524 CVT. AlUSTOLOCHIACE.i:. 



1. Aristolochia bracteata, Retz. Ohs. Bot. fasc. 5 (1789) p. 29. 

 A slender perennial ; stems 12-18 in. long, weak, prostrate, branched, 

 striate, glabrous. Leaves l|-3 in, long and as broad as long, reniform 

 or broadly ovate, usually obtuse, cordate at base with a wide shallow 

 sinus, glaucous beneath, finely reticulately veined, glabrous ; petioles 

 ;^-1t in. long. Flowers solitary; pedicels with a large sessile orbicular 

 or subrenitorin bract at the base. Perianth 1-1| in. long, base sub- 

 globose, tube cylindric with a trumpet-shaped mouth, lip linear, dark- 

 purple, with i^evolute margins, finely reticulately veined, as long as the 

 tube. Capsules |-| in. long, oblong-ellipsoid, 12-ribbed, glabrous. 

 Seeds | in. long, deltoid with a slightly cordate base. Fl. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 75; Grah. Cat. p. 178; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 224; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 422 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 278 ; Woodr. in Journ. Btnnb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 366; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 890 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 314. — Elouers: Aug.-Nov. Vern. Kiddmdr; Gandhdti. 



Abundant in the black soil of the Deccan and Gujarat, Dabell 4' Gihsoii. Konkan : 

 Law'. Deccan: Graham; East Deccan, Woodrowl S. M. Country : Eadauii, 

 Cooke I SiND : Hala range, Vkary\; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stucksl — 

 DiSTRiB. India (Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Arabia, Tropical Africa. 



Every part of the plant is nauseously bitter. It is much used by Hindu physicians 

 on account of its purgative and anthelmintic properties and the juice of the plant is 

 squeezed into wounds to kill worms. Ilence its native name Kidumur. See Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Trod. 1. c. 



2. Aristolochia indica, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 960. Shrubby, 

 twining; stems long, slender, woody at the base, grooved, glabrous. 

 Leaves variable ; in the broad form 4-5 by 3 in. ; in the narrow form 

 li_4 by |-1 in., from linear-oblong to obovate-oblong or subpanduri- 

 form, usually obtusely acuminate, glabrous, entire with somewhat undu- 

 late niar<^ins, bas(! cuneate, rounded, subtruncate or subcordate. Elowers 

 in few-tiowered axillary racemes; bracts small, ovate, acuminate, oppo- 

 site the pedicels ; pedicels long, thickened above. Perianth greenish- 

 white, reaching 1| in. long, with globose inflated base, then bent at a 

 right angle and suddenly narrowed into a cylindric tube with oblique 

 trumpet-shaped mouth gradually passing into a long narrow, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse brownish lip. Anthers 6. Style 6-lobed. Capsules 

 l;i-2 in. long, oblong or globose-oblong, opening from below upwards, 

 6-valved, the pedicels sitlitting into 6 iilaments. Seeds deltoid-ovate, 

 acute. Hat, winged. El. B. 1. v. 5, p. 75 ; Grah. Cat. p. ] 78 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 224 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 423 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 277 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 366 ; Prain, Beng. 

 pi. p. 890; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 315.— Elowers : Nov. 

 Vekx. Sapsiind ; tSanij^snn. 



KoNKAN : Cross Island (Bombay Harbour), Graham. S. M. Country : Bdyaum, 

 Jiitchie, ion '. ; Badami, Coo/ccl — Distuib. India (Bengal, Ai[)al, W. Peninsula); 

 Ceylon. 



3. Aristolochia Tagala, Cham, in Linncva, v. 7 (1832) p. 207. 

 An extensively climbing shrub; stems grooved, stout, glabrous. Leaves 

 4-8=' in. long, the ui)1)it leaves 2-3 in., the lower 3-5 in. broad, ovate 

 or ovate-oblong (the upper often subsagitlately lanceolate), acute or 

 acuminate, ba:^e cordate uatally w ith a deep and narrow sinus, glabrous. 



