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rica ; 3 from Syria and Asia Minor ; 2 from Japan ; (1 of them Heterotro- 

 pa asaroides, Morr. and Decaisne) ; 2 from the Mascarenhas Islands ; and 

 1 from New Holland. Of Indian species, have been discovered 4 of 

 Bragantia ; (Cochin China, Ceylon, the Concans,) and 5 of Aristolochia, 

 (Java, Peninsulas of India, Bengal, Hindoostan, Khassya Mountains.) 

 Aristolochia rotunda, longa and Clematitis are like the order in general, 

 tonic and stimulating. A. fragrantissima of Peru possesses antidysenteric 

 properties. A. Serpentaria is considered a powerful stimulant in the so- 

 called adynamic fevers. 

 Aristolochia, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 683, No. 3050.) 



J. anguicida, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 751 ; — Pers. syn. 2, p. 527 ; — Jacq. 



amer. t. 144, ed. pict. t. 220; — Roxb. H. B.p. 64.) B /-n Carthagena. 



Mexico. In H. C. G. fl. R. S. {Roxb.) 



2. indica, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 751 ; — Pers. syn. 2, p. 527 ; — Rcxb. fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 489 ; — T. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 178, excl. syn. Rumph. — 

 Rheed. 8, t. 25.) ^'^T^ "g^ Ishwur-mool. B \^ Rangoon. Penang. 

 Coromandel. Cross- Island, Bombay Harbour. Hills throughout the 

 Concan. Bengal, (Serampore.) Hindoosthan. New Holland. Fl. larg- 

 ish green, brownish red, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Root nauseously bitter, 

 considered by the natives to possess virtues against lues and menosta- 

 sia. {Ainslie.) 



3. acuminata, Lam. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 751 ; — Pers. syn. 2, p. 527 ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 480 ; r. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 178.) B r^ Mau- 

 ritius. Banks of the Irawaddi. Taong-Dong. Penang. Chittagong. 

 Courtallum. S. Concan. Silhet. FL largish, dark-greenish-purple, H. 

 and R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



4. saccata, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 2, t. 103.) B v_/ Nepal. Khassya Moun- 

 tains. Fl. dark-purple, internally yellow, Nov. and Dec. ; fr. 0. 



5 . odoratissima, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 752; — Pers. syn. 2, p. 526 ; — 

 Sloan, hist. 1, p. 162, t. 104 -—Roxb. H. B. p. 64.) B r\ Jamaica. 

 Mexico. Introduced into H. C. G. before 1814. Fl. ? 



6. labiosa, Ker. {B. Reg. 9, t. 689 ;— B. M. 52, t. 2545 ;— Spreng. 

 syst. 3, p. 753.) B r\ Brazil. Has been introduced into H. C. G. 

 Fl. ? 



7. cymbifera, Mart. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 753 ; — Mart. nov. gen. and sp. 

 pi. \,p. 76, t. 49 ,—B. Reg. 18, t. 1543.) B /-^ Brazil. Introduced 

 in 1841. 



8. bracteata, Retz. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 754 ; — Pers. syn. 2, p. 527 ; — 

 Roxd. fl. ind. 3, p. 490;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 178.) '4. ^ Coro- 

 mandel, near Madras. Abundant on dark red, or black soil in the 

 Deccan. Banks of the Jumna. Fl. dark-purple, and fr. nearly the 

 whole year. Every part of this plant is nauseously bitter. The 

 dried leaves are anthelmintic. Two of them fresh rubbed up in 

 a little water, and given to an adult for a dose, once in twenty-four 

 hours, are considered a cure for purging with gripes. {Roxb.) The 



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