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PoTHOS CRASSINERVIA. 'T'HICK-RIBBED 
Potuos. 
Class and Order. 
TerranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Aromes. ) 
Generic Character. 
_Spatha monophylla. — Spadix cylindraceus, undique flo- 
tibus tectus. Perianthium tetraphyllum. Bacca di- tetra- 
sperma, \ 7 | 4 a : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
Pornos crassinervia; foliis breve petiolatis obovato-lanceo- 
latis nervosis reticulatis basi attenuatis, apice acuto 
- Costa utrinque prominente, scapo petiolum excedente, 
- Spadice cylindraceo spatham lato-lanceolatam supe- 
=f Yrante. 
Portios crassinervia. Jacq. Ie. 0. 3.t.609. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
—v. 1. p-685.-Humb. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 1. p. 63? 
Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 453. Spreng. Syst. 
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Descr. Root co sisting of a number of clustered, fleshy, 
Wavy fibres, such as are common to parasitical plants, as 
this probably is, on the trunks of trees in its native forests. 
fom this root, among several brown scales, arises a beau- 
tiful tuft or crown of leaves, two to three feet long, includ- 
Ng the short petiole, erecto-patent, subcoriaceous, dark 
Steen, obovato-lanceolate, quite tire, attenuated at the 
. the midrib thick and strong, 
» at the extremity acute : the 4 | 
| y cially-at the base, where, on 
. 
Prominent on both sides, especialh at - 
l€ upper surface, it presents a sharp angle in the centre : 
fath it is indeed more prominent ; but in my ges = 
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