522 LXXXVIII. AEISTOLOCHIACEiE [Bragantia 



1. B. WallicMi, Eob. Br.; Wight Ic. t. 520. ChaJcrani, Mar. Western Gliats from 

 tlie Konkan southwards, in evergreen forest. Ceylon, moist region, common. A large 

 erect shruh, 1. distichous 5-8 in., slightly aromatic, il. purple or greenish, pods 3-8 in. 

 long. 2. B. Dalzellii, Hook f. The Konkan (only found once). L, 12 by 3 in. Pod 

 5-8 in., trigonous, rugose and deeply pitted. 



2. ARISTOLOCHIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 74 



Perennial herbs or sbrubs, often twining. L. entire or lobed, base generally 

 cordate, basal nerves 3-5. The lowest leaf of a more or less developed axil- 

 lary bud sometimes has the appearance of an intrapetiolar stipule. Perianth 

 tube inflated at the base, then contracted, hairy within, limb dilated, obliquely 

 2-lipped. Anthers 6, adnate to the stylar column, the apex of which is 3- or 

 6-lobed. Capsule septicidally 6-valved. Species 180, cosmopolitan, chiefly 

 tropical. 



A. Stylar column 6-lobed. 



1. A. RoxburgMana, IHotzsch. — Syn, A. acziminata^ Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 771. Sikkim, 

 1-4,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Maimensingh. Chittagong. Burma. "Western 

 Ghats. Malay Penins. and Archip. A twining shrub, stem attaining 1 in. diam. 

 L. deeply cordate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, basal n. produced far beyond the middle. 

 Fl. pale gi'een, in lax pedunculate axillary corymbs, lip of perianth villous, capsule 

 stipitate, oblong or subglobose, 1-2^ in. long. 2. A. indica, Linn. — Syn. A. lanceolata, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1858. Yern. Isharmal, Sund. ; Sapshi^ Kadula, Ivan. Sundriban. Chitta- 

 gong. Western Ghats. Sriharikot, Coromandel coast (D. B. Nov. 1881). — Ceylon, low 

 coxxntry to 3,000 ft. Prostrate or climbing, stems slightly woody at base, 1. variable, 

 linear, ovate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate or rounded, basal nerves short. Corymbs 

 short, pedunculate. Perianth greenish- white, lip glabrous, purple and brown. 



B. Stylar column 3-lobed. 

 (a) L. lofced and pinnatifid. 



3. A. platanifolia, Dueharte. East Nepal. Sikkim to 6,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 A large climber, 1. up to 12 in. long, and often as broad. Fl. generally fasciculate on 

 the old wood, perianth yellowish-purple, mouth 1 in. diam. Capsule 4-6 in. long. 



(6) L. entire. 



4. A. saccata, Wall. PL As. Bar. 1. 103. Kumaon- Nepal, Sikkim, from the Terai 

 to 6,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Stems up to 1 in. diam. from a thick rootstock. L. 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base deeply cordate, tomentose, rarely glabrous beneath, 

 blade 12-16, pet, 1-2 in. long. PL mostly from the old wood, perianth purple, mouth 

 nearly circular, capsule cylindric. 5. A. Catlicarbii, Hook, f. Sikkim to 3,000 ft. Ivhasi 

 hills. Manipur. Similar to 4, branches, petioles and 1. beneath softly silky, inflor- 

 escenc6 clothed with long spreading hairs, mouth of perianth squax^e, edge broad, 

 recurved, fringed with long purple hairs. 6. A. Griffithii, Hook. f. Sikkim 7-10,000 ft. 

 Bhutan. L. broadly ovate or orbicular, densely tomentose beneath. PL mostly 

 solitary, axillary, capsule 7 in. long. 



Okdbe, LXXXIX. PIPERACE^, GeB. PL iii. 125. 



L. entire, fi. minute, subtended by bracts, which often are peltate, in catkin- 

 like spikes. Perianth 0, stamens hypogynous, Embryo minute, in a copious 

 mealy albumen. 



The wood is separated by broad medullary rays into wedge-shaped masses. Pith 

 large, with numerous vascular bundles and a hard undulating belt, mostly consisting 

 of sclerotic fibres, on the outside. 



PIPER, Linn.; TL Brit. Ind. v. 78. 



Perennial herbs or shrubs, often climbing by adventitious roots at the nodes, 

 usually aromatic, nodes swolleuj L alternate, basal n. 3 or more, supra-basal n. one 



