AEiSTOLOCHiACE^ (S. IMoore) 93 



(extremity not seen) 15 x 8-5 cm., when dry green and shining; 

 lateral nerves 4 pairs (including the basal pair), distant, inserted upon 

 the midrib at about a right angle, strongly arcuate and anfractuose 

 towards the margin, together with the reticulum flat or nearly so on 

 the upper side and very prominent on the lower ; petioles stout, 

 nearly 3 cm. long. TJdch ivoody base of inflorescence about 5 mm. 

 in length. Bracts about 3 mm. long. Pedicels (with ovary) 2-5-4 cm. 

 long. Perianth, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, yellowish-white 

 on the outside, the lobes reddish-purple with white streaks ; utricle 

 23-25 mm. long, 15-17 mm. broad ; tube 27 mm. long, at bottom 

 6-8 mm., at top 10-12 mm. broad ; longer lobes 48 mm. long, smaller 

 third lobe 40 mm. Stalk of gynostcmiiiin 1'5 mm. long. Anthers 

 oblong, 2 "25 mm. long, the same length as the erect branches of the 

 stigma. 



To be inserted in the genus next A. StaudtH Engl., a species 

 known to me by description only, which has smaller and narrower 

 leaves and shorter stalks, differently coloured flowers with a longer 

 and broader utricle, a longer tube and a longer stalk to the much 

 larger gynostemium. The leaves serve to distinguish the plant 

 at sight from A, triactina Hook. fil. 



No. 213 with somewhat larger dull yellow purple-streaked 

 perianth-lobes may be a form of this, but its leaves are unknown. 



Aristoloehia Talbotii S. Moore sp. no v. Planta scandens caule 

 florescentis tempore nude ; foliis ignotis ; Jiorihus in fasciculis 

 subsessilibus paucifloris ex ramis foliis destitutis oriundis ; ^^ed/- 

 cellis (cum ovario) quam flores brevioribus puberulis ; perianthii 

 extus glabri utriculo oblique ovoideo quam tubus deorsum cylin- 

 dricus sursum infundibularis paullo breviore limbo brevi uno 

 latere in caudam attenuatam perianthium ipsum excedentem 

 exeunte ; gynostemio breviter stipitato ; staminihus necnon 

 stylis9. (PI. 11, fig. 7.) 



Oban ; nn. 128, 2310. 



Stem, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, about 1 cm. in diameter, 

 here and there nodose, surrounded by a spirallj' twisted cortex. 

 Peduncles about 5 mm. long and 3 mm. in diameter. Pedicels 

 3-4 cm. long. Perianth pale yellowish-green, with several dark 

 longitudinal unbranched or rarely branching nerves, when dry dark 

 brown or almost black ; utricle 20-22 x 11-13 mm. ; tube 38 mm. 

 long, in its lower half 10-12 mm. wide, expanding above to 26 mm., 

 clothed inside with numerous reflexed black bulbous-based hairs and 

 a row of ordinary hairs separating it from the utricle ; limb emarginate 

 at the side opposite to that from which the tail is given off, otherwise 

 entire, 25 x 15 mm. ; tail ± 10 cm. long, nearly 9 mm. wide at its 

 point of origin, immediately narrowing to '5 mm., and towards the 

 tip expanding to 1 mm. or somewhat more. Stalk of the gynostemium 

 1-5 mm. long. Anthers oblong, 2 mm. long or a little more. 

 Branches of the stigma incurved just below the acute tip, 1'5 mm. 

 long. 



Recognised on sight by its remarkable perianth, somewhat in the 

 style of though abundantly diverse from that of A. foctens Lindl., and 

 markedly smaller than that of A. fiagellata Stapf. 



