113. ARISTOLOCHIACEZX. 359 
datis ecaudatis 2 posticis demum arcte reflexis, intus atro-viride 
vel brunneum, albo-maculatum, albo-marginatum, intus extusque 
pilis crassis plus minusve vestitum, extus purpureo-viride; an- 
drecium cum gynecio normale, staminibus supra pistillum con- 
niventibus.— Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 3rd series, vii. p. 422; Bot. 
Mag. t. 7168. 
Kwanerune : along the North river ( Ford's native collector !). 
Herb. Kew. 
This pretty species is in cultivation at Kew. The flowers lie 
on the top of the ground. 
4. Asarum himalaicum, Hook. f. et T. Thoms. ex Duchartre 
in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 424; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 72. 
HvurEnu: South Patung (A. Henry, 5433!). Herb. Kew. 
Sikkim Himalaya at altitudes of 9000 to 11,000 feet, and the 
only species recorded from India. 
* Hsi-Hsin—root is a valued Chinese drug."— Dr. A. Henry. 
5. Asarum macranthum, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 7022; Hemsl. 
in Gard. Chron. 3rd series, vii. p. 421. 
Formosa: Kelung (Ford !), without locality (Oldham, 465 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
A specimen without flowers from ** Amoy interior," collected 
by Swinhoe, may belong to this species. 
Mr. Maximowiez (Mél. Biol. viii. p. 404) refers the specimen 
in the St. Petersburg herbarium bearing Oldham’s 465 to A. Thun- 
bergii, A. Br., but there can be no doubt respecting the specimen 
in the Kew Herbarium being different. 
* 6. Asarum maximum, Hemsl. 
Herba robusta, fere undique glabra, rhizomate repente. Folia 
ampla, longe petiolata, eum petiolo crasso interdum saltem scsqui- 
pedalia, crassa, subcarnosa, late cordata vel hastato-cordata, 
absque petiolo interdum usque ad 8 poll.longa, obtusa vel vix 
aeuta, lobis latis rotundatis divergentibus, venis primariis paucis 
crassis; folia pauca secundaria minora, reniformia. Flores ut 
videtur erecti, breviter pedunculati (extus carnei, intus velutini, 
nigro-purpurei, lobis basi stria unica transversa albida instructis), 
2-21 poll. diametro;  perianthium subæqualiter trilobatum, 
lobis latis rotundatis planis divergentibus, tubo a basi gradatim 
expanso intus interrupte transversim multiplieato ; antherz sub- 
sessiles, uniformes, minute appendiculate, styli stamina super- 
