ARISTOLOCHIA BRUGUIERII, Nob.
A R I S T O L O C H I A , Tourn.
ARISTOLOCHIA BRUGUIERII, Nob.
' Planta herbaeea, subpedalis, verosimilitèr p e re n n is , sub lente hirtella. R adix.... Caulis erectus v . adscendens, séeùs
basin crassitiè calami anserini, supernè sensim tenuior, striato-angulatus, flexuosus, ramosus, foliosus, internodiis infimis
foliorum loeo squamis minutis mcmbranaceis séssilibus instructus; rami cauli similes àt tenui ores, subfastigiati, magis
minùsve divergentes, simplices; v. ra mulos paücos subfiliformes ex axillis inferioribus edentes, alterni, distichi, subgeni-
culati. Folia patentia v. reflexa, alterna, disticha, brevè petiolata, crassiuscula, pedatinervia, venösa, subreticulata, sca-
briuscula, obtusa, nervo medio excurrëntè apiculata, è basi in petiolum decurrente reniformi-bilobâ pleraque triangularia
v. triangulari-ovata (summa plerùmque cordato-ovata v. cordato-oblonga) , marginè subcartilagineo eroso-déùticulata,
ciliólata, suprà pallidè viridia, subtus glaucesbentia; radicalia nulla ; 'caulina pleraque 2-2 1/2 pollicés lata, inferiora et
superiora simulàc ramealia minora pleraque internodiis longiora; petiolus 2-4 lineas longus, concavué, ciliolatus, basi in
vaginulam amplexatilem dilàtatus. Florès solitarii, axillares, pedunculati, in quovis ramo pauci. Pedunculi magis minùsve
deflexi, crassiusculi, striati,*cum flore continu!, 1/2-1 1/2 pollicem longi (folio s'æpissimè breviores, petiolo triplô plùsve
longiores), post anthesin apice incurvi v. reflexi. Perianïhidm olivaceum v. lividè violaceum, proboscideum , nervosum,
reticulatum, sub anthesi circitèr pollicem longum ,'extùs glabrüm, intùs sub lente hirtellum ; tubus basi globoso-ventricosâ
sigmatoideo-incurvus, subcylindraceus-, fauce parùm ampliatus; limbus tubo brevior et subdimidio latior, ovatus, v. ovato-
oblongus, rectus, érectus, basi et apice acuminulatus. Ovarium ovale v. obovatum, puberulum, demùm çernuum.
Gvnostemium compressione omninô déformation scrutare non licuit. Fructus immaturus ovalis, reflexus, sesqüipollicem.
longus. {Exam, s. sft.) •
In Mesopotamia v. in Assyria le g e ru n t Olivier et Bruguièrel (Herb. Mus. Par.)