AeeOtOHaw crematitrs. ORD. VI. Sarmentacee. 459 
senile state of body, and to lay a foundation for more fatal 
_ diseases.* It is probable that the medicinal qualities of this plant 
are somewhat allied to those of its congener, the Serpentaria ; but 
the sensible properties of the latter demonstrate it to be a4 more 
active medicine. 
Aristolochia is given in substance from a scruple to two dams 
for a dose. 
¢ Brunner, De pancr. p. 143. Werlhoff. Caut. Med. Traét. i. p. 32. See also’ 
Cullen’s First Lin. 5 
ARISTOLOCHIA CLEMATITIS. | CLIMBING BIRTHWORT. 
SYNONYMA. Aristolochia tenuis. Pharm. Edinb. Geoff. ii. 13: 
- Dale.194. Alston.i. 391. Lewis. 111. Murray. i.356. Bergius. 
719. Edinb. New. Disp. 132. Aristolochia Clematitis recta. Bauh. 
Pin. 307. Gerard. Emac. 847. _ Park. Theat. 292: Raii. Hist. 
762. Hall. Stirp. Helv. n. 1029. Huds. Flor. Ang. 394. With. 
Bot. Arr. 1003. Mill. Iust. Eng. Bot. 398. 
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Sp. Ch. A. foliis cordatis, caule erecto, floribus axillaribus confertis. 
ROOT perennial, cylindrical, long, slender, creeping, fibrous. 
Stalks simple, slender, striated, two feet in height, round, smooth, 
in a somewhat zigzag direction. Leaves on footstalks, alternate, 
smooth, heart-shaped, blunt, of a shining bright: green on the 
upper side, beneath veined. Flowers numerous, at the axille of 
the leaves of a greenish yellow. Calyx none. Corolla monope- 
talous, tubular, tube nearly cylindrical, at the base round, at the 
mouth wider, and extended downwards into a long tongue. 
Filaments none. Anthere six, growing underneath the stigma. 
Germen oblong, angular, placed below the corolla. Style very 
short. . Stigma roundish, divided into six portions. Capsule hex- 
agonal, six-celled. Seeds numerous, small, flattish. 
It is a native of this country, growing in woods and hedges, and 
‘producing its flowers from July till September. 
