THE ARISTOLOCHIA CLEM AT IT IS

(AFTER THOME.) the base and obtuse at the apex, and flowers borne in cymose-racemulose clusters of 2 or 3, surrounded by ovate-lanceolate bracts and with an oblong-obtuse lip longer than the calyx-tube. The A. indica, var. B oxyphylla, has obovate sub-pandnrate, abruptly acuminate leaves and a shorter ovate-oblong lip; and the A. indica, var. y lanceolata, has oblong-lanceolate leaves. The root, which has a strong aromatic odor and a very bitter, acrid taste, is used as an antidote to snake-bites, and by snake-charmers as a means of stupefying snakes, and is also used in intermittent fever, gout, Sın pre ion of the menses, and torpor of the abdominal viscera. [B, 19, 172, 180, 214.]—A. Kæmpferi [Willdenow|. A climbing shrub with flowers yellowish externally, dark-purple within, growing in Japan, where it is called san sakso. The fruit is used by the Chinese in pulmonary disorders. [B, 214: L,75.|—A. labiosa. 1. Of Ker, the À. cymbifera, var. tabiosa. 2. Of Sims, the 4. cymbifera. [B,214.]— A. lanceolata [R. me ‘The A. indica, var. lanceolata. [B, 214.] —A. longa [Linnæus|. Fr., aristo loc he longue (ou à racine longue). Ger., ve (oder langknollige) Osterluzei, It.,a.lung a, Sp., aristoloquia larga (Mex. Ph.], A small herb growing in southern Europe, with prostrate stems, alternate reniform-cordate or ovate leaves, and pale-yellow purple-veined flowers inflated at the base and with a reflexed border covering in the throat. The rhizome, radix aristo loch iæ longæ (seu major is), is cylindrical or splndleshaped, a foot in len and 3 inches in breadth, brown externally and yellowish-white within, has a feeble rather unpleasant odor and a taste sweetish at first, afterward nauseous, bitter, and acrid. It is said to po e the power of stupefying snakes, and has been used in atony of the abdominal viscera and nervous system, in suppre ion of the menses, in gout, and in other affec- O, no; 0%, not; O%, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like oo in too; U%, blue; US, lull; U*, full; U*, urn; Us, like ü (German). tions. [B, 180, 197.]—A. longa, foliis an gust is auricula tis {Morison].’ The A. Maurorum [Linnæus). [B, 214.]—A. longa vera Sabbati [Mar tell i and Bonelli]. e A, clem at it is. |B, 214.]—A. lutea {Desfontaines]. A species growing in the val of Bergami, distinguished by only slight characters from A. pallid to which it is generally referred. [B, 178, 214.]—A. macrophylla. 1. Of Lamarck, the A. sipho. 2, Of Duchartre, a species growing in French Guiana. [B,214.]—A. macroura, A. macrura [Gomez]. A Brazilian species with a climbing fruticose stem; 3-parted leaves with oblong obtuse lobes, borne upon longish twisted petioles; and flowers with an infundibuliform calyx-tube and a br lip terminating in a very long pendulous tail. It resembles in pi ysical and therapeutic properties A. cymbifera, and furnishes with the latter a part of the raiz de jarinha of commerce. [B, 180, 197.]—A. cula. See À. longa:—A. Manrorum. Ger., syrische Of Linnæus, a Syrian species having lanceolate leave lobes and solitary brownish-yellow axillary flow The root, which has a strong odor of dung and a bitter taste, was formerly imported into Europe under the title of radix aristo loch iæ Maurorum, and is said still to be employed in its native land for the same uses as that of A. longa. 2. Of Klotsch, the A. bract eat a. [B, 180, 214.]—A. maxima [Duchartre]. À Brazilian species having a fruticose stem pubescent with deciduous hairs, variously shaped leaves, and flowers clustered in racemes, with a narrow recurved ire broad throat, and very broad, acute or mucronate, ovate lip. The ordinary À. moxinia (A, maxima of Linuæus, A. maxima, var. a maxima [Duchartre]) has very large oblong or ovate leaves; the variety A. maxima, var. B gemini flora, has flowers in simple, frequently 2- flowered, racemes; the A. maxima, var. an gust i folia, has small and narrow leaves. The stalks, according to Guibourt, constitute a part of the guaco of commerce, [B, 5, 93.]—A. may or ens is Fisch]. The A. indica, var. lanceolata. [B, 214.]—A. mexican a Flor. mex. ined.]. Sp., tacopatle (Mex. Ph.]. A species found in Guerrero and other hot districts of Mexico: used as an antispasmodic. [J. M. Maisch, “ Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” March, 1886, p. 122; A, 447.]— A. mexican a flore acutiore [Morison]. The À. anguicida. B, 214.]—A. mil-homens. See A. grandiflora.—A. moschata Weddell], A. odorati ma [Linnæus]. A shrub growing in the woods of Mexico and West Indies, all the parts of which have a strong agreeable odor and a bitter taste. e herb and root have been employed as a bitter tonic and stimulant and as a sudorific. [B,180.]—A. off i is [Nees von Esenbeck]. The A. serpent aria, var. oblong at a, [B, 180, lat a (Vell.]. The A. cymbifera. [B, 214.J—A. © s lan ceo lat is [Tournefort]. The A. Maurorum of Li B, 214.]—A. ottonis [Klotsch]. The A. pandurata of Jacquin. [B, 214.]