 
Sepals lanceolate acute. 
Sepals ovate or orbicular. 
Sepals irregular, inner ones wider and emar- 
ginate ..•••> 
Sepals regular. 
Corolla over i in. long. 
Sepals and leaves nearly glabrous . 
Sepals grey silky; leaves hairy beneath . 
Corolla under i in. long. 
Whole plant reddish or yellowish tomen- 
tose ... . 
Whole plant sparingly strigose, hairy or 
slightly pubescent .... 
(5) L. adpressa 
(6) L. Curtisii 
{7) L. penangiana 
(8) L. Scortechinii 
(9) L. rubicunda 
(10) L. Kunstleri 
(1) L. peguensis Clarke in Hook. fit. F.B.I. iv. 193 J Prain, l.c. 
322. 
A villous twiner. Leaves ovate to sub-orbicular, cordate acute, 
densely soft hairy all over, 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 1° 3'5 ^ n - wide, 
petioles 1-5 in. long or longer. Cymes capitate; peduncles 5 to 
9 in. long. Bracts elliptic-oblong, 1 in. long, dense hairy. Outer 
sepals elliptic, inner lanceolate hairy. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
hairy outside, 2 in. long, base white, above pink or mauve with 
dark centre. Berry brown; -25 in. through. Hab. Not rare; in 
forests. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Danan; Bukit Burunang (Cantley). 
Selangor, Batu Caves; Petaling in open country; Klang Gates. 
Perak, Ulu Kerling and Goping (Kunstler); Track to Jor. Pro¬ 
vince Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang, Balik Pulau. 
Kelantan, Chaning by the river. Distrib. Burma, Sumatra, Java. 
Native names : Akar Ulan Bukit; Akar Tumiang; Akar Tapah 
rusa; Akar Lana Bulu. ^ ...... 
(2) L. sphserocephala Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxm. (2), 
19; lxxiv. 323. 
Twiner; stems slightly angled, sparsely hairy. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate or oblong to acuminate, base rounded, sparsely hairy, 
4 to 5 in. long, 1-5 in. across; petioles 1 in. long. Cymes capitate- 
globose, 2 in. across with large orbicular purple involucral bracts, 
1*5 in. across, sparsely hairy outside, on slender peduncles 2 to 
12 in. long. Inner floral bracts sub-orbicular to spathulate. Sepals 
glabrous except tips. Corolla pink, funnel-shaped, softly hairy 
outside, *75 to x in. long. Hab. Perak, Krian, Abu Salama, 
Gunong Arang Paya (Scortechini). 
(3) L. Maingayi Clarke, l.c. iv. 195; Prain, l.c. 323. 
Twiner, rather stout, hairy, bristly. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 
base round, acute or short acuminate, glabrous except a few hairs 
beneath, 5 to 7 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1 in. long. 
Cymes capitate, 2 to 3 in. across; peduncles *25 in. long, bristly 
hairy. Bracts involucral ovate-lanceolate, *6 in. across, sparsely 
hairy outside, purple smooth within. Sepals linear-lanceolate 
long acuminate, 75 in. long, bristly. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 
