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. ARISTOLOCHIA labiosa. 
, Maregrave's Birthwort. 
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GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
Nat. ord, ARISTOLOCHLE. Jussie gem. 72; et in ann. du mus. G. 221. 
Cor. supera, Stamina definita. Germ. pluriloculare, loculis polyspermis, 
Stylus brevissimus, Stigma stellatim divisum. Capsula (sicca v.) baccata. 
Semina numerosa, Albumen densè carnosum. Embryo minutus indivisus, 
in regione umbilici, albumine inclusus. Brown prod. 1. 349, 
ARISTOLOCHIA. Cor. tubulosa, basi ventricosa, apice dilatata, in 
ligulam extensa. Anthere 6, subsessiles, sub stigmate. yfus subnullus. 
igma 6-partitum. Caps. 6-gona; 6-locularis, aulis erectus aut volubi- 
rx folia alterna; flores axillares; tubus quorundam scyphiformis incurvus. 
uss, I. c. 73. 
A. labiosa, caule volubili, foliis reniformibus subrotundis cordatis amplexi- 
""eaulibus, corollis basi incurvå saccatá, medio bilabiatis, labio superiore 
explanato bilobo, inferiore (lanceolato) canaliculato. Link sub Arıs- 
TOLOCHIÁ ringente. 
Aristolochia ringens. Link abbild. auserl. gew. bot. gart. zu berl. 1. 86. f. 13; 
(nec tamen Vahl symb. 2. 94. f. 47; neve symb. 3. 99; neve Willd. sp. pl. 
4.155. 
An Marcgr. brasil. 260; cum tab. (de planté siccatá, benè), 
Planta ob floris structuram singularem coloremque eximia. Canlis elom- 
gatus volubilis angulatus glaberrimus. Folia altern petiolo 2 pollices longo, 
lamina ab insertione petioli ad apicem 1 pollicem 2 li longa, 8 pollices 
Sere lata, obtusa integerrima venosa subtüs pallida glaberrima. Stipule so- 
ota 4 axillares, ei pedunculo Sore, à polline 
e lateque. lores axi , solitarii, wnifloro, 4 ices et 
ub longo. Cor. magna; basis saccata incurvata, rjr ond 5 lineas longa, 
quam Maregravius non malè cum pyloro ventricali humani comparat; pars 
antica 4 pollices longa, ad 8 lineas a basi bilabiata, labio superiori quasi pe- 
tiolato bilobo 1 pollicem 8 lineas longo ad 4 pollices feré lato, lobis rotundatis, 
labio inferiore 3 pollices 6 lineas longo canaliculato fers compresso-acuto, si 
explicetur 9 lineas lata; color totius corolle flavescens venis (maculis crebris) 
reis (ab externé translucentibus variatus ) reticulatis. Germen 
stigmate orbiculato appresso coronatum, antheris sex adnatis. Link loc. cit. 
; ARISTOLOCHIA ringens of Vahl is a Jamaica plant, and 
according to every appearance, adopted and figured from 
a well-preserved samplé in Mr. Brown's Herbarium; in 
viewing which it is not easy to conceive how it has come to 
pass that the Brazil plant in Professor Link's work should 
have been considered by that intelligent botanist to be 
of the same species. In Vahl's species the larger lip of the 
corolla is oblong lanceolate entire and plain within, the 
