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includes many sp. of different habit, the flowers 

 of which have not been well described, and 

 must be examined again, I have taken 3 Gr. out 

 of it already and more may be blended. Po- 

 thos derived from Potha ceylonese name of 

 SGme,the sp. with cal. 4part. 4equal stam. and 2 

 seeds will belong here ; but Pothos of Adan- 

 son meaning desire in Greek, was the G. 

 Polyanthes. 



820. Tapanava Ad. Raf. diff. Pothos, spa- 

 this ovatis carinatis, spadix globoso florifero, 

 cal. 3-4squamoso, stam. squamis 3-4obovatis 

 intus 2polliniferis, stigma sess. umbilic. Bacca 

 Hoc. Isp, scandens, foL simpL disticha, spa- 

 this axillaris. — Several Asiatic sp. blended in 

 Pothos scandens belong here, of which I will 

 give 2 types. 1. T. indica Raf. fol. lane, striat, 

 petiolis elongatis alatis, spathis pedunc. reflexa. 

 Ceylon and Malabar — 2. T. chinensis Raf. 

 (Pothos scandens hot. mag. 1337) fol. lanceol. 

 acum. falcatis, petiolis, brevis obovatis, spathis 

 subsess. acutis brevis. In China, the spadix is 

 yellow and fragrant. 



821. PoDOSPADix R. diff. Pothos, spatha re- 

 flexa ovata midulata, spadix peduncul. tereto 

 florifero, cal. truncato 4fido, lac. ineq. coales- 

 cens, stam. 2-4eq.. antheris exertis peltatis, 

 bacca 1 sp. ? Acaidis, fol. simpl. nervosis — 

 Type P. reticidata Raf. Pothos crassinervia 

 Jaq. ic. 610. W. P. fol. oblongis cuneatis acum. 

 subtus reticulatis, nervo medio angul, striato, 

 scapo sulcato — South America, Caracas, singu- 

 lar smooth plant, seen dry, in my specimen 

 leaf semipedal on short petiol, scape slender, 

 spatha small undate like a bract, flowers ius- 

 cate, on a spadix quite removed and raised on 

 a peduncJe. 



