that he originally planted it in his conservatory, a peach 



house, and 



nly those in the 



lived. From 



of them planted in rich 



der the pavement at th 



back of the stove, the flowers were obtained 



It 



of 



growth, armsful of it being annually destroyed to 

 prevent its overrunning the house. 



It strikes very readily from cuttings. 



Huge as are the flowers of this species, they yield in 

 size both to A. cordiflora and gigantea, in which the 

 blossoms are from 15 to 16 inches across, being large 

 enough to form hats for the Indian children, who amuse 



themselves with 

 The 



of the stem of this, and of 



other Aristolochias that we have examined, is in some 

 measure at variance, and that in a very remarkable manner, 



with other Dicotyled 



plants 



It 



is 



mprobabl 



that this structure, which prevails not only in Trichopodi 

 and Bragantia,-\ but also in 



* 



Ceyl 



of orders that 

 Monocotyled 



Trimeriza,\ an unpublished 



3 combine a small number 



peets different from either 



or Dicotyledones. At least it confirm 



genus, may serve 



in some 



the correctness of Dr. Brown's approximation of Nepenthes 



to Aristoloehiae, an approximation in which 

 did not concur. 



formerly 

 J. L. 



* Trichopodium. (Trichopus Gcertn. Smith). $ 



$ Perianth 



5 Caps 



6-fidum, basi tubulosum. Stam. ster. 6, foveis totidem inserta. Stylus 1; 

 stigmata 3, tripartita. Capsula 3-quetra, 3-locularis, 3-ptera, indehisc. ; 

 loculis 1-2-spermis. 



1. T.cordatum; foliis cordato-triangularibus obtusis subemarginatis 

 Hab. cum sequentibus in Zeylona. 



2. T. intermedium; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis. 



3. T. angustifolium; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, capsulis 1- 

 spermis. 



f Bragantia Lour. (Ceramium or Munnickia Blume). $ Perianth 

 3-fidum, patens, corona brevi cyathiformi integerrima. Stam. 6. 

 siliquiformis, 4-valvis, polyspermia. 



1. B. racemosa. Lour. fl. coch. 528. 



2. B. Blumii. (Ceramium tomentosum Blume Bijdr. p. 1134.) 



3. B.latifolia; caulibus 1-2-phyllis, foliis oblongis basi subcordatis. 

 Hab. in regno Burmano. 



■ 



t Trimeriza. $ Perianth. 5-part. corona 0. Stam. 9, phalangibus 

 tribus disposita. Rudimentum stigmatis urceolare, 6-dentatum. $ Capsula 

 siliquiformis, 4-valvis, polysperma. 



1. T. piperina. Hab. in ZeylonaL — Caulis flexuosus, glaber, ad nodos 

 subtumidus. Folia ovato-lanceolata, triplicostata, subtiis reticulata, pube- 

 scentia. Racemi pauciflori, brevissimi, axillares. 





