Ko. 12. ASARX7M. Yi 



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kidney shaped, broad, entire, tip often mucronatebut 

 obtuse, surface puberulent, veined like a net work, 

 and often spotted, glaucous beneath. No stems. 

 Flower solitary between the two leaves, on a curved 

 peduncle, tomentose, purple, darker inside. Peri- 

 gone with three equal segments, acuminate reflexed. 

 Stamina twelve unequal, filaments mucronate, an- 

 thers adnate laterally. Three filiform nectaries or 

 abortive stamina, alternating with the segments- 

 Style conical grooved, or six coalescent styles, crown- 

 ed by six thick revolute stigmas. Capsul round, hexa- 

 gonal, crowned, and with many small seeds. 



HISTORY — A humble stemless plant, with flow- 

 ers nearly concealed in the ground. It has many va- 

 rieties, with small or large leaves, rounded or mucro- 

 nate, spotted or unspotted ; the flowers also vary in 

 colour from greenish purple to dark purple : they 

 blossom in May and June. 



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to a natural order Asarides, called Aristolochides 

 by Jussieu, and Sarmentacea by Linnaeus. In the 

 Linnean system it is placed either in Dodecandria or 

 Gynandria. It has been called Canademe, because 

 first noticed in Canada, the name latifoRa of Salisbury 



would be preferable. 



The names of Wild Ginp;er, Heart Snakeroot, &:c 



arc common to all the other species. The roots arq 

 often collected and sold for Virginia Snakeroot, al- 

 though very ditferent in appearance, but similar in 

 taste, smell and properties. They deserve to be col- 

 lected more extensively, as an article of trade and ex- 



