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THE ARISTOLOCHIAS OF PARA (BRAZIL) 3 
but diligent and repeated searching to ascertain the range and 
oe of each species in the neighbourhood served only to 
onfirm the truth of what I now assert. 
The following brief notes in regard to locality, appearance, &e., 
may be found useful in supplementing Mr. Moore’s descriptions. 
ra Found in three distinct localities of the matto, 
fully two miles from one another, viz. Souza and Utinga. Plant 
by no means prolific but of sturdy growth, stout in stem, with 
very large leaves. Leaf heart-shaped, delicate in texture, smooth, 
glaucous a with fine “amend bec om on under surface and on 
stem. The usual pungen when crushed. Essentially a 
climber, sania attaining a jengih ak 20 to 30 ft 
A. longecaudata. A very rank species, only found at Utinga, 
Rio Guamé, and near the mouth of the Rio Una, growing in oe 
and water left by the frequent inundations of the river. Stem 
root freely when covered with earth, and the plant appears i 
thrive when transferred to a — of —— and sandy soil with a 
cigs supply of moisture. Leaves very various in size, shape 
thickness at different pains of growth; dark green above, 
lighter beneath, rather rough “but minutely veined, and impart- 
ing their strong pungent odour to the oe atmosphere. 
Flower seceine r remarkable, most evil- scented, 
growth these flowers exceeded 14 in. in length. They were 
bladder-shaped with a hairy lip, a long tapering appendix twisted 
like a corkscrew, and in colour a semi-translucent cream, frec 
and lined — deep maroon. An old plant with ie erate 
eat and coarse leaves must have been fully 30 ft. in length, and 
was sconce bvstiseaed with other creepers in the Sabie of 
a tree 
A. Huberiana. Another thickly growing species, but preferring 
sunshine and only a moderate degree of humidity. 
creeper, eomah tending to become seeped at times, and ranging to 
0 ft. or more when supported by a tree. Leaves bright green, 
i ant, and of a greenish hue faintly lined 
with toatons ce es disproportionately large — —_ 
packed with an abundance at seeds, each of w 
the exact representation of a conventional heart with ueaet 
edges. Both flowers and capsules generally very a the 
latter by their size attracting the eye when hangin 
Localities. —Curro, Tucanduba, Rio Guam, Marine s. 
Joaquim, S. Braz, and. near the Bosque, &c., all within five miles 
of the city. Alson a twenty miles n orth of Para. 
A. lanceolato- lovintas A straggling species of Bee ao“ 
