84 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Duke of Edinburgh Major Rinson 
Ernest Herbert Madonna 
Elsa . Michele Savry 
Exposition de Lyons Oudjda 
Eugene Carriere Odeon 
Electre Pres. Neumann 
Ernest Vernet, Pelargonium peltatum 
Fiat Rosafiera 
Gettysburg Reve d Ossian 
Heteranthe Rene Bazin 
Hourlier Lenglet Smith Seedling 
Henry Dreer Scevola 
Jean Tharaud Terre Lorraine 
Joseph Vianney Theodore Botrel 
Jules Cambon Virgile Rossel 
Jean Veber Henriette Cordelet 
Jeanre Gazin Pierre Carmin 
Leon Riotox Jeanne Gurard 
Lya Berger Dr. G. Labaume 
Luigi Grandi Forest Park Beauty 
Lucis Mme. Cheveliere 
Louis Mazieux Preslly 
Mad. Dux Andre Allar 
Missie Schmerber Albin Valabreque 
Mme. Favart Sartos Dumont 
Marie Sebille Duchesse de Chailles 
THE GOOSE OR PELICAN PLANT 
Several specimens of the interesting Guatemalan goose or 
pelican plant (Aristolochia Gigas var. Sturtevantii ) are at 
present in flower in the Nepenthes house. The plant owes 
its name to the striking resemblance which the flower bears 
to a pelican or to some other large bird with curved neck 
and head reposing on the breast. The resemblance to a peli- 
can is heightened by the pouch-like enlargement of the upper 
part of the corolla—the part which corresponds to the head 
of the bird. Reference to the accompanying plate will serve 
to illustrate what has been said and it need scarcely be 
pointed out that the resemblance can be better appreciated 
if the plate is turned so that the longer axis of the flower be- 
comes horizontal. The flower is further of interest because 
of its enormous size. Specimens in the Garden not infre- 
quently measure three feet in length, this measurement, of 
course, including the long tail-like appendage of the corolla. 
Growing in its native habitat the plant is said to produce 
flowers of considerably larger size. 
_ As the flower opens much of the resemblance to a bird 
is lost. The corolla separates along the median line of the 
“breast” and the sides fall back, e ng the large interior 
of the “body” and the dark pes opening leading into 
