42 2 Artstoloc Iliac eCT. \Aristolochia. 



petiole very short, stout; fl. on rather long pubescent ped., in 

 shortly stalked irregularly umbellate cymes, bracts small, 

 linear; per.-segm. over \ in., ovate, pubescent, concave; cap- 

 sule 3-4 in., obtuse, 4-sided ; seeds acute at both ends, deeply 

 rugose. 



Var. /3, latifolia, Duchart. in DC. Prod. xv. i, 430. C. P. 3457. 



L. much broader, more pubescent beneath ; capsule 6-8 in., 

 strongly pubescent. 



Var. y, brachycarpa, H/c.f. i?t Fl. B. Ind. v. 73. C. P. 3533. 



L. rather broader; capsule short, about 2^ in. 



Damp shady forests in the moist region up to 4000 ft. ; common. Fl. 

 April, May ; purple or greenish. 

 Also in Western India. 

 Leaves slightly aromatic when bruised. 



2. ARISTOZ.OCKZA, L. 



Perennial herbs, 1. alt., fl. axillary ; perianth irregular, 

 tubular, inflated at base, extended on one side of mouth into 

 a long lip with recurved margins, pilose within, stam. 6, fil. o, 

 anth. sessile in a circle round style ; ov, inferior, long, 6-celled, 

 with numerous ovules, style short, 6-lobed ; capsule dehiscing 

 septicidally through the placentas into 6 valves ; seeds trian- 

 gular. — Sp. 180; 8 in FL B. Ind. 



Stems prostrate ; 1. deeply cordate at base ; 



fl. solitary r. A. BRACTEATA. 



Stems twining; 1. rounded at base; fl. in 



corymbs 2. A. INDICA. 



I. A. bracteata, Retz. Obs. Bot. v. 29 (1789). Adutln- 

 tappalai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 291. C. P. 2256. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 75. 



Stems weak, prostrate, slender, branched, glabrous; 1. 1-2 

 in., ovate-rcniform, deeply cordate at base, rounded but often 

 apiculate at apex, minutely crisped on margin, glabrous, 

 glaucous beneath, petiole i-f in. ; fl. solitary, on longish ped. ; 

 perianth \ in., inflated, base ovoid, lip oblong, obtuse, as long 

 as tube; capsule i^ in., oblong-ovoid, blunt, 12-ribbed, gla- 

 brous, seeds large. 



Dry region, in sandy places; rather common. Jaffna; Mannar; 

 Puttalam ; Trincomalie; Batticaloa. Fl. January, .September; dark 

 purple. 



Also Peninsular India, Arabia, Trop. Africa. 



Leaves very bitter, and, as well as the root, much used as an anthel- 

 mintic and purgative. 



