ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS. 
■ A beautiful free-flowering species of neat growth, imported from Brazil. It has cordate ovate 
' leaves, smooth above, and glaucescent beneath. The handsome and elegant flowers have a slightly 
, distended tube, which is suddenly bent upwards, the upper part dilated into a cordate cup- 
• shaped limb of a rich dark purple colour, ornamented throughout with irregular branched 
' markings of a creamy white, and having a golden yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety purple. 
] Its blossoms are produced in the greatest profusion, even on small plants, and are entirely free from 
! the objectionable odour peculiar to the genus. It has been certificated by the Royal Horticultural 
■ Society, and is described and figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle for September S, 1885. 6». 
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