358 111. POLYGONACEX. 
Europe, North Africa and Syria, Asia Minor to the Caucasus. 
As observed under R. dentatus, Linn., we have seen neither 
Chinese nor Japanese specimens that we could refer with 
confidence to R. pulcher, Linn. 
[Muehlenbeckia platyclada, Meisn., syn. Coccoloba platyclada 
(Bot. Mag. t. 5382), a native of the Solomon Islands, is recorded 
by Henriques (Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 143) from Macao, where, 
however, it is doubtless an introduced plant.] 
112. NEPENTHACE. 
1. Nepenthes phyllamphora, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 874 ; Hook. f. 
in DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 97, et Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 69. 
Phyllamphora mirabilis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 606. 
KwaxarvNa: various localities (Millett! Vachell ! Delavay, hb. 
Hance, 2400! Ford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Malaya and Cochinchina to New Guinea and the Louisiade 
Archipelago. 
113. ARISTOLOCHIACE. 
l. Asarüm caudigerum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 142; 
Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 3rd series, vii. p. 429; Bot. Mag. t. 7126. 
KwawcoTUNG: along the East river (Gerlach, hb. Hance, 
21366 D, North river (Ford’s native collector). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
2. Asarum Forbesii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 530. 
Asarum Blumei, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 293, non Duchartre. 
CuzkrAwG : Meichi, south of lake Tahoo (Forbes § Carles !). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
“3. Asarum geophilum, Hemsl. 
Herba perennis, rhizomate repente, foliis 2-3 poll. supra ter- 
ram elevatis. Folie subcarnosa, breviter petiolata, rotundato- 
cordata (lobis sæpius obtegentibus), usque ad 4 poll. diametro, 
conspicue laxeque albo-venosa, simul plus minusve bullata, cilio- 
lata, supra atro-virida, nitida, glabra vel pilis albis parcissime in- 
structa, subtus pallidiora, paullo hirsutiora; petiolus crassus, 
carnosus, fere teres, appresse albo-pilosulus. Flores solitarii, 
brevissime pedunculati, supra terram sessiles, pedunculo subite 
recurvo; perianthium circiter 1 poll. diametro, brevissime tubu- 
losum, subzqualiter trilobatum (lobo antico majore), lobis rotun- 
