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PoTHos CANNZFOLIA. SWEET-SCENTED 
| PoTHOS. | 
| Seles te desks ska abede 
Clafs and Order. 
TETRANDRIA MonocynNIia (Gynanpria. L.) 
| Generic Charaéer. 
Spatha. Spadix fimplex te@us. Cal.o. Petala4. Bacca 
difperma. es ee 
| Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. a 
POTHOS cannefolia ; foliis ellipticis venofis: venis fimplici- — 
bus parallelis, Dryander Mf. a 
POTHOS odorata. Anderfon, ao 
_ A native of the Weft-India Iflands, and confequently 
with us an inhabitant of the ftove, where it is an ornament 
worthy of culture, its foliage being of a lively green and — 
its flowers diffufing an agreeable odour, efpecially in the 
evening, a property very contrary to that of many of the tribe: 
it has the additional recommendation of taking up but litle 
room, The fpathe, which is at firft white on the inner fur- 
face, but changes to green after the flowers decay, adds much 
to the beauty of the flower. 7 | | ag 
The excellent fpecific charaftér by Dr. Dryanper, — 
fhort as it is, fully diftinguifhes it from every known fpecies _ 
of Pothos: indeed the name itfelf will at all times de- — 
note the plant, on which account we have adopted it in pre- 
ference to that of odorata, under which it was fent by Mr, 
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, fuperintendant of the Botanic Gar- 
den at the Ifland of St. Vincent’s, to Mr. Wooprorp, at S 
Vauxhall, at whofe colleétion it flowered in great perfeGtion — 
laft June, when our drawing was taken. cers 
_ Introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew, by the fame _ 
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entleman, in the year 1789, and a fpecimen which flowered ie 
there in the month of April 1790, is preferved in the Bankfian 
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Seems to thrive beft when plunged into the b: 
_ parently may be increafed by offsets from the ro 
