i 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDKIA, 
III. HEX ANDRI A. 
67g. ARISTOLOCHIA. Gen. pl. 1383. 
]. A. foliis cordatis acutis, caule volubili, pedunculis uni- 
floris bractea ovata instructis, corollis adscendentibus, 
limbo trifido aequali. Willd. sp. pl. 4 . p. 1 55. 
A. macrophylla. Lam. encycl. 1 . p. 252. 
Icon. Bot. mag . 534. L Her it. stirp. t. J . 
On the mountains : Pensylvania to Carolina. I? . June. 
v. v. A very high running vine ; leaves large, and 
well calculated to form shady bowers 5 flowers very 
singular in structure, yellowish-brown 5 the leaves 
are more or less pubescent. 
Serpentaria. 2 . A. foliis cordatis oblongis acuminatis, caule flexuoso ad- 
scendente, pedunculis radicalibus, corollae labio lan- 
ceolato. IVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 159 . 
In shady woods, on fertile soil : New England to Ca- 
rolina ; principally throughout the mountains. 1 / . 
May, June, v . v. This is the famous Virginia 
Snake -root , so very highly and, 1 think, deservedly 
esteemed by the Indians and white inhabitants of 
America. I have seen a very narrow and long-leaved 
variety of it, which, if there were any difference in 
the flowers, might claim to be a distinct species. 
IV. DODECAND R I A. 
680. ASARUM. Gen. pl. 801. 
canadense. 1 . A. foliis lato-reniformibus geminatis, calyce lanato pro- 
funde tripartito, laciniis sublaneeolatis reflexis.— 
Mich.jl . amer. 1 . p. 2fg. JVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 838. 
A. carolinianum. Walt.Jl. car. 143. 
A. latifolium. Salisb. prodr. 344. 
Icon. Moris, hist. 3. s. 13. t. J.f. 4. Corn, canad. t. 25. 
In shady rocky situations : Canada to Carolina. 7/. . 
April, v. v. The root is highly aromatic, and known 
by the inhabitants under the name of Wild Ginger. It 
is said to be made use of by the Indian females to 
prevent impregnation. 
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Sipho. 
