ARISTOLOCHIA 



ARISTOTELIA 



the name" (Hook, in B.M., vol. 74): the great ex- 

 panded cordate-ovate limb several inches across, 

 wavy-margined, purple-blotched and veined, termina- 

 ting in a long and slender ciliated tail: strong-scented. 

 Var. Sturtevantii, W. Wats., is the form chiefly known 

 in cult., being very large-fld., often 20 in. diam., and 

 with a tail 3 ft. or more 

 long. W. Indies, Cent, and 

 S. Amer. B.M. 4368-9. 

 B.R. 28:60. F.S.4:351-2. 

 G.F. 3:597-599 (adapted 

 in Fig. 379). A.F. 10:157. 

 G.C. III. 19:73. Gng. 

 3:23. Gn. 50:378. Var. 

 Hookeri, Duch. (A. gig- 

 initi'u. Hook.), is glabrous, 

 inodorous, with a short-tailed fl. 

 B.M. 4221. 



DD. Blossoms not tailed, although 

 perhaps bearing long more or 

 less erect point-appendages. 



12. Goldieana, Hook. Whole 

 plant dying down to a large 

 fleshy rootstock: glabrous: Ivs. 

 ovate-cordate or triangular-cor- 

 date, acuminate, the base deeply 

 cut: fls. very large, greenish 

 outside but brown-veined and 

 blotched inside, the lower part 

 of the tube straightish and 8 in. 

 long, the upper part sharply 

 bent over and a foot long, with 

 a funnel-shaped, spreading limb 



a foot or more across, and indistinctly 3-lobed, 

 each lobe terminated by slender appendages; sta- 

 mens 24. W. Afr. B.M. 5672. G.C. III. 7:521; 

 21:337. G.M. 33:286. 



13. brasiliensis, Mart. & Zucc. Glabrous: Ivs. 

 cordate-reniform, obtuse, with deep sinus at base: 

 peduncle 8-10 in. long, 1-fld.: fl. very large, dingy 

 yellow, with marks and reticulations of purple, the 

 limb strongly 2-lipped; tube strongly bent, purple 

 inside; upper lip 4 in. long, violet within, hairy; \ 

 lower lip not longer than the upper, 5-7 in. wide. \ 

 Var. macrophylla, Duch. (A. ornithocephala, Hook.). ' 

 Lvs. large: upper lip 5 in. long, lanceolate^acuminate, 

 projecting from the inflated headlike tube like the long 

 beak of a bird; lower lip on a stalk 2 in. long, then 

 expanding into a flattened, wavy, beautifully marked 

 limb 4 in. long and 4-6 in. across. Brazil. B.M. 4120. 

 Gn. 45, p. 289. A most odd and interesting species, 

 not infrequent in fine establishments. 



14. elegans, Mast. CALICO FLOWER. Slender, 

 glabrous, the fls. borne on the pendulous young wood: 

 Ivs. long-stalked, reniform-cordate, 2-3 in. across, with 

 wide sinus and rounded basal lobes, the tip obtuse: fls. 

 solitary, long-stalked, the tube yellow-green, IK in- 

 long, the limb cordate-circular, 3 in. across, purple and 

 white blotched, white on the exterior, the eye yellow: 

 not strong-smelling. Brazil. G.C. II. 24:301; III. 22: 

 123.' B.M. 6909. A small-fld. and graceful, free- 

 blooming species. A most desirable decorative climber 

 for a warm greenhouse of 55 F. but does not thrive so 

 well in a stove. It is entirely devoid of the unpleasant 

 odor which is characteristic of the fls. of this genus. In 

 Fla. it self-sows freely; and the hanging basket-like frs. 

 are very attractive. 



15. cymbifera, Mart. & Zucc. (A. lahibsa, Sims). 

 Glabrous: st. striate: Ivs. reniform, obtuse and deeply 

 cut at the base, pedately 7-9-nerved, long-stalked: fls. 

 long-stalked. 8-10 in. long, strongly 2-lipped; the upper 

 lip short and lanceolate, acute or acuminate; the lower 

 lip (which, by position of fl. may seem to be the upper) 

 very large, dilated at base, and produced into a long, 

 boat-shaped (whence the name, from cymba, a boat) 



usually 2-lobed projection; fl. creamy white, marked 

 and blotched with maroon. Brazil. B.M. 2545. P.M. 

 0:53 (as A. hyperborea, Paxt.). 



