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plus dense villosa, venulis reticulatis, petiolis circ. 3 cm. longis villosis. Flores 

 axillares solitarii, pedicellis 2-3 cm. longis villosis medio 1-bracteatis, bracteis 

 ovatis apice obtusissimis basi latis pedicellum amplectantibus 5 mm. longis 4 mm. 

 latis extus sericeo-villosis intus subglabris. Ovarium inferum subnutans densis- 

 sime pateiitissime villosum (pilis 1 mm. longis) 8 mm. longum 2 mm. latum 

 profunde 6-sulcatum 6-loculare, (loculis 1-seriatim ovuliferis), sulcis Jmm. 

 latis, angulis obtusissimis in sectione rotundatis. Perianthium y-formiter 

 recurvum extus minute brevissime villosum simul longe hirsutum intus 

 deorsum minute tuberculatum sursum glabrum Iseve, tubo U-fornii 2 cm. 

 longo e basi supra medium 6 mm. lato supra medium usque ad apicem angus- 

 tato 3-4 mm. lato, limbo ad apicem tubi oblique verticaliter sito 1^-cm. longo 

 totiusque lato piano parce minuteque hirsuto ^7-formi centro circum orem 

 tubi oblique minute elevato-annulato reticulate. Stamina 6 cum styli connata 

 sessilia, antheris linearibus inter strias stigmatiferas styli geminatirn sitis 

 2 mm. longis f mm. latis apice brevissime apiculatis. Stylus columniformis 

 crassus 3mm. longus cum antheris 1| mm. crassus apice 3-lobatus supra 

 antheras 1 mm. productus, lobis semi-rotundatis 1 mm. longis l mm. latis. 



HAB. Shimpo, Shinchikucho, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Dec. 15, 1915. 



Near Aristolochia Kcempferi WILLD., but distinguishable from it in much 

 longer leaves and smaller flowers. Also resembles A. Fordiana HEMSL., but 

 differs from it in having quite obtuse leaves. 



Laurineae. 

 Beilschmiedia NEES. 



Beilschmiedia erythrophloia HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. IV. p. 20 et 

 V. p. 150. Descriptio aucta : Flores pallido-flavescentes laxe paniculati ; 

 paniculis ad ramulos horiiotinos laterah*ter vel axillariter dispositis divaricatis 

 cum pedunculis 6-8 cm. longis (pedunculis 2-3 cm. longis), ramis panicularum 

 patentissimis, pedicellis ultimis 5-10 mm. longis toto glabris. Perianthii tubus 

 obconicus f mm. longus 1^ mm. in diametro glaber, lobis 6 subsequalibus 

 oblongis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice obtusis basi vix vel haud contractis 

 extus glabris intus glabris concavis margine vix ciliolatis vel haud ciliolatis. 

 Stamina ordinis I. et II. aequalia, fiamentis late linearibus f mm. longis mm 



