. ARISTOLOCHIA TRIFIDA. 
eg TRIFID BIRTHWORT. 
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of the Genus, ArisToLocuia. Catyx coloured, tubular, 
ni with a sm: ndix, dilated 
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ae veld at the base, and often 
0 a strap-like tongue. ANTHERS six, 
subsessile, placed under the stigma. Srvie ae deficient STiema 
ix-parted. CapsuLe six-celled. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ARISTOLOCHIA TRIFIDA. Root about 
the thickness of the thumb, and two feet long, dividing into three or 
four parts, twisted. Sre veral, slender, flexible, and smooth, ei- 
ther trailing along the gr , or climbing up trees. LowER LEAVES 
about the size of the hand spread out; upper leaves game alternate, 
petiolate, furnished with rath icaul, 
and sometimes even perfoli de ixillary, soli- 
tary, pedunculate, large, distended, ¢ t an inch wide 
at the orifice, terminating in an appe a 
dull red, nearly white within, but F 
hairs of a red colour. The inner surface’6f the appendn 
ish red, marked with a number of veins. Flowers and al 
plant diffuse a strong odour. ~ 
Poputar aND GEOGRAPHICAL Notice. This genus of plata is one 
amongst the most singular productions of the vegetable world, one 
which cannot fail to excite the attention of the most incurious observer. 
The first inquiry would naturally be, wherefore this elongated thread- 
REFERENCE TO THE Sparta ION 
The outline sketch shews the germen of the a trifida, wi a portion of the calyx being 
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