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in clusters along the woody and naked parts of the stem and branches ; sometimes quite low down towards the ground, 
whence is derived the otherwise very inappropriate name of Ground-Plumbago, which the plant bears in Sillet. 
They are of a curious form, and not void of elegance, although their smell is extremely offensive. 
Besides this plant I am acquainted with the following East Indian species of Aristolochia. 
A. indica, Linn. 
A native of the plains of Hindustan. I have also found it in Pegu about Rangoon. It blossoms and produces fruit 
during the rainy season. 
A. acuminata, Lam. 
This very variable plant grows wild in many places of Bengal, such as Sillet, Chittagong, &c. I have found it 
likewise in the island of Penang, on mountains ; on the banks of the Irawaddi, and of the rivers in Martaban : also at 
the foot of the mountain called Taong Dong near Ava. It blossoms and ripens its fruit throughout the year. 
A. bracteata, Retz. 
A native of Coromandel. “The late Dr. Hamilton gathered it on the banks of the Jumna, in Upper Hindustan. 
Plate CIII. Fig. 1. Lower part of a branch with clusters of flowers. 2. A separate flower. 3. Ovary and column of fructification. 
ACER LAVIGATUM. Tab. 104. 
Fonus oblongis, acuminatis, serrulatis, nitidis, laevibus ; corymbis terminalibus, subpedunculatis ; petalis cuneatis ; 
fructüs alis divergentibus, cultriformibus. | | 
Crescit in sylvis montium altiorum Napalie ; etiam in alpibus Sirmorensibus, Kamrup. Floret Aprili, fructus 
maturescunt versus finem pluviarum. 
Nomen Newarrense, Suslendi; Parbutteum, Cherauni. 
ArBor magna et procera. Truncus 30—40 pedes altus, diametro 3—4-pedali, indutus cortice crassissimo, æquali, glabro, ex cinereo 
fuscescente. Ramuurteretes, graciles, viminei, nutantes, uti folia læves, nitidique. Fou opposita, oblonga, aliquandò subovato-oblonga, 
attenuato-acuminata, serrulata, dimidià inferiore parte nunc integerrima, basi acuta, coriacea, 5-pollicaria, utrinque lucida et reticulato- 
venulosa, axillis nervorum infrà acervulo albo villorum brevium munitis ; juniora acutissimè et grossiusculè serrata, novella cum ramulis 
rubra. Perou graciles, 3-pollicares, sulcati, nervique foliorum rufescentes. Corym»us terminalis, ovatus, ramosus, elongatione rami 
parüm pedunculatus, 4-pollicaris, pedunculis subcompressis, alternantibus, rufescentibus. Frores leves, racemulosi, sepissime herma- 
phroditi, insidentes pedicello clavato, brevi. Carxvx coloratus, 5-partitus, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis.. PETALA 5, laciniis calycinis alter- 
nantia, iisdem vix longiora, cuneata, obtusa, obsoletè crenulata, venulosa, alba. STAMINA 10, erecta, intra discum annularem, carnosum, 
undulatum, lutescentem, convexum inserta ; filamenta brevia, subulata ; antheræ erectae, oblongae. Ovarium ovatum, compressum, vil- 
losum, 2-loculare, 4-spermum, ovulis axi adfixis, transversalibus. SrvLus carnosus, cylindricus, glaber, purpurascens, super stamina 
elevatus. SriGMATA 2, acuta, parallela, demüm subrevoluta. Samara leves, pollicares, leviter divergentes, loculo basis ovato, reti- 
culatim rugoso, ald cultriformi, obtuså, anticè parüm repandá, basi angustatå, dorso recto. 
This noble forest tree grows to a gigantic size. Its timber is used by the inhabitants of Nipal for rafters, beams, 
and similar building purposes. It is of comparatively slow growth, the trees in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, reared 
from seeds sent down from Nipal by Dr. Hamilton in 1802, being scarcely larger than those of Acer oblongum, which 
were introduced many years afterwards. This last species differs in having perfectly entire, glaucous, and opaque 
leaves, and by its less gigantic size. 
Plate CIV. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same dissected. 3. 4. Ovary opened. 5. Cluster of fruit. 
ACER STERCULIACEUM. (Tab. 105. 
Foris cordatis, subtus puberulis, 5-lobis, lobis ovatis, acuminatis, serratis, extimis brevissimis, integerrimis ; race- 
mis lateralibus ; petalis levibus, samaris . . . . 
Crescit in monte Sheopore Napaliæ versus apicem ; floret Aprili. 
Annon magna, umbrosa, trunco diametrurh 3-pedalem emetiente, cortice sordidè griseo. Rami alternatim compressi, cinerascentes, 
calloso-punctati, pilis paucis, longis, deciduis muniti; juniores cum petiolis rufescentes. Four patentia, subrotundo-cordata, palmatim 
