Aristolochia Goldieana differs from all its numerous con- 

 geners, except two others, also West African species, in the 

 number of stamens, which are about twenty-four, six being 

 the normal number in the genus ; also, in the three-lobed 

 perianth, and in the twelve bifid stigmatic lobes of the 

 column. It has also been gathered in forests near Elugu, by 

 the Bishop of Sierra Leone, who, in 1859, gave specimens to 

 the late Mr. Barter, the Botanist to Baikie's Niger Expedi- 

 tion, and which are preserved in the Hookerian Herbarium. 

 It was also found at Sierra Leone by G. Mann. Its odour of 

 putrid meat is as offensive as that of the Brazilian species. — 



I greatly regret having to reduce the figure to one-half its natural size 

 to make it available for the Magazine, — the flower drawn having measured 

 26 by 11 inches. 



Fig. 1. Portion of stem and leaf : — natural size. 2. Vertical section of 

 side of perianth, showing the colour of stamens and stigmas : — magnified. 





