AEISTOLOCniACEA'. 



139 



Soinewliat allicd to Arisfolochia Fordiana Hejisi-. iu Jouni. Bot. (1885) p. 

 286, and Aristolochia Kcempfcri, l)ut differa altogetlicr from tliem iu Iiaving 

 deciily 7-9-loliatc lcaves. 



Asarimi Link. 



Asanuu albomaculatum IIayata. 

 sp. nov. (Fig. 51). Rhizoma rei)ens dense 

 radicans, radicibus teretibus incrassatis 

 circ. 2mm. in dianictro, cicatricibus foli- 

 oruni semi-annuliformibus notatum apice 

 caulescentes. Caulis sulieicctus circ. lcm. 

 longus sul)gial)cr 2-3-foliatus, foliis ge- 

 ncraliter sursiuu cougestis cum squamis 

 intcrmixtis, sqnamis 2-3 caducissimis tii- 

 angidari-oblongis ajiicc acntis mcml)rana- 

 ceis iu exsiccato semi-li}'alinis reticulato- 

 nervosis basi latissimis caidem amplectan- 

 tibus. Folia longe petiolata, petiolis 3-6 

 cm. longis subglabris teretibus 1-1-^ mm. 

 in diametro basi plus miniLS dilatatis cau- 

 lcm semi-amplectantibus intus subsulcatis 

 ad snlcos breve puljescentibus, lamina cor- 

 dato-oblongo-triangidari (ab apice petioli 

 iisque ad apiccm laminjc) 7-5 cm. longa 

 5^-31 cm. lata apice triangulari-acuta vcl 

 plus minus cuspidato-acnta ad summum 

 breve apicidata basi amicidato-cordata, 

 auriculis vel lobis cordis (a fnndo sinus 

 intcr lobos cordis usrpie ad apicem lobi 

 cordis) 2-2|cm. longis l^-^^-cm. latis 

 apicc rotundatis, sinibiLS inter lobos cor- 

 dis $vj-formibus latioribus interdum an- 

 gustioiiljus, marginc remote brevissime 

 liirtella, pilis ascendentibus |mm. longis rt-formibus, pagine aitrafpie subglabra 



Kig. 51, Asanuii uUxiiiwiculalwn 

 II.\y.\ta; a, a leaf; b, a flower; c, 

 lierianth, expaiided ; d, a stamen; e, 

 stigmata and antliers ; f, g, li, a stigma, 

 seen from diffcrent sides. 



