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* ARISTOLOCHÍA foetens. 
Stinking Birthwort. 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ARISTOLOCHIACEX. 
ARISTOLOCHIA:— Suprů, vol. 8. fol. 689. 
A. fetens ; foliis lato-cordatis acutis, caule volubili, pedunculis solitariis, bracteá 
- perfoliatá, limbo calycis maximo integro cordato labio longissimě caudato, 
‘tubo extus glabro. © hy í 
Nauseosa, fetida, demum semiputrida ramis scandit longis volubilibus 
-glabris. Folia cordata sinu aperto, integerrima, subrotunda, acuminata, 
subtus levissime pubescentia, glaucescentia. Bracteæ solitarie, orbiculate, 
perfoliate. Flores marimi, tubo extus glabro, basi inflato, sursum angustato 
„costato arcuato, limbo subrotundo cordato basi elauso apice in appendicem 
longum linearem subspiralem acuminatum producto, luteo purpureoque livido 
variegato maculato et punctato ag te : 
isl REN 
+ e ¿de 
I dies, whence it has been obtained 
ose stove at Wimbledon it flowered 
colour of its flowers, wi 
purple and dirty „yellow ; they have a most disagreeable 
disgusting smell, whi ‚will prevent the plant from becoming 
a favourite. 7 +. » 
Nearly allied to A. grandiflora, from which it is distin- 
guished by the smooth tube of its calyx, the colour of the 
same part, &e. &c. 
* See folio 1399. 
