430 ‘TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Pothos, 
“3. T. quadrispinosa, R. 
Nut — two ppostte — of straight, acute, aan, 
horns, © Fe 
“A native of Silhet, where it is found floating on lakes, and” 
pools of fresh water ; its kernels are also esculent. 
POTHOS. Schreb. gen. N. 210. 
- Spathe sub-cylindric, Spadix covered with florets, Calyx 
none, or four-petalled. Coro/ none. Stamina indefinite. Germ 
one-celled, from one to three-seeded ; attachment of the ovula 
inferior (in heterophylla superior.) Berry one-celled, rarely 
‘many-seeded.. Embryo uncinate, without perisperm. — 
1, P. scandens, Linn, sp, pl. ed. Witla. i 1,.684, 
~: Parasitic, rooting. Petioles as broad as the lanceolar leaves. 
Flowers axillary. Spadix gobular, reflex. 
_ Ana-Parua. Rieed. Hort. Mal. vii. p. 75. t. 40. ? 
_ Adpendix duplo folio, Rumph. Amb, v. 490. t.. 184. f. 2. j 
_A native of Chittagong, Malabar, and of Amboyna, and. 
other eastern. Islands. .Flowering time in the former cognii 
the month of April. pea 
- Stems.as thick as.a slender ratan, often ramous, saotingiancll 
trees in the most. shady forests, round, smooth, and less suc- _ 
culent than any other species which I have yet met with, ex- 
cept P. gracilis, Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, entire, 
smooth ; length from two. to. four inches, breadth: about .an, 
inch. Petioles most amply winged, so as to be nearly as broad. 
as the leaves themselves, almost as long,equally entire,smooth, 
and marked: with similar veins, Peduncles axillary, solitary, 
clothed with many small, ovate, bractiform scales up tothe — 
spathe, where they are completely recurved.  Spathe boat- 
_ shaped, erect. Spadizx globular, -reflex.: Calyx, or corol, 
‘some roundish scales. mixed amongst. the germs, and of near-— ee 
3 enon — the exactriumber voce not escer a 
