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CXII. ARISTOLOCHIACE.E. 
[A ristolochia. 
Leaves trilobed. 
Racemes short, bracts small . . . • (3) A. unguluoua 
Racemes long, bracts large.U) A. Curtisii 
(1) A. Tagala Cham. Linncea, vii. 207; Gamble, l.c. 30. A. 
Roxburghiana Klotsch, Monatsh. Berl. Akad. 597 * (Fig. 136, p. 17). 
Slender climber. Leaves entire, glabrous, ovate or ovate- 
oblong acute, cordate, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. 
Racemes axillary, about 1-5 in. long in flower, lax puberulous. 
Bracts small leafy, oblong. Perianth 2 in. long, base globose 
then curved cylindric pale green ending in a 2-lobed funnel, upper 
lobe very short, lower tongue-shaped, brownish black, 1*25 in. 
long. Capsule pyriform, chartaceous pendulous (like a hanging 
reversed parachute or basket) 1 in. long on pedicels as long, splitting 
pedicel and all half-way into 6. Seeds flat, triangular, blunt, 
many -25 in. long. Hab. Not rare, climbing on bushes, Pahang, 
sandbanks in the river. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). Negri 
Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Selangor, Dusun Tua. Perak, 
Ipoh (Curtis); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Tapah (Wray). Penang 
(Waflich); Waterfall (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya to Philippines. 
(2) A. minutiflora Ridl. in Gamble Kew. Bulletin, 1910, p. 79; 
Gamble , l.c. 31. 
Slender climber, base woody. Leaves entire, ovate cordate 
or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 
1-5 in. long. Racemes axillary, few-flowered, -2 in. long. Perianth 
1 in. long, very narrow, base globose then a curved tube; limb 
narrow acuminate, linear. Capsule obovate, 1 in. long, marked 
outside by the seeds. Seeds ovate acute, -2 in. long. Hab. Not 
common on edges of woods, Dindings, Simpit near Lumut. Perak, 
Thaiping (Kunstler). 
var. dolabrata Gamble, l.c. Leaves narrower, 3*75 by 1-5 in. 
Perianth-tube the shape of an oblique pickaxe, French grey, throat 
dark claret brown. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Wray, Kunstler). 
(3) A. ungulifolia Mast. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 494; Hook, 
fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7424. 
Long slender climber. Leaves 6 to 7 in. long, trilobed, base 
shortly narrowed, central lobe longest oblong, 5 in. long, 2 in. 
wide, laterals curved, oblong rounded at tip, 2 in. long, 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles 1-5 in. long. Racemes short, 1 in. long, few- 
flowered. Perianth-base broad, oblong, 75 in. long, violet, tube 
slender as long, funnel-shaped at mouth, limb spathulate-oblong, 
75 in. long, nearly -5 in. wide, violet. Hab. Rare in long grass; 
the largest flowered species here. Singapore, Jurong in a grassy 
swamp (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. 
(4) A. Curtisii Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 78; Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 32. 
Slender climber. Leaves chartaceous, digitate, 3-lobed, middle 
