158 CXXXV. AROIDEX. [.Pothos. 
membranous but rather thick. Embryo thick and hard, ema : eavity 
inthe upper end enclosing a prominent plumula and a small cotyle- 
donous end curved over it.—Tall climbers. Leaves usually distichél 
with the lamina articulate on a phyllodineous petiole. Spikes (or 
spadices) cylindrical or globular, terminal, or if a are the peduncle 
enclosed at the base in two or more sheathing, bract 
us as now ee extends over tropical Asia to do d China and v "- 
dos M dedu. the only Australian one proving to be 
Philippine Islands and South, China 
. P. Loureiri, Hook. and Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 220.—A glabrous 
cas r, clinging to the stems of trees and sometimes covering the 
tallest of them. Leaves exceedingly variable in tii Australian = 
mens, the phyllodineous petiole sometimes linear-lanceolate es or 6 
long, not 3 lines wide an rounded at the end, without any dr 
very small lamina, and passing gradually from that to bikes 
l$ to 4 in. long, 3 to9 lines broad at the upper end, where it is rounded 
or truncate or broadly or deeply obcordate, the lamina from ovate- 
ways 
Queens Moreton Bay, F. Mueller; Pine River, W. Hill; Port Mackay: 
Nernst ; Rockingham m "NH ; Mount Dryander, Fitzalan. d 
N. S. Wales. Has tings, Clarence, Macleay, and Richmond Rivers, Beckler an 
others; Bellinger River, C. Moore ; Tweed River, Guilfoyle. 
The species is also in the disi ev and South China. The characters by bc 
Schott sought to distinguish the Chinese P. Zoureiri and the Philippine E ES 
The species has sometimes the foliage of the commo? 
e fo 0 
dens; inb in > pente distinguished by the spike, dul and cylindrical, no 
Bum ma or ovoi 
Orver CXXXVI. TYPHACEZE. 
Stamens 3 or fewer to each eee. anthers erect, narrow, the “eel 
placed back to back and opening in gece slits. Ovary of 3 
A et ea eh iam SAW er IRURE SEGUE NEED. 
