Ariatolochia 



ARISTOLOCHIACEiE 



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• 1. A. tPilobata L. Sp. PL 960 (1753) ; leaves trilobed, rarely 

 sUbentire ; perianth with one lip, lip ending in a tail 2 or 3 times 

 longer than the whole perianth. — Jacq. Eclogse Fl. Bar. i. 43, 

 t. 26 ; Wright Mem. 189 ; Griseh. Fl. Bf. W. Ind. 299 ; Dnchartre 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 1, 444 ; Urh. Sijmh. Ant. iv. 210. A. scan- 

 dens foliis sublobatis &c. Browne Sist. Jam. 829. (Fig. 31, A, B.) 



Contra jerva of the north side (Browne) . 



Wright ! Distin ! Bawdier 1 St. Thomas in the Vale, Wateiton ! McNab ! 

 Wilscm ! BalaclavBf, Key ! — West Indies, tropical continental Americas 



Plant with a heavy smell. Leaves G-13 cm. in diam. Bract roundish- 

 elliptical. Perianth, inflated base 3-5 cm. 1., upper tubular portion,.3-5-6 

 cm. 1., lip cordate, about 2 cm. in diam., tail 1-2-3 dm. 1. Capsule 7-8 

 cm. 1., about 2 cm. br, . - 



Fig. Zl.—Ari^tolocMa. 



A, Leafy shoot with flowers • C, Fruit dehiscing. 



^and young fruit. D, Seed. 



B, Gynostemiura. 



A, B, A. trilobata L., C, D, A. elegatis ifla^t. 



2. A. Pingens Vahl Symh: Bot. Hi 99 ; leaves kidney-shaped ; 

 perianth with 2 lips, the upper lip about double as long as the 

 lower, lanceolate, obtuse, the lower spathulate. — Jacq. Collect. 

 V. t. 4 (fruit and seed); Griseh. loc. ,cit. ; Ducharlre torn. cit. 471. 

 A. grandiflora Vahl op. cit. 0% 94, /. 47 (non Sic). Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Von Bohrl Purdie ; Morant ' Bay, Harris \ — Cuba, Venezuela, 

 Colombia. 



Leaves 8-12 cm. in diam. Bract subscarious, reniform. Perianth, 

 inflated base 3-5 cm. 1., upper tubular portion 2 '6-3 cm. 1., upper lip 8-14 

 om. 1.', lower 5*5-6-5 cm. 1. Capsule 8 cm. 1., 3 cm. br. 



