aristolochiacese

pl. [ARISTO LOCHIA.] Bot . An order of plants placed by Lindley under his last or Asaral alliance of Perigynous Exogens. It has hermaphrodite flowers, six to ten epigynous stamina, a three or six-celled inferior ovary, and wood without concentric zones. In 1846, Lindley estimated the known species at 130. Many are climbing plants. In their qualities they are tonic and stimulating. [ARISTOLOCHIA, ASARUM.]