Aristolochia.] cxxi. ARmTOLOCHIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 77 
beneath pubescent silky or densely tomentose rarely nearly glabrous and 
glaucous, cymes villous with long hairs, mouth of perianth nearly circular 
with a narrow reflexed purple papillose border. Duchart. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
Ser. 4, ii. t. 5, 6, and in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 436; Bot. Mag. 1.3640. Siphisia 
saccata, Klotzsch in Monatsh. Berl. Akad. 1859, 603. 
EASTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, J. D. H.; Bhotan, 
Griffith. ASSAM, Griffith. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. SILHET, 
ruce, 
Habit and stature of 4. platanifolia, of which Duchartre suggests it may be a 
form, but no intermediates have occurred. Leaves very variable in size and pubes- 
cence, largest 12 by 6 in., longest 16 by 4 in., narrowest (var. angttstifolia, Duchart. 
l. e.) 12-by 23 in., cordate base deep or shallow, petiole 1-2in. Cymes and perianth 
much more villous than 4A. platanifolia. . . 
Var.? dilatata, lips of perianth greatly dilated 1-2 in. diam.—-Kumaon, Blink- 
worth (Wall. Cat. 2707 B); alt. 7-8000 ft., Strachey 5° Winterbottom. 
. 7. À. Cathcartii, Hook. f.; branches petioles and leaves beneath 
densely silkily villous, leaves rounded-cordate acute or ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate, cymes and perianth densely villous with _very long spreading 
hairs, perianth bearded with long hairs, mouth very wide square with very 
road recurved lips fringed with long purple papillose hairs. A. saccata. 
"ar. villosa, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f.& T. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA and KHAsIA Mrs.?, alt. 2-3000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. 
Habit of 4 saccata, but leaves shorter broader with dense silky shaggy wool 
beneath, anda very different perianth, the tube of which is far more dilated, with 
a much broader square mouth. Capsule as in A. saccata.—A fine drawing of this, 
made by Mr. Cathcart’s artists, represents so different a plant from A. saccata, that 
it can hardly bea variety. . 
8. A. Griffithii, Hook. f. & T; in Herb. Ind. Or.; Duchart. in DC. 
Prodr, xy. ]. 437; branches glabrous with villous tips, leaves broadly 
ovate- or orbicular-cordate acute densely tomentose beneath, flowers axillary, 
penanth densely pubescent, tube above the sac abruptly dilated into a 
emispheric cup 3-4 in. diam. with erect margins. Aristolochia, Griff. 
Notul. iv. 190, No. 1015, 
J. BASTERN HIMALAYA; Bhotan, alt. 8000 ft, Griffith ;. Sikkim, 
Atallclimber. Zea in. long and often as broad, woolly but not shaggy 
eneath ; petiole 24 dm apparently all solitary and axillary (extra-axillary, 
Griffith) ; peduncle villous, 2-3 in:, with one or two leafy bracts. Perianth ane 
formly closely pubescent ; sac ribbed and veined ; linib or cup “ ochreous yellow with 
radiating lines of clavate red warts, throat blood-red; tube yellow and spotted red 
within,” Griffith. Capsules 7 inches long, shortly stipitate, twisted at the base, 
with 6 Strong ribs and as many deep furrows. Seeds orbicular, convex on one face, 
roncave with a median ridge on the other.—A remarkable species. The extracts 
translated from Griffith's Notule must be accepted cautiously, the Latin not being 
very intelligible. 
alt. 7-9000 ft., 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
ARISTOLOCATA SPECIES.— Western Himalaya ; Chamba, alt. S000. m pere 
slender climber, branches puberulous, leaves shortly petioled, " y "EM 
membranous lanceolate finely acuminate from a truncate or broadly corda e M , 
"ws nerves short. This flowerless plant referred to Aristolochia doubtful y by M 
arke, and I should think correctly, is far-beyond the:geographic range of any othe 
1an species, 
p i THWATTESIT, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4918; and under 5295, was erroneously sup- 
to be a Ceylon species. Its native country is unknown. 
