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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY, 



the throat wide, hairy, and streaked with yellow. A. triflora 

 and rujpestris are also greenhouse species. 



ABI8T0L0CHIACJEM 



Exogens, with flowers solitary, axillary, hrown or some dull 

 colour ; the floral part adherent, tubular, with the segments ad- 

 hering or rolled in when in bud, sometimes regular, sometimes 

 very unequal. Stamens six to twelve, distinct or adhering to 

 the style and stigmas. Ovary inferior, six-celled generally. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, stalked. — Herbaceous plants or shrubs, the 

 latter often climbing ; common in South America ; properties tonic 

 and stimulating, 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



Gen. Char. {Gynandria Hexandria?) Calyx none ; corolla mo - 

 nopetalous, strap-shaped, ventricose at the base ; capsule six- 

 celled, many-seeded, inferior. 



A few species of this extraordinary genus may be intro- 

 duced for variety with the rest of the climbers ; those suit- 

 able for the greenhouse are not of so extraordinary a cha- 

 racter as many found in South America, or that can be 

 grown in the stove, but they are curious and interesting ; 

 the best are glauca, from Barbary, with yellow flowers, and 



