Tas. 5295. 
ARISTOLOCHIA arsorea. 
Tree Aristolochia. 
Nat. Ord. ARISTOLOCHIE®/.—GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Flores hermaphroditi. Perigonium coloratum, tubulosum; tudo. 
nferne cum ovario connato, supra ovarium ventricoso, recto v. curvato ; limbo 
obliquo, ligulato, nunc bi-trifido. Stamina 6, disco epigyno inserta; filamenta 
brevissima, subnulla ; anthere extrorse, biloculares, dorso stylo adnate. Ovarium 
inferum sexloculare. Ovu/a plurima, loculorum angulo centrali uniseriatim af- 
fixa, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus brevis; stigma radiato-sexpartitum. Capsula 
coriacea, nuda, sexlocularis, loculicido 6-valvis. Semina plurima, bracteata ; testa 
coriacea, membranaceo-marginata; raphe lata, fungoso-suberosa, infera, in cha- 
lazam apicalem impressam desinente. méryo in basi axeos albuminis dense 
carnosi y. cornei minimus; radicula centripeta——Herbe v. frutices erecti, pro- 
strati, scandentes vel volubiles, inter tropicos obvii, nec in regionibus extratropicis 
temperatis rari, e Capite Bone-Spei exules; foliis alternis, integris integerrimis 
vel lobatis; pedunculis avillaribus, uni-bi-multifloris; floribus quandoque maximis, 
utplurimum luridis. Endl. 
ArisToLocuta arborea; subarborescens, trunco 6-8-pedali erecto ramoso, ra- 
mis teretibus dense fusco-pubescenti-tomentosis flexuosis subnodosis, foliis 
spithameis ad bipedalibus alternis brevi-petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis acumi- 
natis pinnatim venosis, subtus pubescenti-villosis reticulatisque, floribus fas- 
ciculato-paniculatis, paniculis e basi trunci egredientibus subsessilibus 
paucifloris, perianthio tubuloso-subinfundibuliformi subcoriaceo-carnoso, 
tubo inflato duplicato-flexuoso striato, limbo obliquo amplo cucullato reti- 
culato apice subito inflexo-acuminato, intus ore processu orbiculari elevato 
disciformi puberulo-glanduloso clauso, stylo antherifero brevi, stigmate ob- 
tuse subumbilicato vix lobato. 
ArIsToLocuia arborea. Linden, Cat. 13. 1858,* p. 6. 
A beautiful young, healthy, flowering plant of this most re- : 
markable species of Aristolochia, was presented to the Royal = 
Gardens by Mr. Linden, about three feet high, which he had — 
lately introduced from New Granada, and to which he had given | 
the specific name we here adopt, of arborea. The voyage and 
* Mr. Linden adds to the name, “ Arbuste non grimpant, de 6 4 8 pieds de 
_ hauteur, remarquable par des feuilles trés-amples de 2 pieds de longueur 4 reflets 
bleuatres. Découvert par M. Ghiesbrecht dans les forets de Chiapas.” — ie 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1862. 
