Plate 43. 
THE BIRTH WORT FAM1IY 
ORDER lav, 
ARISTOLOCHIACE^' 
stamens 
magnif ied Hi 
. ARISTOLOCHIA / 
flower cat 1 
opm CLEMATITIS. 
'natural size n\ 
COMMON 
B1RTHVVORT 
ASARABACCA 
whole flower. 
W section 
stamens A 
sSblstil/ at 
seen 
YAIANTH of 2 or 3 lobes,or undivided or very ir- 
| regular, uni ted at the base into a tube which 
is combined with the seeclcase (superior). 
STAMENS usually 6 or 12, free or united to the 
style. inserted on the top of the secdcase 
Tpigynous) 
PISTIL usually of s or 6 CARPELS 
united together into a seedcase 
which, is combined with the 
base of the perianth- tube 
(inf crioryand thinning in- 
to a short thick style 
which is crowned 
j/vith 3 ore stigmas 
spreading star-like above the stamens 
FRUIT a capsule or berry, with as many cells 
as there are carpels, many-seeded, 
opening by valves down the middle 
of each cell doculicidallyy or irregu- 
larly, or decaying to free the seeds 
(indchiscentr 
FLOWERS usually 
solitary or in clus- 
ters in the axils of 
the leaves 
STEMS often woody 
and climbing 
EAVES alternate, 
'stalked, generally en- 
tire, and heart-shaped : 
at the base ( cordate) 
DISTINGUISHED BY the 
perianth-tube being united 
with the secdcase. by the 
\asarum -To) t thick styic crowned 
europium, with star-Like stigmas & 
Dy the 3-oro- celled fruit. | 
