Aristolochia.] cxn. aristolochiace^ (baker and wrtght). 141 



otherwise glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-4, arcuately ascending, remaining 

 nerves reticulate, all prominent beneath ; petiole about 1 in. long. 

 Flowers in shortened cymes or almost fascicles on the old wood ; pedi- 

 cels 2J in. long; bracts ovate, obtuse. Perianth ochre-yellow and 

 reddish-brown, sparingly hairy inside; utricle obliquely ovoid, about 

 1 in. long and J in. across ; tube subcylindrical below, slightly widened 

 above, about Ij in. long and 5 lin. in diam. ; lobes 3, triangular, 

 acuminate, the largest 1 in. long, | in. wide. Grynostemium long- 

 turbinate, 3J lin. long ; anthers about 9, cells linear, 2 lin. long. 

 Ovary IJ in. long, 1 lin. wide, 6-celled, twisted; stigmas ^ lin. long, 

 obtuse. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Kassa, 3(300 ft., Scott-Elliot, 5062 ! near 

 Berria, Falab.i, Scott-Elliot, oiOi ! Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1226 ! 2056 ! 

 2261 ! 2792 ! 



14. A. Staudtiiy Engl. Jahrh. xxiv. 491. Stem woody, com- 

 pressed, slender; internodes 5-6 in. long. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, obtuse or almost truncate at the base, coriaceous, shining 

 above, about 5 in. long and 2Jin. wide; lateral nerves 4-5 each side, 

 arcuately ascending, as well as the secondary loosely reticulate ones 

 prominent beneath; petiole 9 lin. long. Cymes shortly pilose; bracts 

 lanceolate, 2 lin. long. Perianth greenish-brown, pale yellow inside ; 

 utricle ovoid, 14-16 lin. long, 9 lin. in diam. ; tube 18 lin. long, 4 lin. 

 in diam. below, 7 lin. above, wuth long scattered hairs inside ; lobes 3, 

 unequal, lanceolate, one 1 J in. long, 8 lin. wide, the two others 2 in. 

 long, 9 lin. wide. Gynostemium rather long-stalked ; anthers linear, 

 nearly 2 hn. long. Stigmatic lobes as long as the anthers. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, 1400-1600 ft.. Standi, 186. 



15. A. soyauxiana, Oliv. in Hooh. Ic. PL xv. 8, ^ 1410. A 

 climber. Stem woody, stout, compressed. Leaves elliptic, entire, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, rounded at the base, 7 in. long, 4^ Id. 

 wide, coriaceous, glabrous ; main nerves 3-4 pairs, prominent beneath ; 

 petiole about 2 in. long, sinuous, irregularly swollen. Flowers in very 

 short racemes or almost fascicles on the old wood. Perianth : obliquely 

 ovoid part 1 in. long, about 1 in. wide above; tube 2 in. long, 9 lin. 

 wide when pressed, slightly curved, ciliate at the throat ; lobes 3, 

 patent, lanceolate-acuminate from a cordate base, glabrous, 6 in. long, 

 IJin. wide at the b^«e, the dorsal slightly narrower. 



Ziower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda, Sil)ai»ge Farm, Sot/aux, 317! Loango: 

 woods in the vicinity of Chinchoebo, Soyavx, 182 ! 



16. A. flagellata, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1900, 80. A glabrous 

 evergreen climbing shrub; branches slightly compressed, with large 

 lenticels, shining. Leaves produced at the same time as the flowers, 

 oblong or elliptic, shortly acuminate, obtuse, shortly cuneate at the 

 base, 3J in. long, 2 in. wide; secondary nerves 3-4 each side, arcuately 

 joining near the margin ; petiole about 1 in. long, sinuous. Flowers 



