488 GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. Aristolochia. 
surrounding the insertion of the germ with the joint of the 
bran¢hlet, Coro/ slipper-shaped, split on the under side to 
the apex of the large horn, the inner two petals small and ad- 
joined as if distinct. Lip obovate cuneate, emarginate; in- 
terior margins crenulate, and slightly waved. =~ 
15. D. calceolum. Roxb, 
Parasitic. Stem and branches straggling, thin, two-edged. 
Leaves bifarious, stem-clasping, fleshy, ensiform. Flowers 
suspended from the joints of the extremities of the leafless 
slender twigs. Lip three-lobed ; middle lobe emarginate. 
Herba supplex. Rumph. Amb. vi. p- 110. f. 3. 
A native of Amboyna, from thence brought to the Botanic 
garden, where it blossoms during the rains. 
Root perennial, consisting of numerous, fleshy fibres adher- 
ing to the parent tree. Stems and branches perennial, long, 
slender, jointed, flat, two-edged, straggling or hanging to @ 
length of many feet, frequently striking root from the joints, 
for the most part invested in the permanent withered sheaths 
of the leaves. Leaves on the young shoots only, bifarious, — 
sessile’on their permanent sheaths, ensiform, firm, fleshy, vein- 
less; from two to three inches long, and about half an inch 
broad. Sheaths as long as the joints, smooth, compressed, 
fleshy, withering. Flowers from the joints of the extreme nak- 
ed twigs, pretty large, pendulous on the slender peduncle- 
_ like germs, of a dull orange colour and slightly veined with 
: dull red. _Bractes several, minute. Corol slipper-shaped. 
Lip with the apex two-lobed ; the exterior lobe seb 
all are eT crenulate and curled. 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
ARISTOLOCHLA. ein gen. N. 1383. 
ie. Corol . ed, with a S 
border ind eibeess ees: tiem six- celled ; cells ‘many- 
