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DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



245. ASARUM. Asarabacca. 



Linn.Gen.235. Juss.73. Fl. Br. 509. Tourn.L286. Lam.t.394. 

 Gcertn. t.\A. 



Nat. Ord. Sarmentacece, Linn. 11. Subsequently, but with 

 hesitation, removed by him to the Rhceadece. 27. Aris- 

 tolochice. 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, 1 2, awl-shaped, half 

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

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

 separated cells. Germ, inferior, turbinate. Style 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, 

 stalked j^ot«;e;'5, of a dull greenish purple. 



1. A. eiiropcEiim. Common Asarabacca. 

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



A. europium. Linn. Sp. PI. ^33. Willd. v. 2. 838. Fl. Br. 509. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 16. t. 1083. Woodv. t. 86. Hook. Scot. 146. Fl. 

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



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



Asarum. Bauh. Pin.\97 . RaiiSyn. 158. Ger. Em. 836./. Mill. 

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

 Hist. 112. f. Fnchs. Hist. 10. f. Matth. Valgr. v. I. 33. f. Ga- 

 mer. Epit. 19. f. Dalech. Hist. 913. /. 914. Palmberg Sert. 

 175. f. 



In mountainous woods in the north of England. 



In several woods in Lancashire 3 Leigh. Ray. Near Kirkby 

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

 for medical use. Dr. Batty. Professor Hooker suspects this plant 

 to be not really a native of Scotland ; but that it is truly wild 

 in the northern counties of England cannot be doubted. It 



