134 CXI. CYTiNACE.t: (baker and WRIGHT). [Hydnora. 



Vnr. quinquefida, Engl. Jahil). xxviii. 386. Perianth 5-lobed.— ^. Johannis, 

 var. quinquejida, Solms-Laub. in Kngl. PHanzeur. Hydiioraceae, 7. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa: Ulielie; hilly places by the River 

 Lukosse, ou the roots of Adamonia digitata, Linn., Goetzey 487. 



In Uhehe the type is called " nyamho," and the variety " mulimhi." A specimen 

 at Kcw collected by Messrs. James and Thrupp at Hahi, in Somaliland, probably 

 belongs to this species, but as it is in a fragmentary state and destitute of the 

 rhizome cannot be definitely named. 



5. H. bogosensis, Becc. in Xuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. iii. (1871), G. 

 Rhizome fleshy, terete, bearing tubercles. Perianth 4-lobed ; lobes 

 elongate-lanceolate, fleshy, " rosy-yellow inside " {Beccari), not hooked 

 at the differently coloured apex; margins reflexed, sparingly bearded 

 in the central part, elsewhere naked. Anthers 4, at first joined, after- 

 wards scarcely contiguous, ochre-coloured. — Solms-Laub. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. Hydnoracese, 7. //. bogonensis, Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 70. 



wile Ziand. Eritrea: Keren, on the roots of an Acacia, Beccari. 



Imiyerfectly known species. 



6. H. angolensis, Decne in Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, xx. (1873), 

 7G. Rhizome as thick as the wrist, simple or branched, covered with 

 roundish tubercles, cylindrical or slightly compressed, fleshy, red inside. 

 Perianth unknown. Fruit turbinate, slightly woody, densely verrucosa 

 outside, concave and surrounded by a quadrangular ring above, 1 -celled ; 

 stigmas 4, adpressed, ovate, with radial lamellae ; placentas numerous, 

 pendulous, tilling the cavity of the ovary. Seeds subsessile, globose ; 

 testa fuscous, crustaceous ; endosperm rather horny ; embryo globose, 

 central, white. — Solms-Laub. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Hydnoracese, 7. 



Ibower Guinea. On the shores of Angola, on roots, ex Decaisne. 



Order CXTL ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. (By J. G. Baker 

 and G. H. Wright.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth superior, often produced into a 

 tube above the ovary, equally or unequally 3-lobed, or unilateral and 

 undivided. Stamens 6 to many, epigynous, gynandrous ; anthers 2-celled, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary inferior, rarely free at the apex, per- 

 fectly or imperfectly 3-6 -celled ; ovules numerous, anatropous, horizontal 

 or pendulous ; styles connate into a column {gynostemium), free above. 

 Capsule indehiscent or septicidal. Seeds often immersed in the inner 

 Jayer of the endocarp, triquetrous or flattened by pressure, albuminous ; 

 raphe sometimes thickened or winged ; testa hard ; embryo small. — 

 Erect or climbing herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire or lobed, 

 exstipulate. Flowers axillary, solitary or cymose, foetid. 



Species about 200, cosmopolitan. 



