Thottea .] cxn. aristolochiaceaj. 17 
(4) T. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 89. 
Shrub 3 ft. tall; branches nearly -25 in. through, pubescent, 
hairs stellate. Leaves ovate or obovate acute, base short narrowed, 
glabrous above, beneath sparsely hairy, 8 in. long, 4 in. wide or less. 
Racemes -25 in. long, hairy. Flowers crowded opening singly, 
•25 in. across, violet; pedicels -25 in. long. Perianth -25 in. across, 
hairy outside, lobes blunt. Stamens 16. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruit 
slender, 2 in. long, beaked. Hab. Dense forests, local. Perak, 
Temengoh woods (Ridley). 
Fig. 136.—Aristolochia Tagala. 
3. ARISTOLOCHIA, Linn. 
Climbers (or erect shrubs or herbs). Leaves alternate. Flowers 
solitary or fascicled, axillary or racemose. Perianth tubular, 
dilate at base, thin, narrow to an oblique 2-lipped limb. Stamens 
6, adnate to styles, forming a column, cells extrorse. Ovary 
inferior, 6-celled; ovules many; style with a 3- to 6-lobed stig- 
matie disc. Capsule 6-valved. Seeds flattened. Species 180, 
chiefly tropical. 
Leaves ovate entire, deep cordate. 
Perianth 2 in. long; seeds winged, flat . . . (i) A. Tagala 
Perianth 1 in. long; seeds not winged, concave . (2) A. minutiflora 
Fl.M.P., 3. C 
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