Houttuynia. TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 363 
much like those of Aristolochia Clematitis, as has been justly re- 
marked by the illustrious author of the article Houttuynia, in Rees’s 
Cyclopedia. ' 
~ The plant is used while young as a potherb by the inhabitants 
.. ^f Nepala as well as those of Cochinchina. Loureir. 1. cit.—N. W. 
