Letlsomia.] xcvii. convolvulace^e. 453 
tomentose on bands of tube. Berry ellipsoid, pink, '5 in. long. 
Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills from 2500 to 5000 
ft. altitude (Scortechini, Ridley). 
(9) L. rubicunda Clarke, lx. iv. 195; Prain, l.c. 326. 
A strong climber, fulvous-tomentose. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
reddish-tomentose beneath (yellow when dry), 5 to 7 in. long, 
2 to 4 in. wide; petioles stout, 1 to 2 in. long, tomentose. Cymes 
corymbose, 1*5 to 4 in. across, entirely tomentose as is the peduncle, 
3‘5 to 7 in. long. Sepals *2 in. wide in flower, *3 in. across in fruit, 
orbicular tomentose; the inner the smaller. Corolla 75 in. long, 
funnel-shaped, tawny-tomentose outside, white, tube violet mauve, 
inside dark purple. Berry ellipsoid, 75 in. long. Hab. Malacca, 
Forests at Rim (Griffith, Maingay). Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). 
Dislrib. Burma. 
(10) L. Kunstleri Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxm. (2), 100; 
lxxiv. 327. .. , , 
A finely tomentose climber. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 
rounded, densely appressed, soft hairy beneath or glabrous except 
the elevate nerves beneath, 3-5 to 5*5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 1 in. long. Cymes 1 to 3 in. across; peduncles 5 to 8 in. 
long, all hairy. Sepals orbicular sub-equal, 3 outer pubescent, 
■15 in. long. Corolla white outside and hairy-pink inside, '5 in* 
long. Berry ovoid, 5 in. long, red. Hab. Forests. Malacca and 
Negri Sembilan (Cantley). Selangor, Batu Caves; Sungei Buluh, 
Semangkok Pass; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Goping and Chanderiang 
(Kunstler); Kwala Dipang near Kampar and Waterloo; UI11 
Selama (Scortechini). Distnb. Sumatra. 
5. NEUROPELTIS, Wall. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves chartaceous. Flowers small, in axillary 
racemes (or terminal panicles). Bracteole ovate-lanceolate eventu¬ 
ally forming the fruit-wing. Sepals 5, orbicular. Corolla small, 
white, tube campanulate, lobes 5. Stamens adnate to tube. Ovary 
2-celled; ovules 4. Fruit a small 4-valved capsule, i-seeded in 
the centre of an oblong orbicular, papery wing (the enlarged 
bracteole). Species 2, Indo-Malaya, 
(1) N. racemosa Wall. Cat. 1322; Prain, l.c. lxxiv. 297. 
Stout shrub climbing. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate acummate- 
acute, base shortly cuneate, 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1*25 to 2-25 in. wide, 
pubescent beneath; petioles *25 in. long. Racemes 2 to 3 in. 
long, pendulous, tomentose. Sepals red-villous. Corolla *3 in * 
across, lobes ovate as long as tube. Fruit ovoid, *25 in. long, 
with the bracteolar wing orbicular, 1 to 175 in. long surrounding 
it Hab. Woods. Singapore (Wallich). Malacca, Merlimau 
(Cantley); Batu Ampat (Goodenough). Negri Sembilan, Gunong 
Berimbun (Cantley). Penang (Jack and Porter, Herb. Wall.). 
