CM. ARlSTOLOCHIACEJv. 523 



1. Bragantia Wallichii, R. Br. in Wall Cat. (1828) 7415. Au 

 erect slendei- shrub, G-10 ft. high, the young parts finely pubescent; 

 bark smooth, yellowish. Leaves distichous, 5-9 by l|-2 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, acutely acuminate, entii-e, glabrous above, stellately pubescent 

 and paler beneath, strongly 3-uerved from the base, with reticulate 

 venation between the nerves, base subacute ; petioles g in. long, stout, 

 riowers in axillary irregular few-flowered cymes ; bracts small, linear, 

 acute, pubescent ; pedicels rather long, densely pubescent. Perianth 

 3-partite ; segments broadly ovate or suborbicular, i in. long, pubescent, 

 concave. Capsules 3-4 in. long, straight, obtuse, 4-gonous. Seeds 

 acute at both ends, 3-gonous, y^^" iu.- 'oi^g? deeply pitted. ¥1. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 73 ; Grab. Cat. p. 250 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 225 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 421 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 277 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 366; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 519.— Flowers : 

 Nov. Vern. Chah-dni ; Mirsagni. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, rare, Nimmo ^ Graham, Balzell S^ Gibson ; Wari jungles, 

 Dal~ell\ Kanara : common, Bahell ^~ Gibson ; WxWwnA Gth-kt, Woodrow; common 

 in the evergreen forests near the Gairsoppa Falls, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



Excluded Species. 



BHAOANTIA DALZELLII, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1886) p. 73. A fine species 

 with leaves 12 by 3 in., torulose capsules 6-8 in. long, and 3-gonous rugose and 

 deeply pitted seeds i in. long. There is 1 sheet in Herb. Kew. containing leaves and 

 capsules but no flowers. Daizell has given no habitat on this single specimen which 

 is from his herbarium, so that it is impossible to say whether the plant is or is not a 

 Bombay one. The plant has not apjwrently been found by any other Bombay 

 collector. Neither Talbot nor Woodrow has seen it. 



2. ARISTOLOCHIA, Linn. 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, prostrate or twining. Leaves alternate, 

 entire or lobed, often \a ith a stipule-like leaf of an undeveloped bud in 

 the axil. Perianth colored ; tube inflated below, then contracted, hairy 

 within ; limb oblique, usually 2-lipped. Stamens 6 (rarely 5 or more 

 than 6), adnate 1-seriately above the ovary, the filaments or connectives 

 not distinguishable from the style ; anthers adnate to the column ; 

 dehiscence extrorse. Ovary inferior, more or less perfectly 6-celled 

 (rarely 5- or 4-celled) ; placentas parietal or intruded or conniving and 

 connate in the axis ; ovules many, 2-seriate ; style or column short, 

 thick, divided above into 3 or 6 (rarely more) obtuse or linear short 

 lobes. Capsule lantern-like, septicidally 6 (rarely 5)-valved or splitting 

 through the placentas. Seeds usually many, horizontal, often covered 

 by the remains of the placenta; albumen fleshy; embryo minute. — 

 DiSTEiB. Species about 1 80, chiefly tropical. 



Stems prostrate ; leaves glaucous beneath ; flowers solitary ; 



bracts large, orbicular , 1. A. bracteaia. 



Stems twining ; leaves gi'een beneath ; flowers in racemes ; bracts 

 smtill, ovate or oblong. 



Leaves reaching 4 in. long, rounded, cnneate or subcordale at 



base; petioles .^-^ in. long; racemes few-flowered 2. A.indica. 



Leaves reaching 8 in. long, deeply cordate at base ; petioles 



1-2 in. long, twiuing ; racemes many-flowered 3. A. Tagala. 



