ARISTOLOCHIACER (S. Moore) 93 
{extremity not seen) 15 x 8'5 cm., when dry green and shining; 
lateral nerves 4 pairs (including the basal pair), distant, inserted upon 
the midrib at about a right angle, strongly arcuate and anfractuose 
towards the margin, together with the reticulum flat or nearly so on 
the upper side and very prominent on the lower; petioles stout, 
nearly 8 em. long. Thick woody base of inflorescence about 5 mm. 
in length. Bracts about 3 mm. long. Pedicels (with ovary) 2°5-4 em. 
long. Perianth, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, yellowish-white 
on the outside, the lobes reddish-purple with white streaks; utricle 
23-25 mm. long, 15-17 nim. broad; tube 27 mm. long, at bottom 
6-8 mm., at top 10-12 mm. broad ; longer lobes 48 mm. long, smaller 
third lobe 40 mm. Stalk of gynostemium 1:5 mm. long. Anthers 
oblong, 2:25 mm. long, the same length as the erect branches of the 
stigma. ; 
To be inserted in the genus next A. Staudtii Engl., a species 
known to me by description only, which has smaller and narrower 
leaves and shorter stalks, differently coloured flowers with a longer 
and broader utricle, a longer tube and a longer stalk to the much 
larger gynostemium. The leaves serve to distinguish the plant 
at sight from A. triactina Hook. fil. 
No. 213 with somewhat larger dull yellow purple-streaked 
perianth-lobes may be a form of this, but its leaves are unknown. 
Aristolochia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Planta scandens caule 
florescentis tempore nudo; foliis ignotis; floribus in fasciculis 
subsessilibus paucifloris ex ramis foliis destitutis oriundis; pedi- — 
cellis (cum ovario) quam flores brevioribus puberulis; perianthii 
extus glabri utriculo obliquo ovoideo quam tubus deorsum cylin- 
dricus sursum infundibularis paullo breviore limbo brevi uno 
latere in caudam attenuatam perianthium ipsum excedentem 
exeunte;  gynostemio breviter stipitato ; staminibus necnon 
stylis 9. (Pl. 11, fig. 7.) E 
Oban; nn. 128, 2310. 
Stem, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, about 1 cm. in diameter, 
here and there nodose, surrounded by a spirally twisted cortex. 
Peduncles about 5 mm. long and 3 mm. in diameter. Pedicels 
3-4 cm. long. Perianth pale yellowish-green, with several dark 
longitudinal unbranched or rarely branching nerves, when dry dark 
brown or almost black; utricle 20-22 x 11-13 mm.; tube 38 mm. 
long, in its lower half 10-12 mm. wide, expanding above to 26 mm., 
clothed inside with numerous reflexed black bulbous-based hairs and 
a row of ordinary hairs separating it from the utricle; limb emarginate 
at the side opposite to that from which the tail is given off, otherwise 
entire, 25 x 15 mm.; tail + 10 em. long, nearly 9 mm. wide at its 
point of origin, immediately narrowing to ‘5 mm., and towards the 
tip expanding to 1 mm. or somewhat more. Stalk of the gynostemium 
1:5 mm. long. Anthers oblong, 2 mm. long or a little more. 
Branches of the stigma incurved just below the acute tip, 1:5 mm. 
long. 
, on sight by its remarkable perianth, somewhat in the 
style of though abundantly diverse from that of A. foetens Lindl., and 
markedly smaller than that of A. flagellata Stapf. 
