Aristolochia Aristolochia, Willd. Aristolochia Aristolochia, Tineo Aristolochia Aristolochia, Boiss. & Spruner

9. A. pallida Willd. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 4 (1): 162 (1805).

Simple or branched, glabrescent, 15-50 cm; tuber globose. Leaves 2-7 cm, ovate-reniform; petiole up to l-5(-2-5)cm. Flowers 3-6 cm, green, yellow or pale brown, with brownish or purplish stripes, the limb often darker. Capsule c. 2 cm, ovoid-oblong. S'. Europe, except the west. Al Bu Co Cr G a G r It Ju Rm Sa Si Tu.

The following two little-known taxa are probably subspecies or varieties of 9. A. macedonica Bornm. , Bot. Jahrb. 61(4): 106(1928) ( A.melanoglossa Bornm .,non Speg.). Like 9 but the tuber sometimes shortly cylindrical; leaves triangular-ovate; flowers 5-6 cm, brown, with pale purple stripes, limb dark purple, deeply emarginate. • Macedonia and Albania. Al Bu Ju. A. croatica Horvatic , Prir. Istraz. Krai. Jug. 18: 195 (1933). Like 9 but said to differ in the stem being rigid; internodes short (c. 2 cm); lower leaves up to 6 cm, decreasing rapidly above, the upper not more than 1 cm, triangular-ovate, thick, rigid; flowers pale purple-brown with greenish veins, limb greenish-yellow. • N. W. Jugoslavia (island o fPag). Ju.

10. A. sicula Tineo View in CoL in Guss., FI. Sic. Syn. 2: 878 (1845).

Like 9 but the stem 20-100 cm; leaves 4-12 cm, ovate-triangular, acute to acuminate; petiole 2-5-6 cm; flowers pale yellow, with brownish stripes. • Sicilia. Si. Perhaps only a subspecies of 9.

11. A. longa L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 961 (1753).

Usually branched, glabrescent, 20-80 cm; tuber cylindrical. Leaves 2-6(-9) cm, ovatetriangular; petioles up to l(-l-5)c m. Flowers 3-5(-6) cm, brownish or yellowish-green, limb brownish-purple; pedicels about equalling petioles. Capsule 1-5-3 cm, globose to pyriform. Mediterranean region, but rare in the east; Portugal. Al BI Bu Co Cr G a G r Hs It Lu Sa Si.

12. A. bianorii Sennen & Pau View in CoL , Butll. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 1911: 19(1912).

Branched, glabrous, 10-30 cm; tuber cylindrical or ovoid. Leaves 0-5-2(-3) x 0-5—1(—1-5) cm, ovate-oblong to ovate-triangular, deeply cordate; petiole 0-1-0-4 cm. Flowers 1-3 cm, brownish-yellow, with brownish stripes, limb reddish; pedicels equalling or longer than petioles. Capsule 5-10 mm, globose. • Islas Baléares (Mallorca). BI.

13. A. microstoma Boiss. & Spruner View in CoL in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1 (5): 50 (1844).

Simple or branched, pubescent, 10-40 cm; tuber cylindrical. Leaves 1-3 cm, ovate-oblong, cordate; petiole 0-2-l-5cm. Flowers 1-5-3 cm, brownish, davate, with apical pore, limb very small or absent. Capsule 1-2 cm, globose. • S. Greece and Kikladhes. Gr.