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^ARISTOLGCHIA Chilensis. 



Chilian Blrth-icort. 



GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. AmsTOLocHiiE. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 72.) 



ARISTOLOCHIA. Supra, voL8, fol. 689. 



A. Chilensis ; herbacea, calycis infracti basi ventricosa limbo oblongo obliquo 

 utrinque emarginato intus villoso, pedunculls l-floris ebracteolatis pubfes- 

 • centibus, foliis reniformibus emarglnatis undulatis subtus pubescentibus. 

 A. Chilensis ; Bridges in Hit. 



Caulis volubilis, pubescens, angulatus, pilosus. Folia subtus puhescentia, 

 breve petiolata, exacte reniformia,' emarginata, subcochleata, supra Icete 

 viridia, subtus glauca. Flores axillares, solitarii, ebracteolati, pedicellis 

 petiolorum longitudine, ovariisque pubescentibus. Calyx infractus, viridi- 

 purpureus, venosus, intus villosus, extus Iceviusculus, 2^ poll, longus, basi 

 ventricosus, sursum infundibularis ; Umbo obliquo, utrinque emarginato 

 subcompresso. (Obs. basis calycis deorsum in pileoli speciem ovarii apicem 

 tegentem producitur ; v. analysin hvjus tabulcB.) 



We do not discover any mention of this species among 

 writers on South American Botany ; and yet it appears to be 

 very common in Chili, whence we have had many specimens 

 gathered by various collectors. Mr. Bridges sends it under 

 the name we have adopted, adding that it is called by the 

 Chilenos Oreja de la Zoera, and that it is an herbaceous 

 plant, found in stony places near Valparaiso and Quillota. 



For our specimens we are indebted to Robert Bevan, Esq. 

 who forwarded them to us in flower in September last. The 

 plant is hardy enough to bear our climate, if protected from 



* Sec fol. 13'J9. 



