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Aristolochia—continued. 
openen (Tringa) le bro September. 
Merten} 1858. Stove species. 
odoratissima BAe pa rpg ate sweet-scented ; 
uncles one-flowered, longer than the leaf ; Bao rdate lanceo- 
l. cordate, ovate, ever- 
A. leu 
l. cordate, acumina; 
g longer t the perianth. July 
green. Stem twining. h. 10ft. aa 1737. Stove evergreen. 
ornithocephala (bird’s-head).* purple, very large, and 
extremely si To render any E hee pa at all lucid, th: this 
ies may be said to have the head of a hawk and the beak of a 
heron, with the wattles of a Spanish fowl, which, however, are 
grey, netted with brown; head of the same colour, veined ; and 
the beak grey. 1. between cordate and reniform, obtuse. October. 
h. 20ft. Brazil, 1838. Stove species. 
bs ringens (gaping).* fl. extremely grotesque, Tin. to 10in. Jong, 
pale green, marbled and reticulated with black purple. The 
perianth has an obovoid ventricose sac, or cup, 2}in. long, which 
is woolly inside ; tube ascending obliquely from the sac, terete, 
dividing into two very long lips, the upper of which (lower as the 
flower hangs) is oblong-lanceolate, recurved, and hairy inside 
below the middle, while the lower one is shorter, with recurved 
margins, and expanding into an orbicular or almost reniform limb. 
Unlike many other species, the flowers are produced on the young 
shoots.’ a bright green, glabrous, roundish-reniform. 
. 20ft. Brazil, 1820. Stove evergreen. 
_ A. Ruiziana (Ruiz’s). A synonym of A. Duchartrei. 
_ A. saccata (pouch-flowered). . purplish-red, forming a large 
te Hoat circular, verti September. l. 12in. to 1i 
ong, and 4in. broad scattered, ovate-cordate, narrowed at a 
slightly waved and sinuated, entire, more silky beneath t 
above. h. 20ft. Sylhet, 1829. en evergreen, 
A. arr oe ar par le; pertanth incurved. 
May. cordate, oblong, Ett daa! AA prostrate, flexuous, 
somewhat climbing. h. te Conti’ 1727. Greenhouse species, 
. 
Fic. 149. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO. 
A. Sipho tube-bearing).* fl. yellowish-brown ; corolla ascending ; 
limb in ee ual portions, not expanding, ‘fat, brown ; bracts 
The, ovate. May and June. l. "cordate, acute. 
t. to 30ft. North America, 1763. This hardy, 
| ARo shrub grows freely in a deep, free, rather 
f i a. fl. yellow. Old 
, 1854. Sune species, ee 
A. tomentosa (tomentose).* fl. purple riant its tu 
twisted back, Ae ag much AO Be divided than in A. Sipho, 
g, flat, and yellow, with the mouth of the tube of a deep 
eae pokes solitary, without a bract. July. l cordate, 
beneath. h. 20ft. North America, 1799. Hardy. 
tricaudata (three-tailed).* dark gp gt tl solitary, 
split into resale teeters ae an ong acuminate, 
rugose, 5in. to Bin. Tong. | i ui 
stove shrub, — i) See 
A. trilobata 
saccate at, base; 
tem twining. 
March. h, 3ft. 
Aristolochia —continued. 
A. lia (claw-leaved). jl. racemose ; th brownish- 
purple, stipitate at base, above which it is swollen out in a globose 
or oblong form, with two thickened | grocer wr? near the end ; 
upper end of tube contracted, somewhat curved, terminating in a 
two-lipped b, one ink large, ovate, the other minute. June. 
l. 6in. to Tin. 
ARISTOLOCHIACEZ:. An order of very curious 
plants, with singularly inflated flowers, consisting of a 
calyx only, of a dull, dingy colour. Itis popularly known 
as the Birthwort family, and has an Bagi representative 
in Aristolochia clematitis. 
ARISTOTELIA (said to be named in honour of 
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher). ORD. Tiliacee. A 
hardy evergreen shrub. Calyx campanulate; petals five, 
inserted in the base of the calyx, and alternating with its 
lobes. Easily grown, in ordinary garden soil, in the shrub- 
bery. Propagated by ripened cuttings, which root freely if 
placed under a hand glass; or by layers. 
A. Macqui (Macqui’s).* small, greenish, axillary. May. 
l. nearly ea stalked, obong, a acute, smooth, shining, dentate, 
permanent. h. 6ft. Chili, 1733, A shrub esteemed for its hand- / 
some foliage. The berries are about the size of a pons very dark 
ack. The variegated form is not so 
le, at length becoming 
Panky as the type, but m ore ornamental. 
ARMENIACA (from Armenia, the native country of 
the Apricot). Apricot. ORD. Rosacee. TRIBE Drupacee. 
Small, hardy, deciduous trees. Flowers appearing before the 
leaves from scaly buds, solitary, or few together, almost 
sessile. Leaves, when young, convolute. Drupe ovate- 
globose, fleshy, covered with velvety skin, containing a nut, 
or stone, which is acute at one end and blunt at the other, 
with a furrow on both sides; the rest smooth, not wrinkled. 
For culture, &c., see Apricot and Prunus. 
rigantiaca con).* jl. white or pink, glomerate, almost 
sarin March. (Brigancon) BE by aie ela - toothed ; 
the teeth numerous, and lapping over each other. ft. to 8ft. 
<< oF Europe, 1819. 
Ao nea TE iain serra 
h. 10ft. to 16ft. China, 1800. 
A. sibirica (Siberian). fl. ap ign 
minate ; ee ee h. 8ft. to 20ft. 
. white icellate; pedicels 
oe pee petioles glandular. 
A lL ovate, acu- 
Dohe ; 1788. 
ing the scape and turned downwards; 
the base, persistent; flower scapes ‘Jeafless. Leaves linear, 
radical. As the majority of the species differ in mere 
technical details, we have given a representative group 
only. They are easily cultivated in a sandy loam and leaf 
soil, and are increased by seeds and division, separate 
pieces being planted as cuttings under hand glasses ; or 
the rarer kinds should be potted and placed in a frame. 
The seed should be sown in spring, in pots of sandy soil, 
and placed in a cold frame. Although best grown as rock 
plants, most of them do well in pots and borders. A. vulgaris Se 
makes one of the best of edging plants. ; , 
A. cephalotes (round-headed).* jl. deep rose or crimson, in a 
pa eee ox on peice nat Raye l. br 
rous, acute; petioles channelled, 
h. eA to l8in. South Europe, 1800. This a aa i finest 
species, and is best raised from an annual sowing of seed, as it is 
somewhat difficult to increase by divisions. SYNS. A. formosa, A. 
latifolia, A. mauritanica, and A, pseudo-armeria, 
A. dianthoides (Pink like).* A light pink, in close heads abont 
6in. high. May and i. spreading, flattened, nerved, 
slightly downy. South Sood 1810. . 
A. formosa (handsome). Synonymous with A. cephalotes. 
Apnesi Com TIS a A D ee el baa about 3in. 
roundish, pointed, deep- pe = : 
South Europe. A ery roy y alpine species. : 
