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POTHOS FCETIDA. STINKING POTHOS, or 

 SCUNKWEED. 



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Oafs and Order, 



Tetrandria Monogynia. 

 ■ V. 



Olim Gynandria Polyandria. 



Generic Character. 



Spatha. Spadix fimplex teftus. Cal. o. Petala 4. Stam. 4, 

 Bacca 2-fpermae. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



POTHOS foetida s foliis cordatis fpadice fubglobofo. Hort. 



Kew. 3. p. 319. Mart. Mill. Bin. a. 3. Michaux 



Am. Bar. 2. p. 186. 

 JDRACONTIUM fcetidum. Spec. PI. 1372. Willd. 2. p. 288. 



Reich. 4. 74. Cold. Noveb. 214. Kalm. It. 3. p. 



47. £<#/. AngL 2. go. Gron. Virg. 141. Mart. 



Mill. Did. a. 3. 

 CALLA aquatilis, odore allii vehementer prsedita. Gron. Virg, 



x. p. 186. 

 ARUM americanum Betae folio. Catejb. Car. 2. p. 71. /. 71. 

 ARUM. 12. Mill. Did. ed. 7. 



This lingular plant, our figure of which, we fufpecr, may 

 pafs at firft fight for a drawing of fhells, is a native of North- 

 America, from Canada to Virginia. It certainly correfponds 

 very well with the character of Pothos as far as regards the 

 flower, the berries we have not had an opportunity of feeing ; 

 yet Michaux queries if it may not be a congener of Call a 

 paluflris j we do not however fee any reafon for fuch a fuppo- 

 £tion, the fpadix is covered with diftinft flowers having four 



petals 



