Tab. 6884, 
ARISTOLOCHIA toneirorsa. 
Native of Hong Kong. 
Nat. Ord. ArisTOLOCHIACER. 
Genus Aristotocuta, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 123.) 
Aristotocuta (Siphisia) longifolia ; caule crasso deforme, ramis scandentibus 
gracilibus, inferne foliisque subtus breviter tomentosis, superne (foliisque 
Junioribus) dense sericeo-villosis, foliis petiolatis e basi cordata v. rotundata 
elongato- lineari-lanceolatis longe tenuiter acuminatis, subtus inter nervos 
validos reticulatim venosis, floribus basin versus ramorum solitariis paucisve 
pedunculatis, pedunculo ovario perianthioque extus patentim villosis, perianthii 
refracti parte inferiore (sacculo) lineari-oblongo modice inflato costato superiore 
angustiore, limbo amplo suborbiculari 2-lobo intus glabro, columna obtuse 
3-loba, antheris 6 per paria connatis. 
A. longiflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. vol. vi. (1854) 116; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 333 ; Duchartre in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. pars. 1, p. 438. 
A native of clefts of rock on Victoria Peak, in the Island 
of Hong Kong, where it was discovered by the late Col. 
Champion, when stationed on that island in 1847-50, and 
when by his active herborizations he added enormously to 
what had been made known of the Flora of that island by Mr. 
Hinds in 1841. Itis to the exertions of these two gentlemen 
that Mr. Bentham owed the materials for the “ Flora Hong- 
kongensis,” which was published under the authority of 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1861. 
A. longifolia is an ally of the Indian A. saccata, and is still 
nearer A. Westlandi, Hemsley, of China, the limb of the 
corolla of which is more than six inches in diameter, and 
clothed with long shaggy villous hairs. It was sent to 
Kew by Mr. Charles Ford, F.L.S., of the Botanical Gardens, 
Hong Kong, in 1882, and flowered in March of the present 
year. It requires no great heat, and succeeds best in a 
warm conservatory. 
Dusor. Stem or rootstock short, woody, as thick as the 
thumb; branches several feet long, climbing, as thick as a 
goose-quill, below finely tomentose, silkily villous towards 
the tips. Leaves six to ten inches long by one to one anda 
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