. 458 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Pothos. 
long lanceolate, acuminate segments, smooth above, nerve and larger 
veins armed on the under side; length from six to fourteen or sixteen 
inches.— Petioles completely armed ; base sheathing ; above round, 
generally shorter than the leaves.— Scapes axillary, solitary, one-flow- 
ered, length of the petioles, and armed like them. — SpatAe sub-cylins 
dric, acute, spirally twisted’ above the spadix; colour a dark dull 
reddish purple; length from eight to twelve inches long, and as thick 
as the little finger, opening at the base only where the spadix is 
lodged while the pollen is discharging, after which it shuts, as before 
that period.— Spadix cylindric, obtuse, completely covered with her- 
maphrodite florets ; length little more than one inch.—— Calyx none.— 
` Petals four, obovate, concave.— Filaments four, broad, length of the 
petals. Anthers two-lobed.—Germ oblong, one-celled, containing 
one ovula, attached to the top of the cell. Style none. Stigma glans 
dular, flat. qe t 
10. P. Lasia, R: 
. Armed. Leaves radical, pinnatifid. Spathe very long, and twist« 
ed above the spadix. Berries one-seeded, muricate. 
.- Lasia aculeata, Loureir. Cochinch. ed. Willd. i. 108. 
. Teling. Moola-sari. 
: Beng. Kanta-kutchoo. 
A native of boggy, or wet places among the Circar mountain. © 
Leaves radical, petioled, pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, smooth 
shining, the nerves on the under side armed with prickles ; length 
| about two feet, breadth about a foot and half. —Petioles erect. from 
two to four feet long, round, every were thickly armed with sharp 
` prickles. —Scape the length of the petioles, round, and equally € cover- 
ed with prickles.—Spathe very long, erect, below gaping; ; above the 
spadix t twisted, leathery, dull red colour.—Spadir about one-sixth of 
the length of the spathe, cylindric, every where covered with the fruc* 
tifications.— Corol, stamens, and pistil as in the genus.— Berries, , (or 
rather capsules,) wedge-formed, omes online ges paio), one- 
seeded.— Seed two-lobed, IIT TEE 
