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ASARUM anriro.ium. 
Arum-leaved Asarabacea. 
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nart. Orv. ARISTOLOCHLE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyzx 3- seu 4-fidus, germini insidens. Corolla nulla. Pind 
sula coriacea, coronata. 
Asarum arifolium ; foliis subhastato-cordatis, calyee tubuloso, infra lim- 
bum brevissime trifidum coarctatum.—Mich. 
A. arifolium, Micuavx, Fl. Bor. Am. v.i. p. 279.—Punsu, Fi. of N. Am. v. ii. 
p- 596. 
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and veined ; the limb is trifid, with the lobes recurved. The inside of the 
tubular part is velvety, and of a deep purple colour. 
Stamens 12 in number, surrounding and concealing the style; i. 
purplish, subulate, thick, having on each side, attached to nearly their 
whole length, a linear oblong cell of an anther. Pollen subquadrangu- 
lar. Germen scarcely at all inferior. Style short, thick, columnar, ter- 
minated by a stigma with 6, nearly erect, bifid rays, brownish, spotted 
with purple. At the back of each of these rays is an ovate, purple, fleshy 
gland or swelling. 
That this is the Aeerem arifolium of Mine there 
— be, I should think, no doubt, since it so fully accords with 
the character given of that plant in the Flora Boreali-Ame- 
ricana of that author. Living plants were sent to our garden 
from the Savannah by Mr Witson; and they flowered with 
us in the summer. 
