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ARISTOLOCHIACEAER. 
Aristolochia Hookeriana, Craib, sp, n., A. Tagalae, Cham., affinis 
sed bracteis eo floribus geminumque ali minoribus differt. 
Caules scandentes, glabri, sulcati. Folia lanceolata vel late 
lanceolata, apice acuta, basi cordata vel interdum sagittata, 
5-15°5 cm. longa, 1°5-4°8 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra 
marginem versus densius breviter hirsuta, subtus subglabra, e basi 
5-nervata nervis _secondariis (e costa ortis) utrinque 2-4 intra 
i 
transversis prominentibus ; petioli 0°72 cm. longi. Cymae axillares, 
plerumque simplices, petiolos paulo superantes, pedunculo communi 
brevi ; sss lanceolatae vel anguste lanceolatae, acutae, ad 
2 mm. latae ; pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi, pilosi. 
eS ee subtubulosum, 5 mm. altum, 1 mm. diametro, pilosum. 
- age’ atro-purpurei (ex Ker’) pars ima basi tubulosa, 3 mm. longa, 
mm, diametro, utriculus subglobosus, 3 mm. diametro, tubus 
sie dilatatus, circiter 8 mm, longus, 1 mm. diametro, limbus 
oblongus, breviter apiculatus, ad 1°6 cm. longus, extra, nervis 
praecipue, pilosus. /ructus pedicello ad 3°5 cm, longo suffultus, 
6-costatus, 2-3 cm. longus, vix 2 cm. diametro ; semina aria ss 
tenuia, alis 1 mm, tantum latis.— A. Roxbur ghiana, Hook. f 
5, p.p.; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., XXViii, p. 118, 
scenes: in eng jungle on Doi Slee 390 m., Kerr, 838 ; 
mixed i n Doi Sootep, 420 m., Kerr, 1454. 
Distr. Upper Burma, Collett, 23 ; Rangoon, Me Clelland. 
To this species probably also “belong Lace 3286 and 4328 from 
Maymyoc Plateau although the larger, broader leaves remind one 
rather of A. Tagala, Cham. 
Aristolochia Kerrii, Cratb, sp. n., a speciebus indicis et indo- 
chinensibus habitu erecto recedit, 
Caules e rhizomate oriundi annui, 30-45 em. alti, argo valde 
sulcati. Folia ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi cordata, 3°5-8°5 cm. 
longa, 1°5-5°5 em. lata, chartacea, supra juventute suinste puberula, 
matura glabra, subtus nervis nervulisque minute densius puberula, e 
basi 5-nervata, nervis "ee conspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis 
prominentibus ; petioli 0°5-1°7 cm, longi, ut in caule puberuli. 
Cymae axillares, pauciflorae, breves, pedunculo perbrevi suffultae ; 
bracteae conspicuae, lanceolatae, acutae, 6 mm, longae, 2 mm. latae; 
pedicelli ad 7 mm, lone fere glabri, Receptaculum subtubulosum, 
circiter 3 mm. longum, 0°5 mm. diametro, sulcatum, glabrum. 
Calycis extra glabri utriculus subglobosus, 3 mm. Sig a tubus ad 
7 mm. longus, superne parum dilatatus, limbus 8 mm, longus. 
Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 627. 
PIPERACEAE. 
Piper boehmeriaefolium, Wall.—F .B.I., v. p, 85. 
Chiengmai, in marshy evergreen jungle on Doi Soo 900 m., 
Kerr, 1260; Doi Intanon, 1600 m., Hosseus, 341 (Herb. Kewl 
et Copenh en t). 
Distr, KE. Himalayas, Assam, Burma 2 
Of the specimens of this species collected in th Dr. Kerr half of 
_ them agree with typical P. bochmeriaefolium in their g 3 
