8 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



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poll, latis, venuHs supra prominentibus. Bacemi 4-6 poll, lough 

 Calyx pilosulus, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis. Petala oblanceolata, 

 intns et ad marginem tomentella, sestivatione anguste imbricata. 



Stamina glabra, petalis duplo longiora; antberea ellipticae, dorso 



prope basin affixge. Ovarium breviter stipitatnm, dense pilosum, 



lO-12-oYulatum. 



One of Mr. Ford's laost interesting additions to tbe Chinese flora. 

 The genus was previously "known to -us only from Tropical Africa, 

 Madagascar, North Australia and Queensland. B. Fordii nearly 

 resembles E. guineense^ from which, indeed/iii the absence of legumes 

 of the former, there is little besides the relatively longer petals and 

 more numerous ovules technically to distinguish it. The bark of the 

 African tree is said to be powerfully poisonous, and used by native 

 tribes as an ordeal. It is, indeed, the Mavea judicialis of Bertoloni. The 

 properties of the Chinese species may deserve inquiry. — ^D. Olivku. 



Rg. 1. Flower, enlarged. 2. Anther, front and back. 3. Pistil. Ovary laid open 



(I find 10-12 ovules). All enlarged. ^ ^ 



A 



dnbtus 



Plate 1410. 



ABISTOLOCHIA SOYAUXIANA, OUv, 



Aristolochiace^. 



Soyauxiana, Oliver, sp. nov. ; glabrata v. ramulia ultiraia foliisque 



8 obsolete mi liprnlia f^li'iG 1q+q ^ik*.4^:«:« ,' x ?_ t_, _• _j n it_ 



apice abrupte et breviter acuminatis, sabtus valde nervosis, periantbii 



evvter cuxvati utnculo gibboso inflate tubo cylindraceo oro ciliato, 



hrabo expla-nato tnparhto, segmentis basi cordato-lanceolatis elongate 



attenuaua. Lohn nnrsnh wnn-na^^^^^ ^ 



attenuatis, lobo dorsali angustiore, 

 Hab. Gaboon river, H. 



ve 



2i 



pedunculus 



inaeDtea tor so inaBy intereatmg species from West Tropical Africa 

 do not permit me satisfactorilT to comnlefp fTi;? ^1 • ?• -\irica, 

 analysis of the genitalia A JL «?W T5 c • *^^^^."P*ion ^J an 



Hook. f.. which^ diff^.1 -n t.^'SiS^.^^ ^- ^'yT'^^^^naiB A. triactina. 



tul3e in loiigth.~D. OlivL P^'^^^^^"^^^^' ''^'^^ barely exceed tbe 



