Pothos.. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 431, 
with two polleniferous pits on the inside esd the retuse apex. 
_ Germs many, oblong, one-celled, with one, two, or three ovula 
“attached to the bottom of the cell, and immersed. in a clear. 
gelatinous liquid, Style none. Stigma, an umblicated ele- 
- vation on the apex of each germ... Berries oblong, size of a 
French bean, red, pulpy, one-seeded. . Seed solitary, or two, 
—- to the berry. | 
Qs P, ‘Sicinalias R, 
»Perennial; parasitic. Stems rooting. Leaves et Rhee cor- 
date, entire. Flowers terminal ; florets naked, octandrous, 
Berries one-seeded, 
Sans, Guja-pippulee, Kuri- pippeles; Kupi-vullee, Kalin 
vullee, Shreyusee, Vushira, 
Beng. Guj-pippul. 
A native of Bengal, and common in some’parts of the Mid. 
napore district, where it is cultivated for its fruit, which, cut. 
into transverse pieces and dried, is an article of some impor- 
tance in the Hindoo materia medica, called Guj-pippul, and 
sold by the druggists under that name. . Flowering time the. 
a season ; seed ripe in January. 
Siem perennial, creeping up to the top of large trees, sh 
‘ig the: Ivy, taking firm hold with. its inmsshietalolas roots ; 
about as thick as the little finger, smooth, except the cica= 
trices-of the fallen leaves, and the roots from the side next: 
the tree which supports it. Leaves alternate, sub-bifarious, 
petioled, oblong-cordate, entire, filiform, pointed, smooth on: 
both sides; from six to ten inches lorig, and from three to six. 
broad. -Petioles sheathing, eemate’ sinooth, shorter, than 
the leaves. ..Peduncles. terminal, solitary, round, ‘smooth, 
scarcely half the length of the petioles; when in flower erect, 
but often drooping, from the increasing weight of the fruit. 
Spathe sub-cylindric, opening a little on one side; when in 
flower, smooth on. both sides; greenish without, and ofa pale 
yellow colour within, apex filiform, and a little twisted ; 
- length about six inches. Spadix sub-cylindric, obtuse, equals —_ 
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