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* PHILODENDRON crassinérvium. 
Thickbibbed Philodeñdron SÉ 
MONCECIA TETRANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ARACEZ. 
PHILODENDRON. Spatha tota persistens, post florescentiam reclusa. 
Spadix densè obsitus, appendice carens. Anthere singuli floris libere. Ovarium 
multi-(5-15-)-loculare, loculis pluriovulatis, ovulis axi affixis erecti Plante 
Americane tropice, succo decolori, rhizomate in caulem elongatum scanden- 
tem v. arborescentem mutato, foliis remotis, vaginis petiolaribus brevissimis, 
stipularibus elongatis deciduis folio oppositis. Schott. in Meletemat. p. 19. 
P. crassinervium ; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis costá crassissimá inflatà, spathá 
obtusà cucullatà apiculatà spadicis longitudine. 
Spadix apice masculus, basi femineus ipso medio neuter. Flores masculi 
nudi, tetrandri; staminibus crassissimis, truncatis, extrorsùm lineas duas 
parallelas discretas polliniferas per rimam longitudinalem dehiscentes geren- 
tibus, initio bilocellatas, demüm confluentes. Flores neutri e corpusculis 
constantes staminibus similibus sed majoribus, minüs densis, et polline orbatis. 
Flores feminei nudi; ovarium truncatum subtetragonum, 5-7 -loculare, ovulis 
in utroque loculo pluribus azi afizis; stigma pulvinatum, glutinosum, indi- 
visum, omnino nudum. 
This is one of the extraordinary climbers which, in 
tropical forests, lay hold of the trunks and limbs of trees, 
fix themselves upon their bark, root on their surface, often 
twine round ‘and strangle them in their embrace, or some- 
times hang down like cords or cables, from tree to tree, 
contributing, along with wild Vines, Bauhinias, and other 
powerful twisting leguminous plants, Aristolochias, Passion- 
flowers, and the like, to render the forests impassable. 
In the organs of vegetation, Philodendron constitutes 
a case of excessive developement, in part arising out of high 
tree ; in allusion to the habit of the 
* love, and devöpov a 
From ġew to love, and ċevċpov South American forests. 
plants of this genus to over-run trees in the 
