74 CXXIII. ARISTOLOCHIACER, (J.D. Hooker) [Bragantia. 
geniculate, tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 24-4 in., smooth but opaque above, m 
nerved at the base and penninerved beyond. Flowers j-i in. diam. ; bracts ob ones 
persistent, Perianth-lobes rounded-cordate, acute. Capsule 2 in. long, straight. 
Seeds Y in. long, 3-gonous, rugose. 
Var lanuginosa ; leaves densely woolly beneath.—South Andaman Islands, Kurz. 
3. THOTTEA, Rott). 
Shrubs, erect or straggling. Leaves broad, coriaceous, 3-5-nerved. 
Flowers axillary, cymose. Perianth broadly campanulate or urceolate, 
equally 3-lobed, deciduous. Stamens numerous, 2-seriate ; connective broad. 
Ovary elongate, 4-celled; style broad, stigmas 5-25, radiating; ovules 
2-seriate. Capsule elongate, 4-gonous, septicidally. 4-valved, placentas 
usually free. Seeds oblong, 3-gonous, rugose, coated with remains of the 
placenta.—Species 5, Malayan. 
1. T. grandiflora, Rottb. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selks. Schrift. ii. 530, 
t. 2; tomentose, leaves obovate-oblong oblong or elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate 
acute or acuminate, corolla very large campanulate. Griff. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xix. 325, t. 36, and in Notul.iv. 346, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 530, 531 ; Ann. 
Nat. Hist. Ser. 9, vii. 328; Bennett Pl. Jav. Rar. i. 45; Klotzsch m 
Monatsb. Berl, Akad. 1859, 589; Duchart. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 428. 
Maracoa, Ringit (1779), Griffith, Maingay. SINGAPORE, Orley, Lobb.— 
DistRis. Borneo ? l 
Branches stout, woody, sometimes villous with spreading hairs. Leaves l-1}, ft. 
by 6-8 in., coriaceous, basal nerves 3-5; petiole 1-3 in., stout. Spikes 1-2 in., 
bracts i-j in. Perianth attaining 5 in. long and as broad, ribbed, mottled with. 
purple, pubescent outside, arachnoid within. Style rays 12-15.. Capsule 4-6 in.; 
straight or twisted, angles acute, pubescent. Seeds à in.long, 3-gonous, acute at 
both ends, tubercled.— The doubtful Bornean plant has a rounded leaf 1 foot by 10 in. 
2. T. dependens, Klotzsch in Monatsh. Berl. Akad. 1859, 589; 
glabrous, leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, corolla urceolate 
base inflated. Duchart. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 498. Lobbia dependens 
Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (1847) 144, t. 8. Piper arborescens, 
Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 6648 B. 
SINGAPORE; Wallich, Lobb. ; . 
Branches slender, terete. Leaves 6-10 by 23-3} in., thinly coriaceous ; petiole 
à in. Spikes simple or cymose, quite glabrous. Flowers 1 in.long: Ovary 1-1} in» 
very slender. Perianth-base inflated; tube above it short, cylindric, lobes broader 
than long. 
3. T. tricornis, Maingay mss.; branches and leaves beneath hoary: 
leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate acute or subacute 
base acute or rounded, cymes short not spicate, perianth depressed acutely 
J-angled in bud broadly lanceolate. 
Matacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1819). 
Branches stout, terete or obtusely angled, Leaves 7-9 by 3-4 in., coriaceous ; 
petiole } in. Cymes j-l in., branched, and perianth densely tomentose. Flowers 
ł in. diam., tomentose. Ovary short. Stamens 12 in 2 rows. Capsules 7-8 in. 
long, downy with brown pubescence, straight or twisted, not torulose. Seeds nearly 
1-4 in. long, 3-gonous, tubercled.—This has more the habit of a Bragantia than à 
Thottea. The two genera may well be united, 
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