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AnisTotocnia, I’. L.* ristoloche. Calix coloratus tubulosus, basi ventricosus, apice 
dilatatus, in ligulam extensus, anther 6-subsessiles sub-stigmate. Stylus sub- 
nullus; stigma 6-partitum. Capsula 6-gona, 6-locularis. Caulis erectus aut 
volubilis ; folia alterna; flores axillares; tubus quorumdam scyphiformis in- 
curvus. Juss. Gen. Plant. ed. 1789. p. 73. 
Calix none. Corolla of one petal, ligulate, with a ventricose base. Capsule six- 
celled, many-seeded, inferior. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. none. Cor. Monopetalous, tubular, iriegeliile base swelling, subglo- 
bular, tortulose ; tube oblong, hexagon-cylindric ; limb dilated, extended be- 
low into along tongue. Stam. Filaments none; anthers six, fastened at the 
bottom of the stigmas, four-celled. Pist. Germ oblong, inferior, angular ; 
style scarcely any; stigma sub-globular, six-parted, concave. Per. Capsule 
large, six-angled, six-celled. Seeds several, depressed, incumbent. Ency. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Stigmas six. Cal. none. Cor. Monopetalous, tongue-shaped, entire. 
Caps. six-celled, inferior. 
ARISTOLOcHIA serpentaria: foliis cordatis oblongis, acuminatis, caule flexuoso ad- 
scendente, pedunculis radicalibus, corollz labio lanceolato. Willd. 
Leaves cordate, oblong, acuminate ; stem flexuous, adscendent ; peduncles radi- 
cal; lip of the corolla lanceolate. B. 
SYNONYMA. 
Aristotocura pistolochia, s. serpentaria Virginiana, caule nodoso. Pluk. Catesb. 
ArisToLocuia pistolochia, caule nodoso; s. serpentaria Virginiana. Raj. 
ArisTotocntia polyrhizos Virginiana, fructus parvo Rees Moris., 
Poxyruizos Virginiana, Park. 
PrisroLocuta Virginiana. Ger. by Johns, (the figure is A, sempervirens.) 
PisroLocuta, or Serpentaria Virginiana. Bannister. 
