Cyrtosperma.] CLXVI. AROIDEZ, (J. D. Hooker.) 551 
obovoidly globose, smooth, 1-7-seeded, scarcely longer than the accrescent 
sepals, Seeds compressed, crested; albumen scanty; embryo hooked.— 
Species about 10, tropical. 
c. lasioides, Griff. Itin. Notes iii. 149; Notul. iii. 150; Te. Pl. Asiat. 
<99; leaves sagittate, lobes caudate-acuminate, petiole and peduncle 
prickly, flowers 6-merous, ovules 2. Schott Gen.t. 84; Prodr. 403; Engler 
Ze 270 ; Ie. Ined. No. 89.—Wall. Cat. 4447. 
P ERAK ; in marshes, Scortechini, King’s Collector. MALACCA, Griffith. SINGA- 
PORE, Gaudichaud, &c.—DrsrRIB. Borneo. 
Rootstock stout. Leaves like those of Lasia, 25-3 ft., basal lobes as long as the 
^ n, Costa and nerves prickly beneath; petiole 2-8 ft., sometimes as thick as 
, middle finger. Pedunele shorter than the petiole. Spathe 1-5 in., lengthening 
to8 in fruit, Open to the base, flat, ovate or lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, many- 
nerved, white or yellow within, reddish-brown without striped with. green. Spadix 
ES Stipes stout, dorsally adnate to the spathe. Fruiting spadix 4-6 by lin. 
lam, Berries closely packed.—Young plants are smaller in foliage and spathe. 
30. ANAPHYLLUM, Schott. 
4A tall herb, with creeping rootstock. . Leaves broad, membranous, 
Pinnate or pedatipartite. Spathe large, broadlylanceolate, caudate, twisted, 
qe wbranous, deciduous, base very shortly convolute. Spadix short, cylin- 
we stipitate, flowering downwards, base adnate to the spathe. Sepals 4, 
el obovate, truncate, incurved. Stamens 4, filaments flat; anther- 
el Saccate, pores terminal. Ovary ovoid or oblong, 1-celled, l-ovuled ; 
vor. Sessile, disciform ; ovule semianatropous, parietal. Berries obo- 
-» Wightii, Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 83; Prodr. 404; Engler Arac. 275. 
all. Cat, 8968, 
TRavaNoonn ; Courtallam, Wight 
ns 1-2 ft. long or more ; leaflets 2-6 pairs, sessile or petiolulate, 8-18 by 
sim le? acuminate, ].costate, base cuneate rounded or acuminate, terminal lobe 
Spatie &. divided ; petiole 3-4 ft., quite smooth. Peduncle longer than the leaf. 
6-12 by 2-4 in. Spadiz 1 in. 
31. POTHOS, Linn. 
dubing branched shrubs, branches rooting. Leaves distichous. Pe- 
oa terminal or axillary or from lateral shoots. Spathe small, reflexed, 
ing form, or elongate, persistent. Spadix sessile or stipitate, flower- 
Stamos ards, stipes often decurved or flexuous. Sepals 6, tips incurved. 
ei » filaments flat; anther-cells ellipsoid, slits extrorse. Ovary 
po ed ; stigma small; ovules 1 in the inner angle of each cell, anatro- 
Specing "cries l-3-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo macropodal.— 
P about 20, tropical Asiatic, Australia and Pacific, with one 
Sascar, 
` Leaves with a broad flat truncate petiole, and short entire sheath. 
long. in the Indian species) very short, globose oblong or pyriform, stipes 
ut P. Deng, Linn. Sp. Pl. 968; leaves 2-4 in. oe or lan ceo- 
spa Ar peduncles. in., bracts very small, spathe cymbiform cuspidate, 
Padix globose Ke? or shortly oblong. Bot. Reg. t. 133; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 
