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ries &c. The scandent sp. apj3ear the type of 

 Drncontium, which Adanson changed to Mon- 

 stera perhaps a better name. 



817. Spathyema Raf. 1803 des ribed 1808. 

 Ictodes Bigelovv 1818, Amer. Authors Dra- 

 contium L. c^c. Pothos of others, Symplocar- 

 pus Sal. 1815, Beck 1833. Spatha ventricosa, 

 spadix pedunc. ovato florifero, cal. 4part. per- 

 sistens, lobis cucul. crass, spongiosis, stam 4. 

 stylo 4gono pyram. baccis uniloc. oligosp. in 

 spadix immersis. Radix crassa,acaulis,fol. 

 simpl. spnthis radicaUs — Very distinct G. 

 shuffled into many, I restore the best and first 

 name given to it in 1803 as soon as observed, 

 meaning winter spatha. There are 3 types at 

 least see my monogr.. N. fl. 1. Sp. latifolla R. 

 Drac. fetidum L. oft. fig. fol. subrotundis sub- 

 cordatis, spatha ovata acum. macul. North 

 America — "Z. Sp. angiista R. fol. ovatis lanceol. 

 spatha angustata. N. Amer. — 3. Sp. lanceo- 

 lata Raf Drac. camchatense L. fol. lanceol. 

 spatha lanceol. apice plana. In Sibiria. 



818. Strepsanthera Raf (turned anth.) Raf. 

 diff. Pothos, spatha reflexa plana, spadix tereto 

 elongato, apice masculifero, cal. 4part. crasso 

 truncato ineq. persistens,stam 4 ineq. antheris 

 bilobis reversis (dorso ad pist. opp.) pist. obov. 

 4gono trunc. stig, sess. punctis. bacca 2loc. 2 sp. 

 sem. tuberc. Parasilica, acaidis, fol. simpl. 

 — Type Str. macrophyla Raf fol. cord. obt. 

 undul. lobis divaric. spatha lanceol. undulata 

 South America, often figured and shuffled in 3 

 genera. Pothos macrophyla Sw. W. hot. m. 

 2801. P. grandifol. Jaq. ic. 610. Arum acaule 

 Burm. 36. Dracont. cordatum Aubl. Plum. t. 

 51, 63 &c. 



819. Pothos li, non Ad . . This Linnean G. 



