436 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Pothos, 
8. P. caudata. R. paths; name 
* Sonuedadh rooting. | rae Rea sitet eenitionis 
and pendulous, Leaves ovate-cordate, from entire to’ — 
tifid ; segments sub-ensiform, one-nerved, SEs hi 
Bieont Prince of Wales’ Island slips were brought to the — 
Botanic garden at Calcutta, in 1797; and now, 1812, it is 
one of the most common and most extensive climbers; but 
~ has not as yet blossomed in the garden, The long flagelliform 
‘pendulous extremities of its shoots readily distinguish it.from 
every other species I have seen; the leaves also are oftener 
ae mantienrinieh bios bslotiog otainotic cages. | 
"aie + (iG ; / naenirytchcs 2 beri dyad 
9. Ps clanbdedioonsh Re» peuHy ; 
Perennial; rooting on trees, wisi ‘enna teh 
aileky pinnate; segments mone; rts eis Flowers daveral, 
or axillary, loug-peduncled. © ys oil de eseasac tg. iaulil 
« Gaj-pippul is the vehiidilend ‘name of shiacneshsidanys, 
powerful species, in the Silhet district, NNER nase geo 
and blossoms during the hot season, - 5 
Stems as thick as a stout cane, rooting .on, ae ameiiiae 
trees like the common /vy; round, snioouls and rather: con- 
tracted. between the leaves, | Leaves approximate, :alteruate, 
petioled, pimnatifid, or completely pinnate ; from two to'six, 
or seven feet long, including the petioles ; segments, or leat- 
lets, linear-falcate, cuspidate, entire, smooth,'sometimes from 
three to four-nerved or triple-nerved; length from six. to 
eighteen inches, and two broad, . Petioles from-six inches, 
‘to tliree feet long; round, smooth, stem-clasping, and the low- 
er portion more deeply channelled, Peduncles solitary, axil- _ 
lary or lateral, about six inches long, substantially thick, 
round, smooth, and replete with the same white bristly spi- 
cula that are found iu the germ and seed vessels... Spathe sub- 
cylindric, length of the peduncle. Spadix cylindric, length 
‘of ‘the: uapete; ‘completely covered with: the imumerable 
“fructifications, eae mee ee 
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