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III. A|M*tiiloiiN IM^iNlon. 



74 BIRTHWORT FAMILY, or.l.r AHlsToT.ocniArK.E. 



Ilfilw or twining vintn, witii in'rlVct aii<l lar^'' lli>M«'r.s, the IuIm- of tin- j-IoIkmI colyx 



(•(ihiTfiit Willi thr6-t:elliMl 

 ati'l niiuiy-scLMlt'il ovary. 

 lii'.ivcs iiitwily lu-nrt- 

 siijiiM'il (ir ki<lii»'y->*li!i))>M|, 



iilid tilt ire, on \uU'^ Und- 



sliilks, altfrnate, or i-Imj 

 lioin the root.stitok at the 

 NiiiTace of tli(! ^roiwiil. 

 liolie- (»!' tlie lalyx nlj^e 

 to (mIi^c ill iht! lai'l, 

 u.«iiallv liiill-c'olourc'tl. 



471. riiiMf of OiiTiiiiIn A!*:iriiiii or 

 \MM i;iiii."i. ill riim.r *:•: M^nfni- 



li< ■) tliiwi't ilh iili'il l<'i,^tU>M<i>>. uii'l lli>> 

 nilyx »pH'ii| Mill Hal 17:1. KluWiT. 

 Willi till- li.lirHiif till- ml) X rut invay, 



mill tl viiiy ' lit iniiis. ITI Am'I'ii- 



rati' staliii'ii, moll' iiiau'iillli'il ; uiittiili! 

 »lrw. 1::., M.iaiiilUtl (iciMl ilivlilfil 

 IPIiKtliwUo. 



HtemlosH ln'ilta, with ii pair of leavcB ami a fl iwor liftwccii tluiii fioiii tlie Mpicy-tasted 

 ami <'i»'i'j>iii>; lootstock : calyx sliurt. ^clcft or ^litlicd ; stuiiieiis u. witii fiimiit'iitH, 

 wliioii an- tiiiitod nnlv with the haso of the thick o-lolii'd styU', ainl ;irf iKiinicil uliovt* 

 the aiitliers, {Axurnm) \Vll-I)-GlN'GF.tt. 



Twining sliniliH i>f ilsr liiw hcilis: calyx a cvodkiil tiihr. with a iiaiinw tinoat ainl a 

 8]i;;htly 3-lohcil s|iit'ailiiiL,' Ixuihi ; staiiit'iis 0, t>t'>silo 011 the iiiitsiili' i.f tin- 3 inlii's 

 of the Ht'ssilf sti^'iiia, i.e., 2 aiitlu'i-8 or 4 c»'11m to oach lobe, nttachfil to thtj sUgiiia 

 liy tlitir whole Iciigtli : fruit li 6valvotl pod, tilled witli imiiu'ious flat .seeds, 



( .1 ri.Htih'iiffi id ) ] !l liT IIWORT. 



Birth wort. AriMoUtchin. 



1. Snaki HOOT n. ur VtI!(;inia Snakkkoot. Hell) 8' to 15' hijrh ; scvpiiil stems fioin n tufted root, 



downy ; llowi-rs home next the groiiiid, in jjeiieral shape much like the letter S ; leaves 

 oldougdieart-shaped or halbeid-shaped. llich woods; hecoiiwiii.^ scaice. A. ttirpoiii'n'ia. 



2. I'li'i: VINK 15. A tall woody climber, with rounded kidney sliaped leave.s, 8' or 12' broad when 



full f-rowii ; flower iV long, curved like n Dutch pipe; {jreenish outside, and with the short 

 3-Iobed Itorder brownpuride within. Alleghany Mouutaius, or near them ; and cultivated for 

 arbours. a. Sipho. 



