Aristolochia.\ 
CXII. AKISTOLOCHIACEiE. 
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lobe oblong-lanceolate, side lobes broad spathulate narrowed at 
base, whole leaf 5 to 8 in. long, lobes 2 to 3 in. wide or less, base 
of leaf cuneate; petioles 2 in. long. Racemes several, 3 in. long, 
with amplexicaul bracts -25 in. long. Perianth puberulous, base 
oblong inflate, -75 in. long, tube narrow, -5 in. long, limb linear 
acuminate, -75 in. long, “ velvety dark blue (claret-colour) and 
pink” (Kunstler). Capsule oblong blunt with 6 low keels. Hob. 
Penang, Waterfall (Curtis, Kunstler); Telok Bahang. A very 
local plant. 
Order CXIII. CYTINACE^E. 
Parasitic fleshy herbs, leafless or with a number of scales on 
the stem. Flowers solitary (or a number in a spike) unisexual 
or bisexual, fleshy campanulate; tube adnate to ovary, above of 
3 to 12 lobes. Stamens usually innumerable; anthers sessile on 
a central column. Ovary inferior or half superior, unilocular or 
with many placentas. Stigma 1, cup-shaped or discoid or many on 
numerous styles. Fruit fleshy, unilocular. Seeds minute. (Ridley, 
Journ. Als. Soc. Beng. lxxv. 393.) About 25 species in tem¬ 
perate and tropical regions. 
Flowers large, solitary, lobes 5; stigmas many . . 1. Rafflesia 
Flowers medium, solitary, lobes numerous; stigma x . 2. Brugmansia 
1 . RAFFLESIA, R. Br. 
Large fleshy plants, parasitic on woody climbers, stemless 
with ovate bracts on the base of the flower. Perianth very large 
fleshy, dull red foetid, tube hemispheric, limb 5-lobed, lobes blunt, 
glabrous, with a raised corona in mouth. Genital column short, 
thick with a single or double ring round it; top flat with style¬ 
like processes. Male with a single row of anthers surrounding the 
neck; anthers opening by one pore. Female with abortive stamens 
and styliform processes hairy at top. Species about 6, Malayan. 
(1) R. Hasseltii Suringar Act. Soc. Reg. 1879; Veth, Midden- 
Sumatra, iv., Flora, ii. t. 1, 2. 
Perianth 18 in. across, tube broad, campanulate, covered inside 
with short-branched processes, lobes Indian red with dull white 
irregular raised blotches; anthers in male 20. Styliform processes 
15 to 17, white. Hab. In forests on big lianes on the ground, it has 
a faint scent of carrion. Perak, Thaiping Hill (Cantley, Wray); 
Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name: Kerubut. 
Use: As an astringent drug. 
2 . BRUGMANSIA, Bl. 
Uni- or bi-sexual parasites on woody creepers, stemless; bracts 
ovate. Perianth fleshy coriaceous, tube campanulate; lobes 5 or 6, 
splitting again when expanded, inside hairy. Genital column 
