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longus. Flores in racemis 1-3 axillaribus ip bracteatis ad 
5 em. longis; rhachis angularis; bracteae amplexicaules, rufes- 
centes, "Sap regione 1-1'5 cm. longae ; flores eho et punicei. 
Perianthium 4-5 cm. longum, puberulum, basi oblongum, inflatum, 
inde cylindricum, ore bilabiatum, labio superiore parvo, inferiore 
elongato ad 2-2°5 cm. longo. Stamina 6, sessilia, styli columnae 
adnata ; antherarum loculi distincti. Stylus in columnam brevissi- 
mam productus, i in discum 6-lobum, 6-apiculatum desinens. si is 
oblonga, obtusa, 4 cm. longa, 6-costata, costis junioribus alatis 
Matay Prninsuta. Penang: in dense forest, Curtis, "380 ; 
G. King ; Kunstler, 1453. 
560. Aristolochia Br came Ridley MSS. ex Gamble | Aristolo- 
chiaceae]; species A. indicae et A. Tagalae affinis, sed floribus 
minoribus et fructu et arrer A distiliots.” 
rutex scandens, gracilis; ramuli suberosi, sulcati. Folia 
membranacea, glabra, integra, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice 
acuminata, b fun: ordata, auriculis atis 
rotundis introrsum convergentibus, 5-15 cm. longa, 3-7 cm. lata, 
pedatim 5-7-costata, costarum pare lateralium interiore fere ad 
apicem extenso, nervis e costi media 2-3 cum reticulatione 
obscuris ; petiolus gracilis, 3-5 cm, longus. Flores in racemis 
paucifloris puberulis 1 cm. longis; bracteae vaginantes ovato- 
p er ars : 
inferiore producto torto lineari, Stamina 6 minutissima, styli 
columnae adnata. Stylus in columnam brevissimam productus, in 
discum 6-lobum et 6-apiculatum desinens. Capsula obovata, 2-5 
em. longa, 6-costata et prominenter transverse rugosa. Semina 
pyriformia, concava, 1 cm. longa, cum setae cymbiformi 
erustacea dehiscentia ; testa rugosa ; albumen carno 
Matay Peninsuta. Perak: in dense shiek, “Ridley, 8022, 
10,259 ; Kunstler, 1964. 
Var. dolabr chat Gamble; varietas distincta, perianthii labio 
superiore ad 3 mm. longo et lato, labio inferiore ad 1 cm. longo ; 
in alabastro labia cum tubo dolabram simulantia 
Mata wsuLa. Perak: in the mountains up to 1000 m. 
alt., Wray, 9997 : King’s collector, 2969. 
XIV.—ADDITIONS TO THE WILD FAUNA AND FLORA 
OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: XI. 
ANNELIDA. 
OLIGOCHAETA. 
Rev. Hitperic FRIEND. 
The species of annelids found in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, fall into four groups. There are first the British earthworms 
own as Lnasnbotabllve, of which some thirty species are indigenous 
in our islands, Then come the foreign worms, belonging chiefly to 
the Perichaetidae and Geoscolicidae. Next we may mention the 
smaller worms found in soil, leaf mould, and among decaying bulbs, 
