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XCVII. CONVOLVULACEjE. 
[Lettsomia. 
long hairs on midrib or quite glabrous, 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles *i in. long. Cymes lax, about 10-flowered, 1 in. long on 
slender peduncles 5-5 in. long or less. Sepals ovate blunt, rough 
appressed hairy, -2 in. long. Corolla tubular-campanulate, hairy 
outside, i*5 in. long, dark purple or plum colour. Berry ovoid, 
•6 in. long, -3 in. wide, rose pink. Hab. Mountain forests. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills to 5000 ft. altitude (all 
collectors); Tupai (Wray). Penang Hill (all collectors). 
Fig. 116 —-Lettsomia penangiana. 
var. reticulata Prain, l.c. 325. Leaves stiffer; nerves and 
reticulations prominent beneath. Perak near Ulu Kerling 
(Kunstler). 
(8) L. Scortechinii Prain , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxiii. (2), 98; 
lxxiv. 326. 
Slender woody climber; stems sparsely pubescent. Leaves 
ovate acute, sub-coriaceous, sparsely hairy beneath, 2 to 3 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1 in. long. Cymes 3- to 8- 
flowered, corymbose, 1 to 1-5 in. across; peduncles 5 in. long or 
less, minutely pubescent. Sepals orbicular, grey-tomentose, *25 in. 
across (in fruit -3 in. across), the inner the biggest. Corolla 1*5 in. 
long, white with mauve centre, funnel-shaped, campanulate 
