1399 



ARISTOLOC 1 1 i A* trilobata. 

 Th rev. - lohed Birth wort. 



GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Auistolocii1/E Juss. {Introduction to the natural sijatcui 

 of Botany, p. 72.) 



ARISTOLOCHIA.Supu), vol. 8. fol. 689. 



A. trilobata ; foliis trilobis, catile volnbili, coiollis cylindraccis infract is hasi 



saccatis labio cordato cuspidate, cuspide filifornii corolla Uipio loiigiorc 



torto. Willd. sp. pi. 4. 1.51. 

 A. folio hederaceo trifido, maximo tiore, radice rcpente. Plum. spec. 5. 

 A. scandens, foliis sublobatis obtusis, floribus amplissimis. Brown jam. 



328. Barrcre hist, de la France aquinoct. 16. 

 A. trilobata, Linn. sp. pi. 1361. Swartz obs. 341. Jacrj. cclog. t. 26. 

 A. trifida. Lam. encrjcl. 2. 249. 



Caulis fruticosus, volubilis, teres. Folia longt petiolata, cordata, tri- 

 loba, lohis oblong is, obtusis, subcequalibus ; stipuloc in una7n viagnam, cor- 

 datajn, subrotundam, foliaceam connatce. Flores solitarii, pedunculo cum 

 ovario petiolo brcvioribus, inagni, ochroleuci. Calycis tubus inflatus, cylin- 

 draceus, angulatus, basi calcaribus sex, brcvibus, obtusis, inarjualtbus, medio 

 infractus, bilabiatus, labio altero maximo, cordato, fusco-purpurco, bullato, 

 cuspide longissimo, torto, lineari. 



A native of the West Indies, where it inhabits damp 

 forests, and is accounted an antidote to the bite of serpents. 

 In this country it is a hothouse climber, tirowini,^ with ureat 

 rapidity, and producing an abundance of its sin;^uhir Howers 

 at various periods of the year. We presume it will strike 

 readily either from layers or cuttings. 



Our drawing was made from specimens communicated 

 last August by Mr. Greenshields, from the Garden of Richard 

 Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq. 



* From rtg«5To?, excellent, and Xo^u6<;, relating to parturition ; so named 

 in consequence of its reputed virtues in ciiildbirlh, expressed iilso in the 

 English name Birthworl. 



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