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Desfontaines, Elem. Bot. 32 (1800) ; Smith, FL Brit. Ill, 947 (1804) 

 Willdenow, Sp, PL IV, pt. 1, 151 (1805) ; J. St. Hilaire, Exposit 

 I, 172 t. 27 (1805) ; Lamarck & DC, Syn. Fl. Gall. 188 (1806) ; Per 

 soon, Syn. PI. II, 526 (1807) ; R. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Llolland 

 349 (1810) ; Du Mont du Courset, Bot. Cult. II, 273 (1811) ; Link 

 Handb. I, 370 (1829) ; Edwards, Bot. Reg-ist. VIII, sub t. 689 (1823) 

 Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. I, 182 (1830) ; Endlicher, Gen. PI 

 I, 345 (1836) ; Paxton, Mag-az. Bot. Ill, sub t. 2 (1837) ; Duchartre 

 in Alp. DC. Prodr. XV, pt. 1, 432 (1844) ; Reichenbach, Icon. Fl 

 Germ. & Helv. XII, 15 (1850) ; Berteloni, Fl. Ital. IX, 640 (1853) 

 Grenier & Godron, Fl. Franc. Ill, 72 (1855) ; Klotzsch in Monat 

 bericht. Berl. (1859) 593 ; Willkomm & Lange, Fl. Hisp. I, 303 (1870) 

 Boissier, Fl. Orient. IV, 1074 (1879) ; Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PI 

 III, 123 (1880) ; Masters in Martitts, Fl Brasil. IV, pt. 2, 82 (1878) 

 Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 74 (1886) ; Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 22 (1888) 

 Solereder in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ill, Abt. 1, 272 

 (1889) ; Trimen, Handb. Ceylon PL III, 422 (1895) ; Small, Fl. South- 

 east. U.S. 1132 (1903) ; Ridley, Fl. Malay. Penins. Ill, 17, (1924). 

 Syn. Endodeca Rafinesoue, Fl. Thellur. IV, 98 (1836) ; Klotzsch in 

 Monatbericht Berl. (1859) 605. 



Howardia Klotzsch 1. c. 607. 



Glossula (non Lindley) Reichenbach, Handb. Pflanzensyst. 173 

 (1837). 



Niphus Rafinesoue ex Steudel, Nomencl. ed. 2, I, 133 (1840). 



Pistolochia (non Bernhardi 1800) Rafinesoue, Fl. Thellur. IV, 

 98 (1836). 

 Rhizoma hypogasum vel repens, vel radix lig'nosa. Caulis herbaceus 

 annuus vel lignoso-perennis, fruticosus vel arborescens. Cortex saspe 

 suberosus. Folia exstipullata petiolata, annua vel biennia simplicia 

 integra vel 3-7 lobata. Flores axillares solitarii vel gemini vel fasci- 

 culati vel racemosi. Bractea vel in quoque pedicello 1. Perigonium 

 superum cum ovario articulatum, tubo recto vel deflexo et reflexo, 

 limbo labiato vel 3-lobato. Stamina 6 (4-10) circum stylos 1-serialia, 

 antheris extrorsis 2-locularibus. Ovarium inferum 1- vel 3-loculare. 

 Styli columnam formantes apice 6 (4-10) lobulati. Placenta parietalia 

 vel axillaria. Ovula «> longitudine 2-serialia placento horizontali 



