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DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 245. ASARUM. Asarabacca. 



Lmn.Gcn.235. Juss.73. Fl. Br. 509. Tourn.t.2S6. Lam.t.394. 

 GcETtn. t.lA. 



Nat. Ord. Sarmentacecc. \.Anx\.\\. Subsequently, but with 

 hesitation, removed by liini to the Hhceadecv. 21. Aris- 

 tolocMcE. Juss. 23. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, bell-shaped, coriaceous, coloured, 

 permanent, in 3 rather deep, upright segments, with in- 

 curved points. Cor. none. Filam. 12, awl-shaped, half 

 the length of the calyx. A7ith. attached to the inner 

 side of the filaments, below the summit, each of 2 round, 

 separated cells. Germ, inferior, turbinate. Stijle co- 

 lumnar, furrowed, nearly as long as the stamens. Stigma 

 in 6 deep, stellated, recurved segments. Caps, coria- 

 ceous, of 6 cells, not bursting, its outer coat a conti- 

 nuation of the calyx. Seeds several in each cell, obovate, 

 with a pale longitudinal crest. 



Dwarf, creeping, aromatic herbs, with simple, long-stalked, 

 heart- or kidney-shaped, entire leaves; and solitary, 

 siViWied Jio'joers, of a dull greenish purple. 



1 . A. europceiwi. Common Asarabacca. 

 Leaves two on each stem, kidney-shaped, obtuse. 



A. europaeiim. Linn. Sp. PI. 633. Willd. v. 2. 838. Fl. Br.509. 

 Engl. Bot. V. I 6. t. 1083. M'oodv. t. 86'. Hook. Scot. 146. FL 

 Dan. t. 633. Bull. Fr. t. 69. 



A. n. 1547. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 252. 



Asarum. Baith. Pin. 197. RaiiSyn.\58. Ger. Em.836.f. Mill. 

 Ic. 35. ^ 53 . Brunf. Herb. v.].7\.f. Trag. Hist. 64 . /. Cord. 

 Hist. 112./. Flicks. Hist. 1 0./. Mattli. I'algr. v. 1 . 33./. Ca- 

 mer. Epit. \D.f. Dalecli. Hist. 9\3. f. 014. Palmberg Sert. 

 175./ 



In mountainous woods in the north of England. 



In several woods in Lancashire ; Leigh. Ray. Near Kirkby 

 Lonsdale^ Westmoreland, where it is gathered out of the woods 

 for medical use. Dr. Batty. Plentiful in Broad-bottom wood, 

 near Mytholmroyd, six miles from Halifax, Yorkshire. Mr. 

 Roberts Ley land. Professor Hooker suspects this plant to be 

 nut really a native of Scotland ; but that it is truly wild in the 



