5g6 



GYNANDKIA HEXANDIUA. 



III. HEXANDRIA. 



Q7Q. ARISTOLOCHIA. Gen. pi. 13S3. 



Sipho. 1. A, foliis cordatis acutis, caule volubili, pedunculis uni- 



floris bractea ovata instructis, corollis adscendentibus, 

 limbo trifido aequali. Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 155. 



A. macropliylla. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 252. 



Jcon. Bot. mag. 534. L Herit. stirp. t. "J. 



On the mountains : Pensylvania to Carolina. Tj . June. 

 V. V. A very high running vine ; leaves large, and 

 well calculated to form shady bowers ; flowers very 

 singular in structure, yellowish-brown ; the leaves 

 are more or less pubescent. 



Serpentaria. 2. A. foliis cordatis oblongis acuminatis, caule flexuoso ad- 

 scendente, pedunculis radicalibus, corollae labio Ian- 

 ceolato. fVi/ld. sp. pi. 4. p. ]5g. 

 In shady woods, on fertile soil : New England to Ca- 

 rolina ; principally throughout the mountains. '2/ . 

 May, June. v. v. This is the famous Virginia 

 Snake-root, so very highly and, 1 think, deservedly 

 esteemed by the Indians and white inhabitants of 

 America. I have seen a very narrow and long-leaved 

 variety of it, which, if there were any difference in 

 the flowers, might claim to be a distinct species. 



IV. DODECANDRIA. 



680. ASARUM. Gen. pi. 601. 



canadense. l. A. foliis lato-reniformibus geminatis, calyce lanato pro- 

 funde tripartite, laciniis sublanceolatis reflexis. — 

 Mich.ji. arner. I. p. 279. fVilld. sp. pi 2. p. 838. 



A. carolinianum. TVait.fi. car. 143. 



A. latifoiium. Satish. prodr. 344. 



Icon. Moris, hist. 3 s. 13. t. ^.f. 4. Corn, canad. t. 25. 



In shady rocky situations : Canada to Carolina. 11 . 

 April. V. V. 'J he root is highly aromatic, and known 

 by the inhabitants under the name of fVild Ginger. It 

 is said to be made use of by the Indian females to 

 prevent impregnation. 



