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242266 to 242376— Continued 



242311. Alyxia daphnoides A. Cunn. Apocynaceae. 



Col. No. 5375. Evergreen shrub; leaves verticillate; flowers white and 

 fragrant. 



242312. Amakalia sherbourniae (Hook.) Wernham Rubiaceae. 



Col. No. 5408. Vigorous evergreen climber; leaves ovate or elliptic, upper 

 surface dark green, light green beneath. 



242313. Anchomanes hookeri (Kunth) Schott Araceae. 



Col. No. 5366. Tuberous-rooted perennial; stalk green with purple spots; 

 leaves pinnately divided at the top of a 3 foot scape. (Plant.) 



242314. Argyreia htrsuta Wight & Arn. Convolvulaceae. 



Col. No. 5363. Rampant climber; leaves broadly cordate, ovate, and 

 hairy; flowers lavender. 



242315. Aristolochia argyroneura Hort. ex Gentil Aristolochiaceae. 



Col. No. 5413. Rampant climber; leaves cordate, base of blade red, veins 

 whitish. 



242316. Aristolochia westlandii Hemsl. 



Col. No. 5384. Climber to 20 feet high; leaves leathery, narrowly elliptic, 

 dark green above and lighter below. 



242317. Begonia luxurians Scheidw. Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 5378. Fibrous-rooted perennial; leaves digitately compound, 

 petioles and base of leaflets reddish, deep green above, serrate. 



242318. Begonia prismatocarpa Hook. 



Col. No. 5391. Rhizomatous perennial; leaves ovate, acuminate; flowers 

 yellow. (Plants.) 



242319. Begonia rajah Ridley. 



Col. No. 5392. Rhizomatous perennial; petiole to 8 inches long, leaf blade 

 oblique, undulate margined. 



242320. X Bertolonia houtteana Van Houtte. Melastomataceae. 



Col. No. 5371. Delicate, rhizomatous perennial; leaves ovate to nearly 

 oval, hairy above, strongly veined, suffused coral-pink Throughout. Thought 

 to be a bigeneric hybrid of Bertolonia X Sonerila. 



242321. Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC. Malpighiaceae. 



Col. No. 5349. Climbing evergreen shrub; leaves mostly elliptic, lustrous 

 green above, silvery-tomentose below. 



242322. Calathea nigricans Gagnep. Marantaceae. 



Col. No. 5374. Rhizomatous perennial to 5 feet high; stems seminaked 

 below; leaves tufted at the top, lanceolate, lustrous green above and reddish 

 below. (Plants.) 



242323. Chloranthus sp. Chloranthaceae. 



Col. No. 5348. Perennial to 3 feet high; leaves ovate or elliptic, to 6 inches 

 long, bullate above, shiny green; stems swollen at the nodes. 



242324. Clinogyne grandis (Miq.) Benth. & Hook. f. Marantaceae. 



Col. No. 5364. Rhizomatous, rank-growing perennial; leaves to 4 feet long. 

 (Plants.) 



242325. Clytostoma binatum (Thunb.) Sandwith. Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 5410. Rank-growing evergreen climber with tendrils; leaves dark 

 green; flowers bright orchid. 



