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PoTHos MICROPHYLLA. SMALL-LEAVED 
Portuos. 
SH bakakokokok skoteobok 
; Class and Order. 
Terranpria Monocynia. _ 
( Nat. Ord. — Aromwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha monophylla. Spadix cylindraceus, undique flo- 
ribus tectus. Pervanthium tetraphyllum. Baeca di- tetra- 
sperma. 
Specific Character. 
Pornos * microphylla; acaulis, foliis ovatis acutis costatis 
venosis nervoque parallelo versus marginem, petiolo 
subeque longo superne incrassato, spadice brevi-cylin- 
draceo spathe longitudine. 
Descr. Roots numerous, fleshy, simple, partly growing 
out of the soil in-which the plant is cultivated. From the 
crown of these roots, among several purplish-brown scales, 
arise several leaf-stalks, which are glabrous, terete, two to 
four inches long, suddenly thickened, and paler coloured 
_ at the extremity, and bearing a leaf about its own length, 
ovate, acute, quite entire, subcoriaceous, deep green, ae) 
rather-a strong and on both sides prominent midrib, from 
which branch off many veins, and united with a wavy nerve, 
which runs parallel with, but considerably within. x ot 
gin. Scape slender, terete, exceeding the leaves in length, 
bearing a lanceolate, revolute, yellowish-green a 
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* The name is derived from Potha, which is the common appellation given 
to these plants in the island of Ceylon. 
