ARISTOLO'CHIA CILIO'SA. 
~ FRINGED ARISTOLOCHIA. __ 
EXOGENE, OR DICOTYLEDONES. 
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this Pak nan 
NATURAL ORDER, ARISTOLOCHIACES. 
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to which 
this Plant belongs. 
No. 96. 
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GENUS. Arisrorocat. Liyyevs. Froreshermaphroditi. Prericonium 
coloratum tubulosum, tubo inferne cum ovario connato, supra ovarium ventri- 
coso, recto vel curvato, limbo obliquo, ligulato, nune bi-trifido. STaMINA sex, 
disco epigyno inserta; mre enta brevissima, subnulla; anthere extrorse, bilo- 
culares, dorso stylo adnat Ovariem inferum, sexloculare. Overa plarima, 
loculorum angulo waieaiss uniseriatim nang eee anatropa. wadiced 
HERB ¥ 
es. OLIA alterna. Pabitcvit axillares. Enpiicnaer: Genera Planta- 
ARISTOLOCHIA CILIOSA. _Scandens, glabra, foliis exstipulatis : 
sub xquali limbo integro orbiculato patente margine ciliis longis fimbriato, 
CHARACTER OF THE GeNus ArisToLocHtia. FLOoweErs hermaph- 
rodite. | Pertaon coloured, tubular, the tube connate with the ovary 
at the base, swelled above the ovary, straight or curved, the limb ob- 
lique, ligulate or two or three-lobed. | Stamens six, inserted upon 
an epigynous disk; filaments very short or none; anthers opening out- 
wards, two-celled, adnate by their back to the style. Ovary adhe- 
rent, six-celled. Ovuxes several, fixed in single rows to the central 
angle of each cell, horizontal, anatropous. Sryze short; stigmas 
radiating in six divisions. CApsvuLE coriaceous, six-celled, splitting 
into six valves at the dissepiments. SEEDS several, bracteate, the 
testa coriaceous, with a membranous border; raphis broad, corky at 
the base of the seed and terminating at the apex in an impressed chal- 
aza. Embryo yery small at the base of the fleshy or horny albumen. 
Description OF THE Species, ARISTOLOCHIA CILIOsA. STEM 
climbing, perfectly smooth, as well as the rest of the plant. STipuLes 
none. Leaves petiolate, reniform, deeply indented at the base, entire 
