lOG FL(3KA OF JAMAICA Aristolochia 



3. A. grandiflora Siv. Prodr. 126 (1788); leaves cordate, 

 roundish-ovate, acute ; Howers very large ; limb above the 

 mouth ample, cordate-ovate-roundish, ending,' in a tail generally 

 longer than the limb. ^<y. FI. Ind. Ocr. 1566 ; Tusmc Fl. Ant. 

 t. '21 \ Desrcmrf. Fl. Ant. Hi. f. 157 ; Eool-. Bot. Mag. tt. 4368, 

 4369 ; Gr/'seh. Joe. cit. (excl. syn.) ; Dnchartre toiii. cit. 472 ; Urh. 

 SymJ). Ant. iv. 211 (non Valil). A. scandens foliis amplioribus> 

 kc. Browne Hist. Jam. 329. A. gigas Llndl. Bot. Beg. 1842, /. 60. 



Poisoned Hog-]\Ieat. 



WrigJit I north side, Broughtoji I Distiiil St. Mary, ilfciVa 6 ! Sedburgh, 

 ^lanchester, Purdie ! Prior ! March ! Morce ! Fort Stewart, Metcalfe ! near 

 Orange Bay, Thomas ! near Castleton, Harris ! cult, in Hope Gardens, 

 Fl. Jam. 8438. Trinidad, Panama, Ruatan Is., Bay of Honduras, 

 Guatemala. 



Plant, with a fetid smell, poisonous. Leaves 8-12 cm. in diam. Bract 

 perfoliate, roundish-elliptical or ovate, sometimes cordate. Flowers 

 variegated-purple, variable in size. Perianth, inflated base 6-9 cm. 1., 

 limb 1-2 dm. 1. Capsule 10 cm. 1., 4 cm. br. 



4. A. odoratissima L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1362 (1762) ; leaves 

 cordate, ovate or kidney-shaped, obtuse or subacuminate ; 

 perianth, limb above the mouth cordate-oblong, nmcronate, base 

 broadly inflated. Descourt. Fl. Ant. v. t. 356 ; WrigJit Mem. 189 ; 

 DucJiartre torn. cit. 474. A. scandens &c. Sioane Cat. 60 & Hist. 

 i. 162, /. 104, /.I. A. scandens foliis cordato-acuminatis &c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 329. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Contra] erva of the south side (Browne). 



St. Jago de la Vega, Sioane Herb. iii. 32 ! Wright ! Broughton ! Shak- 

 spear ! Sicartz ! Macfadyen ! Distin ! Purdie ! McNab ! Heiuard ! March \ 

 Shearer ! Hope, 700 ft. ; Stony Hill ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6655, 8450. 

 W. Indies, Central America, Paraguay. 



The whole plant has a pleasant smell. Leaves very variable, 6-14 cm. 

 1., 4-8*5 cm. br. Bract broadly elliptical, cordate. Perianth, inflated base 

 1-5-2 cm. 1., about 1 cm. br., upper tubular portion *8-l-5 cm. 1., limb 

 5 "5-7 '5 cm. 1. Capsule 6-7 cm. 1. 



5. A. eleg-ans Mast, in Gard. CJiron. 1885, jj^. 2, 301,^^. 64 ; 

 leaves triangular-cordate, obtuse ; perianth, limb above the mouth 

 cordate-deltoid, obtuse, base not much inflated. (Fig, 31, C, D.) 



Troy, 2200 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,655. Brazil. 



Leaves 4-7 cm. 1., 4-9 cm. br. Bract roundish, cordate. Perianthy 

 inflated base 2*5-3 cm, 1., about 1 cm. br., upper tubular portion 1*5-2 

 cm. 1., limb 6-7 cm. 1, Capsule 4-6 cm. 1. 



Family XIV. POLYGONACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or, more rarely, 

 opposite, with petiole generally more or less dilated, amplexicaul 

 at the base, and then often with a membranous margin con- 

 tinuous with the tubular stipule (ochrea) which sheathes the stem ; 

 a ring-like scar is often left at the fall of the leaf. Flowers 



