Rhaphidophora. CXXXV. AROIDER. 157 
Schott distinguishes the three species cited above by the DN the aa of 
the lobing, and. the cordate or non-cordate base of the leaf, ditferenc which may be 
e 
re remain only a few anthers with short divaricate anthers shortly protruding 
` above the ovary. The stigma is oblong, adnate to the centre of the truncate apex. 
5. GYMNOSTACHYS, R. Br. 
Flowers E DAE packed s in slender spikes without any 
o with a very minu nth of 4 scale-like segments in 2 
Series. Stamens 4, sm» E D se cunts ; filaments short, thick, 
lls 
along a tall otherwise leafless 
> l p wit very long 
stass-like radical leaves. p dub: in the axils of leafy bracts 
cape 
The genus is limited to the single species endemic in Australia. 
ui G. anceps, R. Br. Prod. 337.—Roots swollen into fusiform 
Ts. Radical leaves erect, rather rigid, strongly nerved, 1 to 8 ft. 
rales usually 3 to 4 4: lines “br oad. Scapes nearly as tall, much 
ik ed, x acute smooth or serrulate-scabrous edges. Clusters of 
e es usually 3 or 4 : 
long —g k Vate, truncate, not Aming the ovary. Berries 3 or 4 lines 
Schott, Gen. Aroid. t 97; F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 187 
Riy d. Moreton Ba ackho house, F. Mueller and others ; Condamine 
man ; Rockhampton, 2 Bowman, Thozet 
Sart; rud Hunter and Paterson Brest: Bráver- See England, © 
8s River, Fraser, Beckler ; Clarence River, Wilco; ee River, 
> Southward to Illaw. warra, vi Pp OERO o Kiama, H: 
6. POTHOS, Linn. 
Spatha 
deciduon ovate or lancéolate, concave or flat, at length reflexed or 
Pei. of Nha ne pass aphr ed covering the whole 
obo 
cuneate concave segments or scales, in 2 
6 or patel opposite the segments ; filaments flattened ; 
inal, 2-celled, the cells opening on ovoid 
with 1 erect ovule in each sessile. 
; stigma s 
by abortion. Seed without vite the testa 
