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Europe 1597. 2 mr.o D.Pu S. Europe 1596. R co 2 my.au W.pu Italy 1640. R s.l 2 my.jn Pu Chio 1759. R s.l 2 my.au Y England woods. R co America 1737. C l.p Brazil 1821. C l.p Mauritius 1822. C l.p or 20 jn.jl Y.Pu $or 20 jl.au Gr or 10 13000 ...
Pu Jac, amer. t. 146 Bot. mag. 534 Bot. mag. 1369 Slo. ja.1.t.104.f.1 Jac. ic. 3. t. 608 Rhee.mal.8. t.25 Mor. s. 12.t.17.f.6 Bot. mag. 1115 Bot. mag. 1116 Mill. ic. t. 51. f. 2 Jac.schœ.3.t.385 Mor. s. 12.t.18.f.2 Tourn.it.1. t.147 Eng. bot. 398 Bot. reg. 689 13005 13003 12997 13006 13008 13010 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 1931. Cypripedium. From Kuπρiς, Venus, and πoδiov, a slipper, in allusion to the elegant slipper-like form of the labellum. Handsome plants "which will only thrive in a shady border in peat soil. The American species should be covered with some dry straw in very severe frosts, or if there should be too much wet; they are not easily increased, but will sometimes perfect seeds in favorable situations, particularly if pains be taken to apply the pollen to the stigma." (Bot. Cult. 358.) 1932. Stylidium. From στuλoς, a column, in reference to the manner in which the stamen and style are united into one columnar mass. Beautiful little New Holland plants with pink flowers, remarkable for the singular elasticity of their column, which, being touched with a pin, starts with violence from the side to which it was turned when stimulated. The species grow in sandy loam and peat, and are increased by seeds, or dividing at the root; some of them by cuttings. 1933. Gunnera. So called after Ernest Gunner, bishop of Norway, who published a Flora of his country from 1766 to 1772. An uninteresting plant with orbicular leaves. May be planted in a pot of loam and peat, and plunged in water; it is increased by dividing at the root. 1934. Aristolochia. From açisos, excellent, and λoχός, a female in child-birth; the plant was considered formerly to possess considerable powers in aiding the expulsion of the placenta, and in exciting the lochial ORDER II, GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 12997 Stem leafy, Lobe of column elliptical blunt, Lip shorter than sepals compressed 12998 Stem leafy, Lobe of column triangular acute, Lip shorter than sepals compressed 12999 Stem leafy, Lobe of column triangular oblong blunt, Lip shorter than sepals compressed 13000 Stem leafy, Lobe of column elliptical cordate blunt, Lip longer than blunt sepals, Spike in front 13001 Stem leafless 1-flowered, Leaves 2 radical oblong blunt, Scape scarcely longer than leaves 13002 Flowers with 5 sepals, Lip saccate spurred, Stem leafy 13003 Leaves distichous fleshy nerveless spotted, Scape little longer than leaves 13004 Leaves cartilaginous ligulate not spotted twice as short as the hairy scape 13005 Leaves linear toothletted at edge, Raceme spiked simple and scape glandular 13006 Leaves narrow linear decurrent smooth, Throat-crowned, Lip with an appendage 13007 Stem scandent, Leaves linear cirrhose, Throat crowned, Lip with an appendage, Column downy upwards 13008 Leaves setaceous linear sessile somewhat hairy, Orifice naked, Lip with an appendage 13009 Leaves linear, Spike subsessile divided: partial few-fl. Capsules adnate at base linear 1-celled 13010 Leaves reniform toothed shorter than the scape in fruit HEXANDRIA. 13011 Leaves 3-lobed, Stem twining, Corollas cylindrical broken saccate at base, Lip cordate cuspidate 13012 Lvs. obl. acum. 3-nerved, Stem twining, Peduncles many-flowered, Cor. incurv. Lip ovate mucronate 13013 Lvs. cord. acute, Stem twining, Pedunc. 1-flowered with an ovate bract. Cor. ascend.: limb trifid equal 13014 Stem twining, Lvs. stalked cord. downy beneath, Pedunc. sol. without bractes, Tube of cor. twisted back 13015 Lvs. cordate ovate, Stem twining, Pedunc. 1-fl. longer than leaf, Lip cordate lanceolate longer than cor 13016 Leaves cordate obl. Stem twining, Cor. straight: limb spreading, Lip spatulate bearded at end 13017 Leaves elliptical blunt somewhat emarginate slightly cordate, Pedunc. many-fl. Cor. erect 13018 Leaves roundish cordate acute, Stem twining, Peduncles about 3, Cor. incurved, Lip ovate 13019 Leaves cordate ovate blunt glaucous beneath, Stem twining, Cor. incurved, Lip ovate retuse 13020 Leaves cordate oblong acuminate, Stem prostrate flexuose somewhat climbing, Cor. incurved 13021 Leaves cordate ovate retuse, Stem prostrate flexuose somewhat climbing, Cor. erect, Lip lanc. acute 13022 Leaves cordate oblong acuminate, Stem flexuous ascending, Pedunc. radical, Lip of cor. lanceolate 13023 Leaves cordate blunt, Stem weak, Flowers solitary, Bractes cordate stalked 13024 Lvs. cordate ovate crenate scabrous netted beneath, Stem branched at base flexuose prostrate, Cor. erect 13025 Lvs. cordate ovate blunt subsess. Stem nearly erect and simple, Pedunc. sol. 1-fi. Cor. erect 13026 Lvs. cordate ovate blunt emarginate stalked, Stem flexuose nearly erect, Pedunc. sol. 1-fl. Cor. erect 13027 Lvs. cordate ovate blunt downy stalked, Stem erect hairy, Pedunc. sol. 1-fl. Cor. recurved 13028 Lvs. roundish cordate bluntish stalked, Stem erect, Pedunc. 1-fl. heaped, Cor. erect 13029 Leaves cordate lanceolate, Stem erect shrubby 13030. Leaves reniform roundish cordate amplexicaul. Corolla incurved at base saccate: 2-lipped in the middle 13031 Leaves cordate acuminate, Flowers in racemes, Capsules acutely hexangular 13012 13014 13022 13028 13017 13020 and Miscellaneous Particulars. 13030 discharge. The root of A. serpentaria is said to be the substance which the Egyptian snake-jugglers chew, for the purpose of stupifying the snakes by the introduction of their saliva into the reptiles' mouths. A. clematitis (from κλημa, a young shoot of the vine, in allusion to its appearance) is a species which furnishes one of the roots employed in European medicine. It is stimulant, stomachic, and emmenagogue; use has been made of it for various purposes, as for paleness of the countenance, fistula, sarcoma, &c. A. pistolochia is also employed for the same purposes. It grows upon the dry stony places of Languedoc and Provence. It is used in cases of obstructed perspiration, and in disorders of the lungs. The roots should be chosen of a plump texture, and a yellowish color. They should be newly dried, and possess an aromatic flavor and a bitter taste. Aristolochia trilobata and odoratissima have strong smelling roots, which are looked upon in Jamaica as powerful medicines, and used as stomachics by the slaves. The first species is called Contrayerva of the north side, from its growing in that part of the island; and the other Contrayerva of the south side, for a corresponding reason. The root of A. serpentaria retains a place in the Materia Medica. The dried root is imported into this country from North America; it has an aromatic odor, not unlike that of Valerian; and a sharp, warm, bitter, pungent taste, resembling in some degree that of camphor. Medicinally, it is stimulating, diaphoretic, and tonic.
MONECIA CLASS XXI.