455 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNU. PofhoS. 



rated on one side, and plnnatifid on the other. CoroUets apetalous, 

 tetrundrous. Anthers Iwo-lobed. 



Elettadi-Maravara, Rheed. liort. Mai. xii. p. 41. f. CO and 21. 



A very large perennial, sub-parasitical species, so iiiiich like Dva- 

 contium pertusum, that tliey may be readily taken (or the haine plant. 

 It is a native of the mountainous parts ot the Coast o( Coiouiandel, 

 runjiing up, and over the highest trees, to which it adheres like [ly 

 by roots issuing from the joints. 



Leaves alternate, petiuled, cordate, smooth, generally perforated 

 \\ii\y I. near oblong holes on one side, and on the other passing 

 through the margins a^ in the pinnatitid leaves ; their length from 

 twelve to eighteen inches long. — Fetioles nearly as long as the 

 leaves, deeply channelled, wanting the stipule-lite processes at the 

 ape.^, v\liicli Miller's figure represents, in which j)articular dns plant 

 diffeis from that in the first instance. — Scape siiort. — Scathe gib- 

 bous, pointed, a li.tle longer than the spadix, cylindric, obtuse, every 

 M'here covered with the fructitications. — Carol none. — I'llanients 

 intermixed amongst the, germs, (tlie number to each germ cannot be 

 determined, but I think about four,) compressed; upe.\ bitid. An- 

 thers oval, two to each lilament. — VidiU mixed with the membiu- 

 iiaceous lilaments, four-sided, lobed. iSti^le none. bti^nia,\xk.iiob 

 on tlie centre of the lobed germ. 



7. V. pinnata, Linn. Sp. T'L ed. fVilld. i. G86. 

 Sub-parasitic, rooting on trees, the apices of the shoots clothed 



with fibres. Leaves pinnatitid. F/oiiers terminal. 



Adpendix laciniata, Humph, llort. Amb. v. 489. t. 183. J". 2. 



Found in forests in the ^lalay cinmiries, rooting up and running 

 over trees of great size. It is readily distinguished iioni njy dtcur- 

 sivUy by the abundance of brown iibies which are found on tl;eyoun<^ 

 shoots, and the lower part of the petioles. 



8. P. dccursiva, R. 



Perennial, rooting on trees, smooth. Leaves sub-dccursiveljr pin- 



