MISCELLANEA AFETCANA 2G0 



Aristoloch TACE J]. 



Aristolocliia ceropegioides, sp. nov. l^laiita volubilis, glabra ; 

 caule alicjuanto coiiipresso distanter folioso ])aucicostato ; foliis ])eti(>- 

 latis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis aciiiuiiiatis a])ice ipso obtusis basi saijx? 

 obli(|iii« truiicato-rotundatisque trinervibiis nieiiibranaceis ; JJorihys 

 pro rata parvis pedicellatis in raeeinos breves ])aucitl()ros liracteatos 

 minute puberulos ordinatis ; hracfeis linearibiis oppositifloris ; ^;ef//- 

 cellis ovario subye{|uilongis ; perianfliii in sicco nigri utriculo ambitu 

 subcireulari quam tubus iufuiidibularis plane breviore lobis 8 inter 

 sese subsimililnis in feme triangularibus superne in caudani ab'quanto 

 tortam satbreveni excurrentibus ; columna c/cnitali breviter stipitata 

 G-loba ; anlherarum loculis oblongis obtujiissimis ; s/if/niaflhtn-; an- 

 tlieras bene superantibus inter se similibus oblongis mirginibus 

 stigniatosis contluentibus ; onirio cjdindrieo minute puberulo. 

 Yaunde, Bitj'e; Bcdes^ 123-5. 



Folia (lindjvis) 8-10x4-5 cm., in sicco grisea, subtus pallidiora ; 

 costre costubeque necnon reticulum laxum pag. inf. bene aspectabiles ; 

 petioli 15-20 mm. long., basi torti. Kacemi (axis) 1"5 cm. long. 

 Pedicelli 5 nun., ovarium 7 mm. long. Periantbii utriculus 9 mm. 

 long., interne 4 su])ei'ne 6 nnn. hit. ; tubus 18 nun. long., basi 2 mm., 

 medio 3 nnn., ore 7 nnn. lat. ; lobi 15-17 mm. long., basi -1 mm. lat., 

 cito usque 1 mm. contracti. Columnse genitalis stipes 1 mm. long. ; 

 antberarum loculi totidem ; stigmata ultra antberas fere 2 mm. 

 enunentes, supei'ue libera. 



Known among liexandrous African s])ecies by tbe 3-lobed limb. 

 Wben dried tbe tlowers look somewbat like tbose of a Ceropcijia witli 

 free corolla lobes. 



Aristolochia Ju-ju, sp. nov. Planta volubilis, aiule valido cortice 

 cinereo prominenter rugoso lenticellifenxjue obducto jam efoliato 



llorum raeemos perbreves emittente ; folUa ; pedicelUs sat elon- 



gatis minute puberulis ; j^erianihio majusculo utriculo oblicjue intlato 

 ovoideo intus minute pubescente quam tubus elongatus subcylindricus 

 incurvus intus pilis crassiusculis bac atque iliac prjeditus multo 

 breviore lobis 3 abbreviatis inter se a?qualibus triangulai-ibus apice 

 breviter acuminatis interjectis lobulis 3 multo minoribus ; coJumna 

 genitall breviter stipitata 10-loba ; antherarum loculis anguste ob- 

 longis obtusis ; stigiindihiis ex antberis eminentibus oblongis apice 

 liberis marginibus stigniatosis contluentibus ; ovario cjlindrico pedi- 

 cello subagquilongo. 



Soutb Nigeria, Degema Division ; Talhoi, 3766. 

 Caulis 10-11 mm. crass. Kacemi (axis) vix 1 cm. long. 13ractefe 

 lineari-oblongae, circa 7-8 mm. long. Pedicellus cum ovario 4-5 cm. 

 long., ille solus 1*5-2 cm. Periantbii utriculus 3 X 2-2'5 cm. ; tubus 

 usque 7 cm. long., interne fere 1"5 cm., ore 2'5 cm. lat. ; lobi 2 cm. 

 long., ima basi totidem lat. ; lobuli circa 5 mm. long. Columnse 

 genitalis stipes 1 mm., antbene 3 mm. long. Stigmata ultra antberas 

 2 mm. protrusa. 



So far as concerns its flowers, tbis sbould be placed close to 

 A. Mamiii Hook. f. and A. friacfina Hook. f. ; from tbe latter of 

 tbese tbe periantb lobes serve at once to distinguisb it. Tbe perianth 

 of A. Man nil has a smaller utriculus and verv short lobes without 



