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An erect undershrub about 40 cm high, simple or sparingly 
branched, the stems 5 to 10 cm thick, terete, brownish, glabrous, 
the younger parts sparingly pubescent. Leaves few, 4 to 7 on 
each plant, ovate to oblong-obovate, membranaceous to charta- 
ceous, 13 to 25 cm long, 6 to 11 cm wide, the upper surface 
olivaceous, glabrous, shining, the lower paler, sparingly pubescent 
with very short hairs on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, 
the base subacute to rounded, the apex acute, obtuse, or broadly 
and bluntly acuminate; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of 
the midrib, prominent, ascending, anastomosing, the reticula- 
tions lax, prominent; petioles 2 to 3 cm long, sparingly pubes- 
cent, becoming nearly or quite glabrous. Racemes axillary, 4 
to 6 cm long, or when young much shorter, many flowered, but 
only one or two flowers developing at one time, the bracts oblong, 
somewhat pubescent. Flowers apparently purplish, slender, 
about 3 cm long, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm in length. Ovary 
oblong, somewhat keeled, about 3 rrim long, the corolla-tube above 
the ovary slender, cylindric, about 7 mm long, the inflated part 
ovoid or ellipsoid, base somewhat inequilateral, about 6 mm long, 
the cylindric tube above the inflated part 5 to 7 mm long, the 
limb 1-lipped, the lip linear to linear-oblanceolate, about 18 mm 
long, 3 to 4 mm wide. Anthers 6, the cells contiguous. Cap- 
sule brown when dry, glabrous, oblong-ellipsoid, about 2.5 cm 
long, 6-keeled, the apex obtuse, the base attenuate-acuminate. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28480 (type), 
28838 Ramos & Edano, May, 1917 ; Infanta-Siniloan trail, Ramos s. n., 
June 14, 1917; Mount Pular, Bur. Sci. 19423 Ramos, January 21, 1913, 
along streams in damp forests at low altitudes. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Aristolochia philippinensis 
Warb., from which it differs in very numerous characters, notably in its 
low stature and larger, differently shaped leaves. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
COCCULUS de Candolle 
COCCULUS SARMENTOSUS (Lour.) Diels, var. STENOPHYLLUS var. 
nov. 
A typo differt foliis lanceolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, vel oblan- 
ceolatis, basi acutis, 3 ad 5 cm longis, 8 ad 15 mm latis. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27231 Ramos, March 4 
1917, climbing on trees in forests at low altitudes. 
This form differs so radically from the typical form of the species, which 
is represented by Bur. Sci. 27213 Ramos from the same locality, that I 
believe that it is worthy of at least varietal rank. In this connection 
Clemens 749 from Camp Keithley, Mindanao, cited under Cocculus sar- 
