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* ARISTOLOCHÍA Chilénsis. 
Chilian Birth-wort. 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ARISsTOLOCHIE. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System. 
of Botany, p. 72.) 
ARISTOLOCHIA. Supra, vol.8, fol. 689. 
A. Chilensis ; herbacea, calycis infracti basi ventricosá limbo oblongo obliquo 
utrinque emarginato intus villoso, pedunculis 1 -floris ebracteolatis pubes- 
centibus, foliis reniformibus emarginatis undulatis subtus pubescentibus. 
A. Chilensis ; Bridges in litt. 
Caulis volubilis, pubescens, angulatus, pilosus. Folia subtus pubescentia, 
breve petiolata, exacte reniformia, emarginata, subcochleata, supra late 
viridia, subtus glauca. Flores axillares, solitarii, ebracteolati, pedicellis 
petiolorum longitudine, ovariisgue pubescentibus. Calyx infractus, viridi- 
Purpureus, venosus, intus villosus, extus leviusculus, 24 poll. longus, basi 
ventricosus, sursum infundibularis ; limbo obliquo, utringue emarginato 
subcompresso. (Obs. basis calycis deorsum in pileoli speciem ovarii apicem 
tegentem producitur ; v. analysin hujus tabula.) 
We do not discover any mention of this species among 
Writers on South American Botany ; and yet it appears to be 
Very common in Chili, whence we have had many specimens 
gathered by various collectors. Mr. Bridges sends it under 
the name we have adopted, adding that it is called by the 
Chilenos Oreja de la Zoera, and that it is an herbaceous | 
plant, found in stony places near Valparaiso and Quillota. 
For our specimens we are indebted to Robert Bevan, Esg. 
who forwarded them to us in flower in September last. The 
plant is hardy enough to bear our climate, if protected from 
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* See fol. 1399. 
