ARISTOLOCHIA TOURNEFORTII, Nob.
A R I S T O L O C H I A , T ou rn .
ARISTOLOCHIA TOURNEFORTII, Nob.
Aristolochia longa , folio minori subrotündo, flore tendissimo , Tourn. ! Coroll. (Non Aristolochiaparvifolia, Sibth.
et Smith, Flora Grceca, tab. 935.)
Planta prostrata v. decumbens, glabriuscula,,pluricaulis, perennis. Radix perpendicular», carnosa, corticata, erassitic
digiti (pars superior sQla subest in .speciminibus pbyiis). Çaules 1/2-1-pedales, subfiliformes, flexuosi, flaccidi, magis
minùsve ramosi, angulati, virides, glaberrimi, v. sublenfe parcè et minutissimè hirtelli, foliati, secùs basin foliorum loco
squamis paucis membranaceis instructi; rami simplices y. subpaniculati, cauli similes et paulô tenuiores , plerique florigeni.
Folia alterna, disticha, crassiuscula, glaucescentia, venosa, reticulata, brevè petiolata, retusa, v. emarginata, apiculata,
.A basi cordatâ v. reniformi in petiolum decurrente suborbicuilaria v. ovalia v. subovata, glaberrima (excepto petiolo ple-
rumquè sub lente minutissimè hirtello), margine subcartilagineo piano integerrimo; radicalia nullaj caulina infima minima
v. adsquamulasfmembranaceas sessiles reducta ; sequentia gradatim majora (1/2-1 pollicem longa); petiolus 1-2 lineas longus,
basi in vaginulam amplexatilem dilatatus, supra concavus. Flores axillares, solitarii, brevè pedunculati, in singulis ramis
pauci, dimensione sàt variabiles. Pedunculus petiolo subæquilongus, cum flore continuus, arcuatus (verosiiùilitèr assurgens).
Perianthium olivaceum v. lividè violaceum, glabrum, nervosum, subreticulatum, sub anthesi magis minùsve curvum
6- i 5 lineas longum; tubus è basi globoso-ventricosa subcylindraceus, arcuatus, fauce su4jampliatus et anticè in dentiçulum
acutum productus, limbo plerùmque paulô breyior; limbus lineari-oblongus v, lineari-lanceplatu^ acuminulatus 1-2 lineas
latus, 3-7 lineas longus, ntmc rectus, nùnc sub tortus. Ovarium globosum, glabrum. Gynostemium proptèr nimiam com-
pressionem scrutare non licuit. Fructus immaturus globosus v. subpyriformis. (Exam. s. sp.)
Grescit in in su lâ Chio ( Tournefort! — Olivier e t Bruguière ! in Herb. Mus. P a r .) nec non in Troade
(Olivier e t Bruguière! in Herb. Mus. Par.)- -