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^ARISTOLOCHIA foetens. 



Stinking Birth wort. 



GYNANDKIA HEXAMJRIA. 



Nat. Old. Aristolochiace^. 

 AR1ST0L0CHIA.—Supr(i, vol. 8. fol. 689. 



A. f ceteris ; foliis lato-cordatis acutis, caiile voluhili, pedunculls solitariis, bractea 

 perfoliata, limbo calycis maximo integro cordato labio longissini'i caudato, 

 tubo extus glabro. 



Nauseosa, J'oetida, demum semiputrida ramis scandit longis voluhillhus 

 glabris. Folia cordata sinu aperto, integerrima, subrotimda, acuminata, 

 subtus levissime jmbescentia, glaucescentia. Bracteae solitaricE, orbiculatfE, 

 perfoliatce. Flores viaximi, tubo extus glabro, basi injiato, sursmn angustato 

 costato arcuato, limbo subrotundo cordato basi clauso apice in appendicem 

 longum linearem subspiralem acuminatum producto, luteo purpurcoque livido 

 variegato maculato et punctato. 



A native of the West Indies, whence it has been obtained 

 by Mrs. Marryat, in whose stove at Wimbledon it flowered 

 in June last. Like all the other hothouse species it strikes 

 readily from cuttings. 



It is cliiefly remarkable for the large size, and singular 

 colour of its flowers, which are beautifully variegated with 

 purjDle and dirty yellow ; they have a most disagreeable 

 disgusting smell, which will prevent the plant from becoming 

 a favourite. 



Nearly allied to A. grandiflora, from which it is distin- 

 guished by the smooth tube of its calyx, the colour of the 

 same part, kc. &c. 



See folio 1399. 



