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DIVISION III.—DICOTYLEDONES. 
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©LASS V. D. APETALES EPIGYNES, 
ORDER, I.—AaiSTOLOCHIiE. 
Arisiolochia tripteris. Raf. Sarmentosa, foliis cor^ 
datis levis, floribus axillaribus spicatis bracteatis* 
perigonis tubulosis tripteris. Raf.—-Aristoloche 
de la Louisiana. Rob. p. 356. Stems running 10 
to 20 feet, covering the shrubs and bushes with 
their branches, nearly herhaccous, smooth, strong® 
reddish green; leaves yellow green, two inches 
long, one and a quarter wide ; flowers very small 
and white, the three wings of the perigone grow 
broader near the top, six or eight stamina, stigma 
nearly sessile and lobated* 
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. CLASS VI. D. APETALES PERIGYNES* 
Order i.-—Eleagni. 
©. Nyssa denticulata^ Wild. Rob. p. 358". 