A. attissima, Deaf. Fls. 2 in. or less long, brownish. Sicily 

 and Algeria. B.M. 6586. Would probably be hardy with pro- 

 tection in the middle states. A. angulcida, Jacq. Lvs. long-cor- 

 date: fls. small, 1-2 in. long, with a long-pointed limb. Colombia. 

 B.M. 4361. F.S. 4:344. A. barb&la, Jacq. 

 Lvs. oblong and cordate: fls. 2V6 in., pur- 

 ple. Venezuela. B.M. 5869. A caudAla, 

 Booth=A. macroura. A. ciliala. Hook., 

 and A. cilibsa, Benth.=A. fimbriata. .4. 

 clypeiUa, Lindl. & Andre. Lvs. triangular- 

 ovate, pointed: fls. with a large, oval, pur- 

 ple-spotted, tailless limb. S. Arner. l.II. 

 17:40. B.M. 7512. A. DucMrtrei, Andre 

 =A. Ruiziana. A. fimbriiita, Cham. A 

 free-flowering greenhouse species: Ivs. small, 

 cordate-orbicular: fls. small, the little limb 

 glanduhir-ciliate. Brazil. B.M. 3756 (as A. 

 ciliata). A. hians, Willd. Lvs. round-cor- 

 date: fls. bronze-green, with lobed limb and 

 ahairybeak. Venezuela. B.M. 7073. Allied 

 to A. brasiliensis. A. Kai-mpferi. Willd. 

 Tyll-climbing: Ivs. ovate-cordate or hastate, 

 variable: fls. solitary, tomentose, with nar- 

 row rim, yellow outside, purple inside. 

 Japan. Probably hardy in the N. .4. 

 longicaudata. Mast. Lvs. ovate and cor- 

 date: fls. cream-colored with purple mark- 

 ings, with a large sac-like tube, hairy at the 

 throat, with no expanded limb but a very 

 long tail. S. Amer. G.C. 111.8:493. A. lonuifdlia, Champ. 

 Branches climbing, from a woody rootstock: Ivs. thick, 

 linear-lanceolate: fls. U-shaped, with a 2-lobed purple limb 

 in. across. Hong Kong. B.M. 6884. A. macroiira, Gomez. 

 Lvs. reniform, lobed: fl. dark maroon, 6-spurred, the lip with a 

 twisted cusp. Brazil. B.M. 3769 (as A. cauduta). A. macroiira 

 Xbrasili^nsis, a garden hybrid. A. odoratissima, Linn. Lvs. 

 cordate-ovate: fl. solitary, purple, sweet. Jamaica. A. p6nlica, 

 Linn. Erect or ascending from a globose_ rootstock: Ivs. large, 

 broadly ovate: fls. very large, curved, greenish purple, ill-smelling. 

 Asia Minor. A. ringens, Vahl. Lvs. round-reniform: fl. 7-10 in. 

 long, green marked with dark purple, hairy inside, with 2 long lips, 

 one of which has a much-expanded limb. Brazil. B.M. 5700. A. 

 l\uizinna, Duch. Lvs. reniform-cordate: fls. with tube 1 in. or less 

 long, the cordate-ovate limb 3 in. across, and brown-spotted. Brazil. 

 B.M. 5880 and G.C. 1868:516 (as A. Duchartrei). A. saccala, 

 Wall. Lvs. long-ovate: fls. small, U-shaped, with a very narrow 

 rim (suggesting the Dutchman's pipe), red. India. B.M. 3640. 

 A. Sdlpinx, Mast. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate: fls. small, with a trumpet- 

 shaped, somewhat 2-lipped mouth, purplish. Paraguay. G.C. II. 

 26:457. A. ungulifdlia, Mast. Lvs. 3-lobed: fls. small, brownish 

 andreddish.with a ciliate, tongue-like lip. Borneo. G.C. II. 14: 117. 

 B.M. 7424. A. Wiftlandii, Hemsl. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: fl. 

 pendulous, with a spreading purple-marked limb 5 or 6 in. across. 

 China. B.M. 7011. A greenhouse climber producing its fls. on the 

 old parts of the plant near the ground. L H B 



ARISTOTfeLIA (after the Greek philosopher 

 Aristotle). EUeocarpacex. Woody plants sometimes 

 grown in the open in warm countries. 



Leaves evergreen, nearly opposite, entire or toothed: 

 fls. polygamous; sepals 4-5, valvate; petals of the same 

 number: berries small, edible. A genus of 7 species of 

 trees and shrubs from the southern hemisphere, allied 

 to Elaeocarpus. Prop, by ripened cuttings, under bell- 

 jar or closed frame. 



379. Aristolochia grandiflora. (Xl; 



