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valde contorta, petiolata (petiolo plusminusve 1.5—2 ¢m. 
longo, pulverulenta-puberulente), nervis lateralibus pler- 
umque quattuor, supra vivo atroviridia, siccitate stram- 
inea, nitidissima, nervis non conspicue elevatis, glaber- 
rima, subtus vivo pallide viridia, nervis omnibus promi- 
nenter elevatis, minutissime albido-tomentulosa, cum 
petiolo usque ad 12-14 em. longa, plerumaque plusmin- 
usve fem, lata. Flores in racemis congestis, multifloribus 
et axillaribus, plusminusve 5.5 em. longis, pedunculo 
minutissime pulverulento, gracile, usque ad 8-8.5 em. 
longo. Perianthit pars inferna valde ovoideo-dilatata, 
usque ad 20 mm. longa, 5 mm. in diametro, extus mi- 
nutissime pulverulens, intus carnoso-verrucosus; tubus 
eylindricus, 8-12 mm. longus, plusminusve 2 mm. in 
diametro, apicem versus saepe paullo dilatatus; limbus 
altero latere expansus, altero truncatus, membranaceus, 
intus distanter hirtellus, brunneo-viridis, extus minutis- 
sime pulverulentus, brunneo-purpureus, oblongus, apice 
rotundatus et saepe minute apiculatus, apiculo dense 
aureo-tomentoso, usque ad 22 mim. longus, 10 mm. latus. 
Columna genitalis 8 mm. longa, breviter stipitata, per 
dimidium sex-divisa; lobis pseudo-stylinis acutis. Stam- 
ina sex in serie unica, colummae adnata, antheris lineari- 
bus, usque ad 0.8 mm. longis, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 
tibus. Fructus late ellipsoideus, usque ad 8 cm. longus, 
3.5 em. in diametro, pedunculo usque ad 2.5 ¢m. longo. 
Semina cuneato-subquadrata, fusco-cinerea, plusminusve 
10 min. Jata, 7 mm. longa, altero latere aliquid nitida, 
altero dense papillosa. 
Aristolochia: georgica, so named because it prospers 
most successfully in disturbed agricultural plots near 
human habitation, belongs to Hoehne’s section [vwstip- 
ulatae. It does not appear to resemble closely any species 
hitherto described. Vegetatively, it suggests Lristolochia 
cornuta Mast. of Amazonian Brazil and Peru, but there 
