4dristolochia. GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA, - 489 
seeded, attachment central. Capsule inferior, six-celled, 
many-seeded. © | : . 
1. A. acuminata, Willd, iv. 157. 
Perennial, twining, smooth, Leaves cordate, rather acumi- 
nate. Racemes axillary, simple or compound, drooping. 
A native of the eastern parts of Bengal, where it flowers 
during the hot and rainy seasons, and the seed ripens in De- 
cember and January. 
Stem and branches twining to an extent of some fathoms, 
perennial, younger shoots angular, and smooth. Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, cordate, entire, somewhat acuminate, smooth ; 
lobes large, and roundish, from four to six inches long, by 
from two to four broad. Petals about an inch long, slightly 
channelled. Racemes axillary, simple or compound, droop- 
ing, shorter than the leaves, Flowers large, drooping, of a 
dark-greenish purple. Corol with a funnel-shaped tube, 
globular base, and long, linear, somewhat acute lamina, the 
sides of which, soon after expansion, become revolute. Sta- 
mina as in the genus. Germ inferior, sub-cylindric, furrow- 
ed, six-celled, in each many ovula in one vertical row attach- 
ed to the axis; style none; stigma peltate, with a converg- 
ing, six-lobed apex. ; 
2. A. Indica, Willd. iv. 157. 
-Shrubby, twining. Leaves cordate, cuneate, scolloped. 
Peduneles many-flowered. 
Beng. Eeshwur-mool. 
Careloe Vegon. Rheed. Mal. vill. t. 25. 
Teling. Isaro. 
A native of copses, and jungles where the soil is dry and - 
poor. It flowers during the wet season. 
Root much like that of Sarsaparilla, perennial. Stem twin- 
ing, below woody ; young shoots striated, smooth. Leaves al- 
ternate, petioled, somewhat wedge-formed or obovate, three- 
nerved, pointed, waved, scollopped, smooth, from two to four 
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