136 cxii. ARiSTOLOCHiACEiE (baker AND wkight). [AristolocMa. 



1. A. bracteata, lietz. Obs. v. 29. A perennial herb, glabrous in all 

 its parts. Stems short, flexuous. Leaves cordate-ovate, entire, 1^-2 in. 

 long, with a broad basal sinus ; petiole up to 1) lin. long. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary ; pedicels 2 lin. long ; bracts cordate, 2 lin. wide, 

 persistent. Perianth dark brown ; globose base 3 lin. in diam. ; tube 

 7 lin. long, 1 lin. wide below, 3 lin. wide at the mouth ; limb unilateral, 

 Ungulate, 1 in. long. Stamens and styles G. Capsule shortly pyriform 

 or subglobose, about 9 lin. long and 7 lin. wide. Seeds obcordate, flat, 

 3 lin. long, 3 lin. broad at the apex. — Duch. in DC. Prodr. xv. i. 478; 

 Zarb in Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 34 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 75 ; 

 Solerederin Engl. Jahrb. x. 441. A. Kotschyi, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 

 ii. 237 ; Zarb, I.e. A. ahyssinica, Klotzsch in Monatsb. Akad. Berl. 

 1851), 508. A. semper vii-eiis, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 15G. 



Upper Guinea. Xortheni Nigeria: Bormi ; Kuka, Vojel, 45! 



ITortb Central. Eastern Chari : Suoussi, between Koiude and Tili, Chevalier 

 8846! 



Wile Ikand. Nubia: Mount Uaratab, near Suakin, Schioeinfurth^ 972! 

 ISingat, SchweinfurtJi, 215! Abyssinia: dry beds of mountain streams near 

 Tadjouni, Roth, 545 ! White Nile Ht Wod Scliellai, Schweinfurth, 922 ! Kordofiin : 

 various localities, Kotschy, 68! 121! I'fund, 138! 2U9 ! Jur: Jur Ghnttas, 

 Schweinfurth, 2073 1 Uganda: Nile Province, Daw^, 901! British East Africa : 

 east shore of Lake Rudolf, Wellby ! 



2. A. Dewevrei, l)e Wild, d- Durand in Comptes-revdus Soc. Bot. 

 Bely. xxxviii. 4C. A climbei-. Stem sulcate. Leaves cordate, acute, 

 apiculate, about 4 in. long, li-3 in. wide, herbaceous, glabrous; basal 

 lobes separated by a wide sinus, rounded and overlapping ; lateral 

 nerves one on each side, ascending, as thick as the midrib in the lower 

 part, sending out branches towards the margin ; veinlets densely 

 reticulate, prominent beneath; petiole |-1^ in. long, decurrent. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary or geminate, about half as long as the leaves, 

 2-8-riowered ; flowers ()-9 lin, apart; bracts cordiite, the lower 9 lin. 

 long, 7 lin. wide. Perianth green below, daik brown above; utricle 

 globose, 2 lin. in diam.; tube funnel-shaped, 7 lin. long, f lin. in diam. ; 

 limb unilateral, oblong, 9 lin. long, 4 lin. wide, hairy inside, 5-nerved. 

 Gynostemium short ; anthers G, cells oval, prolongations of the con- 

 nective widely triangular, subacute, laterally cohering, about 1 lin. long. 

 Ovary long-clavate, 5 lin. long, J lin. wide; stigmas 6, not overtopping 

 the stamens. — 111. Fl. Congo, i. 107, t. 54. 



Xiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Zarabi, Dewtvre. 



o. A. 4ensivenia, Evgl. Jahrb. xxiv. 480, t. 10, fgs. A-G. Stem 

 twining, sulcate. Leaves cordate, rather obtuse, glaucous-green, 

 densely and very minutely puberulous beneath, about "6 in. long and 

 2 in. wide, basal lobes separated by a wide sinus; 2. lateral nerves 

 arising at the base of the lamina, as thick as the midrib and close to it 

 for a short distance, then diverging and bearing 5 thinner secon- 

 dary nerves towards the margin ; veinlets rather thick, very densely 



