74 cxxin. ARiSTOLOCHiACEJi. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Bracjantla. 



geniculate, tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 2-4 in., smooth but opaque above, 6-9- 

 nerved at the base and penninerved beyond. Flowers ^-f in. diam. ; bracts oblonir, 

 p'ersistent. Perianth-lobes rounded-cordate, acute. Capsule 2 in. long, straight. 

 Seeds J in. long, 3-gonous, rugose. 



Var. lanuginosa ; leaves densely woolly beneath. South Andaman Islands, Kurz. 



3. THOTTEA, Rottb. 



Shrubs, erect or straggling. Leaves broad, coriaceous, 3-5-nerved. 

 Flowers axillary, cymose. Perianth broadly campaimlate or urceolate, 

 equally 3-lobed, deciduous. Stamens numerous, 2-seriate ; connective broad. 

 Ovary elongate, 4-celled ; style broad, stigmas 5-25, radiating; ovules 

 2-seri'ate. Capsule elongate, 4-gonous, septicidallj 4-valved, placentas 

 usually free. Seeds oblong, 3-gonous, rugose, coated with remains of the 

 placenta. Species 5, Malayan. 



1. T. grandiflora, Rottb. in Dansk. VidensJc. Selks. Schrift. ii. 530, 

 t. 2 ; tomentose, leaves obovate- oblong oblong or elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate 

 acute or acuminate, corolla very large campanulate. Griff, in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xix. 325, t. 36, and in Notul.iv. 346, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 530, 531 ; Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, vii. 328; Bennett PI. Jav. Ear. i. 45; Klotzsch in 

 Monatsb. Berl. Akad. 1859, 589 ; Duchart. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 428. 



MALACCA, Ringit (1779), Griffith, Maingay. SINGAPORE, Of ley, Loll. 

 DISTEIB. Borneo ? 



Branches stout, woody, sometimes villous with spreading hairs. Leaves \-~\\ ft. 

 by 6-8 in., coriaceous, basal nerves 3-5; petiole \-\ in., stout. Spikes 1-2 in., 

 bracts -| in. Perianth attaining 5 in. long and as broad, ribbed, mottled, with 

 purple, pubescent outside, arachnoid within. Style rays 12-15. Capsule 4-6 in., 

 straight or twisted, angles acute, pubescent. Seeds % in. long, 3-gonous, acute at 

 both ends, tubercled. The doubtful Bornean plant has a rounded leaf 1 foot by 10 in. 



2. T. dependens, Klotzsch in Monatsb. Berl. Akad. 1859, 589; 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, corolla urceolate 

 base inflated. Duchart. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 428. Lobbia dependens, 

 Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (1847) 144, t. 3. Piper arborescens, 

 Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 6648 B. 



SINGAPORE; Wallich, Loll. 



Branches slender, terete. Leaves 6-10 by 2-3| in., thinly coriaceous ; petiole 

 \ in. Spikes simple or cymosej quite glabrous. Flowers 1 in. long. Ovary 1-1 ^ in., 

 very slender. Perianth-base inflated; tube above it short, cylindric, lobes broader 

 than long. 



3. T. tricornis, Maingay mss. ; branches and leaves beneath hoary, 

 leaves elliptic-oblong or obloug-lanceolate or oblanceolate acute or subacute 

 base acute or rounded, cymes short not spicate, perianth depressed acutely 

 3-angled in bud broadly lanceolate. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1819). 



Branches stout, terete or obtusely angled. Leaves 7-9 by 3-4 in., coriaceous ; 

 petiole \ in. Cymes \-\ in., branched, and perianth densely tomentose. Flowers 

 | in. diam., tomentose. Ovary short. Stamens 12 in 2 rows. Capsules 7-8 in. 

 long, downy with brown pubescence, straight or twisted, not torulose. Seeds nearly 

 - in. long, 3-gonous, tubercled. This has more the habit of a Bragantia than a 

 Thottea. The two geneva may well be united. 



4. ARISTOX.OCHXA, Linn. 

 Shrubs or perennial herbs, often twining. Leaves entire or lobed ; 



