828 c'XLi. arace.t:. 



1. Remusatia vivipara, Schott, in Schott <^- EiulUch. Meleiem. 

 (1832) p. 18, Tubers 1-1^ iu. in diam., clustered, depressed, rooting 

 from the crown ; bulbilliferous ehoots 6-12 in. long, as thick as a goose- 

 quill, simple or shortly branched, ascending, flexuous, bearing at the 

 nodes clusters of oblong, squarrosely scaly bulbils -^-\ in, long. Leaves 

 peltate, 5 by 3i to 18 by 12 in,, membranous, orbicular-ovate or -cordate, 

 acute or acuminate, with strong main nerves and fine venation between 

 them ; petiole 6-12 in, long, with a short sheath, 8pathe 4-5 in long, 

 coriaceous ; tube 1-2 in. long, oblong or ovoid, green ; limb 2-3 in. 

 long, broadly orbicular-ovate or ovate-cordate, 2-3 in. broad, golden- 

 yellow. Spadix 1-1| in, long; the male inflorescence 5 in, long. The 

 plant rarely flowers, but sends up long bulbilliferous shoots from the 

 crown of the tuber. FL B. I. v. 6, p. 521 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 259 ; Engler, 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 2 (1879) p. 496; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 358; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 428 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1113. Aram vivijicirum, Eoxb. PI, Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 496 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 228 ; Wight, Icon. t. 798. 



Konkan: both Konkans, Nimmo ex Graham ; in the clefts of trees in Ghiit jungles, 

 Balzell (^~ Gibson ; Neral below Matheran, M/t'a ! Deccan : Lanoli, Jlw/rfro?/! ; Khan- 

 dala, Woodrow; Koina Valley below Mahableshwar, Coukel — Distrib. India (sub- 

 tropical Himalaya, Khasia Hills, Chota Nagpur, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Java. 



11. POTHOS, Linn. 



Evergreen branching shrubs, climbing by aerial roots. Leaves dis- 

 tichous, obliquely linear to ovate, the blade sometimes obsolete; petiole 

 winged or leaf-like, sheathing at the base. Plowers henuaphrodite, all 

 fertile. Peduncles axillary or infra-axillary, leafy, or sheathed, or 

 naked. Spatlie small, ovate or concave, coriaceous, persistent. Spadix 

 shorter than the spathe, stipitate. Perianth of 6 segments w^ith hooded 

 tips, Stamens 6 ; filaments short or long, linear or dilated ; anthers 

 terminal, dehiscing by extrorse chinks. Ovary ovoid, oblong, or de- 

 pressed, 3-celled ; ovule solitary in each cell, anatropous, adnate to the 

 inner angle ; stigma small, sessile, hemispheric. Berries ellipsoid, often 

 compressed ; testa thick ; albumen ; embryo macropodal. — Distrib. 

 Tropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands, one species in Mada- 

 gascar ; species about 50. 



1. Pothos scandens, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 968. A climbing 

 plant clothing trees and walls like ivy ; stem as thick as the little finger, 

 much branched, tough, terete, smooth, leafy ; internodes ^-1 in. long. 

 Leaves very variable, 2-4 by ^-2 in., obovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 

 acute, acuminate or apiculate, coriaceous, bright green, base cuneate or 

 rounded ; petiole broadly winged, 1-3 by |-| in., the base r]-amplexieaul. 

 Peduncles 4-| iu. long, the base clothed with ovate acute imbricating 

 cataphylls about \ in. long. Spathe ^-4- in. long, cymbiform, cuspidate, 

 green. Spadix yellow, as long as the spathe, stipitate, globose, ovoid, or 

 shortly oblong, the stipes as long as the inflorescence. Anthers terminal, 

 minute, the cells divaricate. Ovary 3-celled, truncate ; stigma minute, 

 h)l)ula1e. Jierries .j-r^ in. long, oblong, scarlet, few ripening. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 551 ; Grab*". Cat. p. 229 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 257 ; Engler, in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. v. 2 (1879) i). 84 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, ]). 364; Woodr. 



