436 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. PotllOS. 



8. P. caudata. R. 



Perennial, rooting-. Extreme shoots leafless, flagelliform, 

 and pendulous. Leaves ovate-eordate, from entire to pinna- 

 tifid ; segments sub-ensiform, one-nerved. 



From 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 

 undivided than otherwise. 



9. P. decursiva. /?. 



Perennial, rooting- on trees, smooth. Leaves sub-decur- 

 sively pinnate; segments falcate, cuspidate. Flowers lateral, 

 or axillary, long-peduncled. 



Guj-p?ppwl is the vernacular name of this very large, 

 powerful species, in the Silhet district, where it is indigenous, 

 and blossoms during the hot season. 



Stems as thick as a stout cane, rooting- on, and ascending 

 trees like the common Ivy ; round, smooth, and rather con- 

 tracted between the leaves. Leaves approximate, alternate, 

 petioled, pinnatifid, or completely pinnate ; from two to six, 

 or seven feet long, including the petioles ; segments, or leaf- 

 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 three 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 in the germ and seed vessels. Spathemb- 

 cylindric, length of the peduncle. Spadix cylindric, length 

 of the spathe, completely covered with the innumerable 

 fructifications. Calyx none. Carol none, nor any thing like 

 either. Filuments about four to each germ, and nearly of their 



