LAURI^[EiE. 



(lavhel family.) 



FiC. 



(07 



'S2: 



Leaf and flower of Aristolochia Lillarclieii ■ 



Fic4. 326. 



3. A. l]Sillardicri, J. ct Sp. 



H .3; stems erect, slender, puber- 

 ulent. Leaves short-petioled, papil- 

 lose-hispid on both sides, .02 to .03 

 long, cordate-ovate, obtuse, ^vith 

 excised sinus. Flov/evs violet, .02 to 

 .03 long, short-peduncled, solitary 

 in axils; utricle hispid, shorter 

 than peduncle, lip oblong-liugui- 

 form, as long as strongly incurved 

 tul)e; capsule pyriform, .015 long 

 — May and June — 'Ain el Beida, 

 between Alcxandretta and Aleppo. 



■i- * Perigonium expanded cibove and 



heliind into a 1-sided Umh, which is 



cordate-2-aicricled at tase. Tul>e 



strongly incurved. 



4. A. Maiiroruiii, L. If 



.2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk-oblong 

 to cylindrical ; stems naked below, 

 simple or branched. Leaves short- 

 2)etiolcd, Umceolate to linear, hastate, 

 acute, deeply excavated at base, 

 with oltlong - spathulate, obtuse au- 

 ricles. Flowers on a long, nodding 

 peduncle, solitary in axils, hirtu- 

 lous, .04 to .06 long, rusty-colored, 

 with yellow spots ; utricle ovate, 

 .005 to .015 long, lip .015 to .03 

 long; capsule obovate, .03 to .05 

 long, .02 to .03 broad — April to 

 July — Hedges ; not uncommon. 



Var. latifoiia, Boiss. Leaves 

 triangular - hastate, .03 broad at 

 base or more — Jerusalem; Gilead, 



•5. A. pseeilaiitlia, Boiss. % .2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk obloug 

 to cylindrical; stems naked bolow, simple or branched. Leaves long- 

 or shoH-jjetioled, triangular -hastate to ovate, deeply excavated at base, 

 with obtuse, recurved auricles. Flowers on a long, nodding peduncle, 

 solitary in axils, .04 to .1 long, hirsute without, glahrous tcithin, green- 

 ish-yellow, with blackish-purple spots near throat; utricle ovate, .005 

 to .015 long, lip .015 to .03 long; capsule oblong-obovate, .03 to .05 

 long — May to July — Shady and rocky places; common. Probably 

 only a variety of the last. 



Leaf 



Aristolorhia 



Aromatic trees or shruls, vnth simple^ alternate leaves, 

 (purs vntli) dhoicious floioers^ the perigonium free^ {ours) of ^ 

 sepals, itnbricate in the hud, and a 'i-celled, l-ovided ovary, 

 ■forming a herry or drupe in fruit; anthers opening hy 