—A. pallid a [Waldstein and Kitaibel]. Syn.: A. rotunda, var. B [Linnœus]. A species rowing in southern Europe, with ovate, almost triangular leaves [borne on petioles which are fully as long as the flower-stalks, and with solitary greenish-yellow, purplish-striped flowers, the limb of which is ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, and half as long as the tube. The root resembles greatly in appearance and medicinal Korg, that of A. rotunda, for which it is sometimes substituted. The 4. pallid a is probably the ıoroAoxia ozpoyyvan of Dioscorides. [B, 178, 180.—A. pandurata. f Jacq à species growing in Venezuela, with pandurate-hastate lower leaves and violet-colored flowers. 2. Of Wallich, the A. indica, var. oxyphylla. [B, 214.]— A. panduriform is {Willdenow]. The A. pandurata of Jacquin. [B, 214.]—A. pentandra (Linnæus]. Sp., gwaco de San Cristobal. A Yucatan species. [B, 224.]—A. peregrin a foliis auricula tis [Morison], A. peregrin a Rauwolfli [Clusius]. The A. Mawrorum of Linnæus, [B, 214.|—A. picta [Karsten]. The A. pandurata of Jacquin. [B, 214.]—A. pis to lochia. » aristo loc he crénelée, Ger., spanische Osterluzei. 1. Of Linnæus, a species growing in southern Enrope, with a stalk only 6 to 9 inches in length, cordate obtuse, pubescent leaves, with a bristle-like apex, and erect solitary yellowish flowers having 2 lips, the upper short and refleeted, the lower oblong, straight, and obtuse. e root, radix aristo loch ice minor is (seu tennis polyrrhizæ), radix pistol och iæ, consists of long, tufted, yellowish-gray rootlets springing from a short slender rhizome, and has a pleasant aromatic odor and bitter acrid taste. It is used like that of A. rotunda. 2, Of Fuchs, the Corydalis solid a, [B, 109, 180.J—A. polyrrhizos anricularibus foliis. See A. serpent aria, var. hastata. — A. punetata [Lamarck]. A San Domingo species with short-petiolate, hastate-cordate, auriculate leaves, and very long, solitary axillary flowers with a narrow base and an acute, long-lanceolate lip. ‘[B, 214.]— A, recurvilabra [Hance]. The green putchuk (Chinese, ch'ing ninh hsiang); a trailing shrub with small, fragrant, yellow roots, used in the treatment of burns and indigestion. The drug has been erroneously referred to A. contort a [Bunge]. |“ Pharm, Jour, and Trans.” Mar, 15, 1873, p. 725 (B).]—A. reticulata [Nuttall]. 1. Of Nuttall, a species growing in Texas, Arkansas, and Loui na, having an erect, bristly, very flexuous stem about 1 foot in height. se ile, amplexicaul, oval-cordate leaves, 3 to 4 inches long. with finely reticulated promise venules, and small, purplish, very woolly flowers, sigmoid n shape. The rhizome, Red River or Texas snake-root, closely resembles that of À. sepentaria, but is somewhat thicker and coarser, and the rootlets are longer, thicker, and le interlaced. Its constitution and medicinal properties are similar to those of A. entaria, and it constitutes with the latter the serpent aria of the U. S. Ph. 2. Of J. P. Holton, the A. maxima, var. gemini flora. [B, 5, 34, 81, 214.]—A. ringens [Vahl]. Ger., rachenfôrmige Osterluzei. A Brazilian climbing shrub, with cordate-rounded leaves and solitary flowers, the inflated reticulate calyx of which divides into a spatulate upper lip and a lanceolate lower lip. The root resembles in ph sical properties and therapeutic uses that of A. cymbifera, and likewise constitutes part of the raiz de jarinha of commerce. [B, 180, 197.]—A. rotunda EL Fr., aristo loc he rotunde (ou à racine ronde). Ger., rundknollige Osterluzei, It., a. rotunda. Sp., aristoloquia redonda [Mex. Ph.]. A species grow in; throng hout southern Europe, with almost se ile, amplexicaul, ovate-cordate leaves and solitary axillary flowers, the perianth of which is inflated at the base and of a pale-yellow color streaked with dark-purple reticulate veins, and terminates in a dark-purple or yellowish-brown oblong-rounded lip, as long as the calyx-tube and reflected so as to cover in the throat of the calyx. The rhizome, radix aristo loc hic rotundæ vere (seu fæminæ), is tuberous, almost spherical, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and beset with delicate rootlets, brownish exteriorly, yellowish-white" within, and has a strong repulsive odor and bitter nauseous taste. It contains starch, resin, and a bitter principle, and was formerly employed in congestions of the abdominal organs, suppre ed menstruation, gout, and asthma. It was also Feputed to have the power of stupefying snakes. {B 178, 180, 197.|—A. rotunda concava. The Adoxa moschatel in a. (B, 59.|—A. Rumphii [Kostel]. A lofty shrub growing in the island of Banda. The root and stalk, which have a strong aromatic odor and bitter, penetrating, somewhat terebinth a ceo us taste, are used in the form of decoction in intermittent fevers and torpor of the abdominal viscera. [B, 180.]—A. sagittata [Muhlenberg] The A. serpent aria, var. hastuta. [B, 81.]—A’säure (Ger.). Ari tolochie acid. [B, 207.]—A. sempervirens [Linnæus]. A sul fruticose or herbaceous species with a prostrate or sub scandent stem, small subcoriaceous leaves, and yellowish fue flowers, growing in Arabia and Crete. The leaves are used_both | ES and externally in the treatment of snake-bites. [Forskäl (B, 5); B, 180, 214.] —A. serpent aria [Linneus]. Fr, aristo loc he serpent a ire [Fr.