Pothos, |  ETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 437 
length. | Anthers cordate, appearing beyond the germ,. 
Germs numerous, the most general form a four-sided wedge, 
apex truncate. Style, scarcely any. . Stigma, an elevated. 
SR oblong ee ere tere 90 LAN 
“10: P. pinnatifida, Re | 
_ Perennial, rooting on trees. dan pinnatifid 5 oaaaie : 
elie, one-nerved, 
_ Anative of-Sumatra; from thence brought into the Bo- 
tanic garden at Calcutta, where it grows freely on the trunks 
_of trees, to which its lateral roots adhere most firmly, the ori- 
- ginal one being still in the ground, where first planted, _Al- 
though some of the plants are six or seven years old ‘-— 
about. ee feet high, they have not bes blossomed, . 
Sa | sae Bike 
H. P. aie ophylla, R, : 
»Caulescent, creeping, armed, Leaves from eS aa 
tate.to pinnatifid. | Spathe erect, spiral, many times longer. 
than the short. ideas tg _— _Florets ses sae te- 
trandrousiiys 20! $55) 150 Aled 
Can inde Dracontiian’ pinata; wan  Zeyl 9289 py 
_»A’nativeof Bengal, delighting in a rich, moist soil; it 
flowers, though rarely, during the cool season... 5. 
Root fibrous. Stems and branches creeping, armed. ith, 
short, sharp prickles, Leaves until the plantsiare old, and 
begin to flower, simple-sagitiate, and cordate-sagittate, after- 
wards pinnatifid, with long lanceolar, acuminate segments, 
smooth above, nerve and larger veins armed on the under 
side; from six to fourteen or sixteen inches long. Petioles 
coanipletely- armed ; base sheathing ;_ above round, generally 
shorter than the leaves. Scapes axillary, solitary, one-flower- 
ed, length of the petioles, and armed like them, | Spathe 
sub-eylindric, acute, spirally twisted above the spadix.; co- 
lour a.dark dall reddish purple ; length fromeight to twelve 
inches long, and as thick as the little finger, opening at the 
base only where the spadix is lodged while the. naniie 
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