312 CASSYTHACEiE — PEX.EACEyE NEPENTHACE^ ARISTOLOCniACKiE. 



Casstta, L. {Nees, in Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, p. 69.) 



X.filiformis, L. (Nees. I. c; — Pers. syn. \, p. 450 ; — Bl. bidjr.p. 574 ; 

 — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 271, ex. pte. ; Roxb.Jl. ind. 2, p. 314 ; — /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 175 ; not Hook. — Calodium Cochin-chinense, Lour. — 

 Rheed. 7. t. 44 ■,—Rimph. 5, t. 184, /. 4.) ^t^*t ?^ Akash-bullee. 

 %. /-N Moluccas. Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. Arabia. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. small, white, C. S. ; fr. Feb. 



* C. americana, Nees. (C. filiformis. Hook, exot. t. 167.) St. Vincent. 



ORDER CXLVII.— PEN^ACEiE, R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 203. 



Much branched, small shrubs, referred to 3 genera containing 20 

 species, all natives of S. Africa, (Harvey.) Several plants, belonging to 

 this order, have been introduced from C. G. H. but none have lived through 

 the R. S. 



ORDER CXLVIIl.— NEPENTHACEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 205. 



THE PITCHER-PJLANT TRIBE. 



Herbaceous or half-shrubby caulescent plants, of I genus, and 6 species : 

 1 from Mada"-ascar ; 1 from Cochin China ; 1 from Java ; and at least 2-3 

 from Singapore and Malacca. Properties unknown. 

 Nepenthes, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 9, No. 2423.) 



l.distillatoria. Ait. (L.?—Lodd. Cab. t. 1017 ;—£. M. 55, t. 2798, 

 (male.) N. indica, Lam. — N. Phyllamphora, (female.) B. M. 53, t. 

 2629, excl. syn. Willd. Poir. Lour, and Rumph.) B Fl. small, male, 

 green with a red column of stamens, C. S. Khassya Mountains. 



* N. Rajflesiana, Jack. Singapore. — N. ampullacea, Jack. Singapore. 



ORDER CXLIX.— ARISTOLOCHIACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 205. 



THE niRTHWORT TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, often twining or trailing, by Lindl. referred to 8 

 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates 38 species from S. America. 

 Mexico and the W. Indies ; 13 from Europe and N. Africa ; 7 from N. Ame- 



