106 . FLORA OF JAMAICA Aristolochia 



3. A. grandiflopa Sw. Prodr. 126 (1788); leaves cordate, 

 roundish-ovate, acute ; flowers very large ; limb above thie 

 mouth ample, cordate-ovate-roundish, ending in a tail generally 

 longer than the limb. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1566 ; Tussac Fl. Ant. 

 t. 27 ; Bescourt. Fl. Ant. Hi. t. 157 ; Hoolc. Bot. Mag. tt. 4368, 

 4369 ; Griseh. loc. cit. (excl. syn.) ; Duchartre torn. cit. 472 ; Urh. 

 Synib. Ant. iv. 211 (non Vahl). A. scandens foliis amplioribus 

 &c. Brmme Hist. Jam. 329. A. gigas Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1842, <. 60. 



Poisoned Hog-Meat. 



Wright 1 north side, Broughton ! Distin 1 St. Mary, McNab 1 Sedburgh, 

 ^Mancliester, Purdie 1 Prior ! March 1 Morce ! Fort Stewart, Metcalfe I near 

 Orange Bay, IVtomasl qear Castleton,.H<MTisl cult, in Hope Gardens, 

 Fl. Jam. 8438. — Trinidad, Panama, Ruatan li., Bay of Honduras, 

 Guatemala. * 



Plant, with a fetid smell, poisonous-. Leaves 8-12 cm. iu diam. Bract 

 perfoliate, roundish-elliptical or ovate, sometimes cordate. Flowers 

 variegated-purple, variable in size. Perianth, inflated base 6-9 cm. 1., 

 limb 1-2 dm. 1. Capsule 10 cm. K, 4 cm. br. 



4*. A. odopatissima L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1362 (1762); leaves 

 cordate, ovp,te or kidney-shaped, obtuse or subacuminSite ; 

 perianth, limb above the mouth cordate-oblong, nmcronate, base 

 broadly inflated. — Bescourt. Fl. Ant. v. t. 356 ; Wright Mem. 189 ; 

 Buchartre torn. cit. 474. A. scandens «kc. Sloane Cat. 60 & Hist, 

 i. 162, t. 104, /. 1. A. scandens foliis cordato-acuminatis «fec, 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 329. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. . . . • 



Contra jerva of the south side (Browne). , 



St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. iii. 32 ! Wright I Broughtonl Shak- 

 spear 1 Swartz I Macfadyen ! Distin I Purdie I McNab I Reward I March 1 

 Shearer I Hope, 700 ft. ; Stony Hill ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6656, 8450.— 

 W. Indies, <3entral America, Paraguay. • 



The whole plant has a pleasant smell. Leaves very variable, 6-14 -cm. 

 1., 4-8*5 cm. br. 2?rac^ broadly elliptical, cordate. PeriantTi, inflated base 

 l'5-2 cm. 1., about 1 cm. br., upper tubular portion •8-1 "5 cm. 1., limb 

 5 '5-7 '5 cm. 1. Capsule 6-1 cm. I. " _ • , 



6. A. elegajis Mast, in Gard. Chron. 1885, pi. 2, 301,^. 64 ; 

 leaves triangular-cordate, obtuse ; perianth, limb above the mouth 

 cordate-deltoid, obtuse, base not much inflated. (Fig, 31, C\ D.) 



■ Troy, 2200 ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 10,655.— Brazil. 



Leaves 4-7 cm. 1., 4-9 cm. br. Br,act roundish,* cordate. Perianth, 

 inflated' base 2-5-3 cm. 1., about 1 cm. br., upper tubular portion l'6-2 

 cm. 1., limb 6-7 cm. 1. Capsule 4-6 cm. 1. 



Family XIV.- POLYGONACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or, more rarely, 

 opposite, with petiole generally iHore or less dilated, ^.mplexicaul 

 at the base, and then often with a membranous margin con- 

 tinuous with the tubular stipule (ochrea) which sheathes the stem ; 

 a ring-like scar is often left at the fafl of the leaf. Flowers 



