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separated below under the name A. dilatata, but from which it is 
abundantly distinct in having smaller and less elongated leaves and 
flowers only about half as large. 
609. Aristolochia dilatata, MN. &. Brown [ Aristolochiaceae] ; 
species A. saccatae, Wall., aftinis, sed floribus axillaribus solitariis 
differt. 
A. saceata, var. dilatata, Hook. f., in Fl. Brit. Ind. v, pt. i, p. 77. 
Norra-west Inp1a. Kumaon; Ramgunga Valley, 2440 m., 
Winterbottom; Madhari Pass, 2440 m., Strachey and Winter- 
bottom ; without precise locality, Blinkworth (Wall. Cat. 2707 B). 
This plant, together with two other species, is included under 
A, saccata, Wall., in the Flora of British India. The true 
A, saccata, Wall., besides having different leaves, produces its flowers 
in clusters on the old leafless part of the stems, whilst in A. dilatata 
(as in A, punjabensis, Lace), they are solitary in the axils of the 
leaves on the young shoots. 
610. Siphonochilus, Wood et Franks, gen. nov. [Scitamineac- 
Zingibereae]. Indole Kaempferiae, L. praeter flores polygamos 
monoicos. 
Flos $ Kaempferiae. Flos Q: staminodia in tubum angustum 
+ 
longum connata, 4-6-lobata ; segmenta inaequalia. Stamina 
. — Flores pedunculati, vel brevissime racemosi ; pedunculi et ovaria 
subterranea. 
Siphonochilus natalensis, Wood et Franks (species unica). Herba 
perennis. Rhizoma subglobosum, 4-8 cm. diametro, aromaticum ; 
radices filiformes. Caulis foliosus, 6-8 cm. altus. Folia 5-10 ; petioli 
vaginati, caulem spurium reddentes; laminae lanceolatae, medio 
amplissimae, 30-35 cm. longae, 6-9 cm. latae, demissimae 7-9 cm. 
longae, 2-3 em. latae, costa subtus prominente. Flores 3-6, speciosi, 
e rhizomate orti, pedunculati, solitarii vel brevissime racemosi, basi 
bracteati ; bracteae oblongae, obtusae, 2-3 cm. longae, 0°8-1°5 cm. 
latae ; pedicelli 1-2-2°5 em. longi; pedunculi, bracteae, pedicelli et 
ovaria subterranea. Flos hermaphroditus : Calyx tubulosus, triden- 
tatus, membranaceus, albus, 2°5-3 cm. longus, triente superiore unila- 
teraliter fissus. Corollae tubus 2-2°5 cm. longus ; lobi 3, lanceolati, 
acuminati, 6°5 cm. longi, 1°5 cm. lati, membranacei, albi. Staminodia 
petaloidea, rosea, amplissima ; labellum cum staminodiis 2 erectis later- 
alibus 5 em. longis 3°75 cm. latis in tubum fissum 6°5 cm. longum 
connatum, bifidum, 5°5 cm, longum et latum. Stamen 5 cm. longum ; 
anthera linearis, 2-locularis, 1:2 cm. longa, connectivo ultra loculos in 
cristam dentatam 2-3 cm, longam 1-12 cm. latam producto. Ovarium 
_ Brought from ’Ngoya by the Curator, Mr. Wylie, and flowered 
in the Botanic Gardens, Durban, in December, 1910. 
