E Pothos. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIAs $55 
5. P. gigantea, R. 
Perennial. Stems rooting. Leaves oblong, cordate, entire. Flow- 
ers axillary ; florets naked, heptandrous. ; 
= This is the stoutest of these parasitic Aroidec that I have met 
with. Itis a native of Prince of Wales Island; from thence intros 
duced into the Botanic Garden by Mr. W. Roxburgh. Flowering 
. time in Bengal the close of the rains in October. It has not yet 
produced ripe seed there. n 
Stems perennial, creeping on the ground, or upon trees and plants ; 
ina very thriving state, of six years growth, not more than three and 
four feet long, and about four inches in circumference, round, and 
.. strongly marked with the circular scars of the fallen leaves.— Leaves. 
alternate, sub-bifarious, petioled, approximate, oblong, cordate, en- 
tire, smooth ; length from one to two feet high, and about two-thirds 
thereof in breadth.— Petioles as long’ as the leaves, channelled, 
smooth, much enlarged at the base, and stem-clasping.— Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, very short.—Spathe sub-cylindric, short-pointed, 
opening a little on one side about the time that the anthers discharge 
their pollen, smooth on both sides, of a dirty dull purple colour, 
length about six inches.— Spadix cylindric, length of the spathe, ob- 
tuse, every part most closely covered with the sessile fructifications ; 
colour a pale lively yellow, beautifully dotted with the dark linear 
'stigmas.— Filaments about seven to each germ, short, broad, and 
thin. — Anthers two-lobed.—Germs very numerous, parallelopiped, 
truncate, much flattened, vertically one-celled, with generally two 
. ovula, obliquely attached to the bottom of the cell. - Style none, 
Sligma a vertical, linear, grooved, dark-coloured projection on the 
middle of the truncate germ, as in the last species ; the substance 
of the germ and spathe also abound in short stiff bristles, which rea- 
dily enter the skin, causing pain and itching.— Calyx and Corol none, 
- 6. P. pertusa, R. | | 
Scandent, sub-parasitic, rooting on trees. Leaves cordate, perfo- 
