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_ ARISTOLOCHIA SEMPERVIRENS. EVERGREEN 
BiRTHWORT. : 
HES Hebebee 
Cla/s and Order. 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA,. 
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Generic Character.—Vid. No. 1115. 
| Spetific Charager and Synonyms. — 
ARISTOLOCHIA. /empervirens (volubilis, fruticulofa) foliis 
 cordatis oblongis acuminatis, undulatis, 
pedunculis folitariis tortuofis pendulis, 
corolle limbo ovato retufulo. 
ARISTOLOCHIA /empervirens. Sp, Pl. 1363. Reich. 4. 
Ye p. 69. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p.158. Hort. 
Cliff. 432. Sauv. Monfp. 111. Mart. 
Mill, Di@. n. 16. Sabb. Hort, 2, t. 82. 
Kniph, Cent. 3. . 14. - : is 
PISTOLOCHIA cretica. Bauh. Pim. 307. Mori. Hift. 3 
= - RIO. fp &€e 7039. F410. 
PISTOLOCHIA ee Cif Hifi. 2. % 260. 
a 
There is a near affinity between this fpecies and the pre- 
ceding ; the flowers in both are folitary ; the ftems climbing 
and angular; but the flowers of /empervirens are {maller, of a 
€ yellow colour with deep red ftripes, fometimes varying to 
ark purple on the outfide; the peduncles twifted and hanging 
down, as if not able to fupport the weight of the flowers; the 
€aves are more acuminate and much waved, as well as of a — 
icker texture. Native of the Ifle of Candia. = 
Both thefe plants ftood out of doors, in a fheltered fituation, 
through the winter, at Lady Dx Cisrrorn’ss but coming 
tom a fouthern clime, may be more fafely confidered as green-. 
Oufe plants. « Cultivated in the Chelfea Garden, by Pasir 
‘LLER, in 1739. 
