the name given to it by the Arabs and Persians, by whom 

 the petioles are eaten ; or " Kibes," according to Rauwolf, 

 whence Linnaeus' specific name. It has long been in cul- 

 tivation in the Royal Gardens, Kew, flowering in May, and 

 fruiting in July and August. 



Descr. — Bootstock stout, branched. Stem three to five 

 ft., erect. Leaves all from the lower part of the stem, ten 

 to twelve inches broad, orbicular-cordate or reniform, five- 

 nerved, bullate between the deeply sunk nerves and 

 nervules above, dark green, glabrous, margins crisped and 

 undulate, beneath pale green, lacunose between the very 

 strong papillose nerves and nervules ; petiole one to two 

 feet long, stout, bright red. Panicle two to three feet 

 high, erect, rachis and branches papillose ; pedicels 

 fascicled, about half an inch long, decurved, red ; fl. about 

 one-third of an inch diam., pendulous ; perianth green, 

 segments linear-oblong, obtuse. Stamens very many, much 

 exceeding the perianth-segments, filaments very short, 

 anthers linear, bright red. Ovary obconic, styles reflexed on 

 the ovary. Achene nearly an inch long, oblong-cordate, 

 blood-red, wings narrower than the nucleus. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Branch of flowering panicle ; 2, unexpanded flower ; 4, stamen ; 

 5, pistil ; — all enlarged ; 6, brandies of fruiting panicle of nat. size ; 7, reduced 

 view of whole plant. 



