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ARISTOLOCHIA labiosa. 
Maregrave’s Birthwort. 
| GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
. Nat. ord. ARISTOLOCHIE. Jussieu gen. 72; et-in ann. du mus. 5, 221, 
Cor. supera. | Stamina definita, Germ. pluriloculare, loculis polyspermis. 
Stylus brevissimus. Stigma stellatim divisum. Capsula (sicca v.) baccata. 
Semina numerosa. Albumen densé carnosum. Embryo minutus indivisus, 
in regione umbilici, albumine inclusus. Brown prod.1. 849... 
ARISTOLOCHIA. Cor. tubulosa, basi ventricosa, apice dilatata, in 
ligulam extensa. Anthere 6, subsessiles, sub stigmate. Stylus subnullus. 
Stigma 6-partitum. Caps. 6-gona, 6-locularis. Caulis erectus aut volubi- 
lis; Folia alterna; flores axillares; tubus quorundam scyphiformis incurvus. 
Juss. 1. c. 73. : 
A, labiosa, caule volubili, foliis reniformibus subrotundis cordatis amplexi- 
caulibus, corollis basi incurya saceata, medio bilabiatis, labio superiore 
explanato bilobo, inferiore (lanceolato) canaliculato. Link sub ARis- 
TOLOCHIA ringente. 4 
Aristolochia ringens. Link abbild. auserl. gew. bot. gart. zu berl. 1. 35. t.13; 
(nec tamen Vahl symb. 2. 94. t. 47; neve symb. 3. 99; neve Willd. sp. pl. 
4.155.) 
Ambuyaembo. Maregr. brasil. 260; cum tab. (de planta siccaté, bene). 
Planta ob floris structuram singularem coloremgque eximia. Caulis elon- 
gatus volubilis angulatus glaberrimus. Folia alterna petiolo 2 pollices longo, 
lamina ab insertione petioli ad apicem 1 pollicem 2 lineas longa, 3 pollices 
feré lata, obtusa integerrima venosa subtus pallida glaberrima. Stipulx so- 
‘litarie ad basin p 
etiolorum subsessiles cordate obtuse glaberrime 8 lineas 
longe lateque. Flores axillares, solitarit, pedunculo unifloro, 4 pollices et 
ultra longo. Cor. magna; basis saccata incurvata, 1 pollicem 5 lineas longa, 
quam Maregravius non malé cum pyloro ventricali humani comparat; pars 
antica 4 pollices longa, ad 8 lineas a basi bilabiata, labio superiort quast pe- 
_ tiolato bilobo 1 pollicem 8 lineas longo ad 4 pollices feré lato, lobis rotundatis, 
labio inferiore 3 pollices 6 lineas longo canaliculato feré compresso-acuto, si 
explicetur 9 lineas lata; color totius corolle flavescens venis (maculis crebris) 
purpureis (ab externé translucentibus variatus ) reticulatis. Germen oblongum 
stigmate orbiculato appresso coronatum, antheris sea adnatis. Link loc. cit. 
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ArisToLocuia ringens of Vahl is a Jamaica plant, and 
according to every appearance, adopted and figured from 
a well-preserved sample in Mr. Brown’s Herbarium; in 
viewing which it is not easy to conceive how it has come to 
pass that the Brazil plant in Professor Link’s work should 
have been considered by that intelligent botanist to be 
of the same species. In Vahl’s species the larger lip of the 
‘corolla is oblong lanceolate entire and plain within, the 
