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Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 June and October 1907 (No. 367; climber 2-2.5 m., flowers dark); 

 Chienshi Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., June and October, 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 925, Seed No. 538); without locality, A. Henry 

 (No. 6417). Eastern Szech'uan: Taning Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 1600 m., June 1910 (No. 4564; climber 2-3 m., flowers chocolate and 

 gold); Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 5620). 



This species is common in western Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan in thickets 

 on mountain slopes, but has not yet been reported from other parts of China. 

 The leaves are extraordinarily variable in size and shape, but the nature and 

 degree of pubescence are very constant and the species is a well-marked one. 

 The capsule is conspicuously 6-costate, as Henry's No. 6417 clearly shows, and 

 we suppose Hemsley's description of the capsule as " inconspicue 6-costata " is a 

 sHp of the pen. 



Aristolochia moupinensis Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 ser. 2, X. 79 {PL David. II. 117) (1887); in Jour, de Bot. XII. 314 

 (1898). — Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 310 (1900); in Not. Bot. 

 Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 251 (PI. Chin. Forrest.) (1912). — Wright in 

 Bot. Mag. CXXXVI. t. 8325 (1910). —Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. 

 Isl. I. 207 (1914). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 2000-2500 m., July 

 1908 (No. 1982; climber 3-4 m., flowers brownish); Chiuting-shan, 

 alt. 1600 m.. May 22, 1908 (No. 1983; climber 2.5-3 m., flowers brown- 

 ish); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., July and October 1903 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 4481; Seed No. 1423); same locality, A. E. Pratt 

 (No. 3). 



This is a very common cUmber in thickets and on the margins of woods in 

 extreme western Szech'uan. Wright suggests that this and A. Kaempferi Willde- 

 now may be the same, but the flowers and fruit of the latter species are very 

 much smaller and the two plants are dissimilar in appearance. 



Aristolochia moUissima Hance in Jour. Bot. XVII. 300 (1879). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 362 (1891). — Diels in Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXIX. 310 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. 

 ser. XVII. 258 (1910). 



Aristolochia sechtuenensis [sic], var. holotricha Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 

 Ital. n. ser. XV. 437 (non Diels) (1908). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, grassy hills, alt. 30-300 m., April 

 1907 (No. 1984; slender twiner 0.5-1 m., flowers yellow); same 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 4144^). 



Very common at low altitudes around Ichang. 



