552 CLXVI. AUDIOES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pothos. 



175 ; Schott Meleiem. i. 21 ; Aroid. i. 22, t. 33 ; Prodr. 563 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 457 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 65 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 229 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 257 ; Wall. Cat. 4435 ; excl. D, E, F ; Engler Arac. 84 (excl. var. 

 ft). P. exiguiflorus and cognatus, Schott II. cc. 21, 22, t. 41, 48, and 561, 

 562. P. fallax, Schott Prodr. 560. P. decipiens, Schott in Bonpland. 

 (1859), 165; Prodr. 562. P. Koxburghii, De Vriese in Plant. Jungh. i. 103. 

 Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 40. 



Throughout India, on walls and tree trunks, from BENGAL eastward to BURMA, and 

 southward to SINGAPORE ; and from the CONCAN to CEYLON, and the ANDAMAN and 

 NICOBAR ISLDS. DiSTBiB. Malay Islds., China. 



Stem as thick as the little finger, much branched ; internodes -1 in. Leaves 

 very variable, -2 in. broad, acute apiculate or acuminate; base cuneate or rounded ; 

 petiole 1-3 by -f in., base |-amplexicaul. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the 

 bracts, which are - i in. long. Spathe -5 in. green. Spadix i- in. diam., 

 yellow, about as long as its stipes. Berries f in. long, oblong. P. cognatus, 

 distinguished by the short peduncle is not even a constant variety, and there are not a 

 few other Schottian species, that must go under P. scandens. 



2. P. Vriesianus, Schott Aroid. 22, t. 36 ; Prodr. 565 ; characters 

 of P. scandens, but bracts much larger, % in. long and broad, spadix larger 

 erect inclined or deflexed. Engler Arac. 80. P. Roxburghii, Schott Aroid. 

 I.e. t. 37 (not of de Vriese). Engler I.e. 81. P. scandens, Wall. Cat. 

 4435? 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. H. BHOTAN, Griffith ; SILHET, 

 Wallich. 



Almost exactly intermediate between P. scandens, of which it has the foliage, 

 &c., and P. Cathcartii; which has larger but quite similar spathes and spadix. 

 De Vriese erred in supposing that Roxburgh's and Wight's plant differed from 

 scandens. 



3. P. Cathcartii Schott Aroid. i. 22, t 44, 45 ; Prodr. 565 ; leaves 3-6 in. 

 ovate oblong or lanceolate acute or acuminate, peduncle very stout -|-f in., 

 bracts large concave, spathe orbicular, spadix stoutly stipitate suberect or 

 decurved oblong or globose. Engler Arac. 85. P. scandens, Don Prodr. 

 21 ; Wall. Cat. 4435, D, E, F. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, ascending to 4000 ft. from Kumaon, Strachey Sf Winter- 

 bottom to BHOTAN, ASSAM, the KHASIA HILLS, MUNNIPORE and BURMA. 



A very muqh larger plant than P. scandens, or Vriesianus, with thickly coria- 

 ceous bracts, the inner sometimes ^ in. long, a spathe sometimes nearly an inch 

 broad, and spadix in. diam., on a stipes J f in. long. Berries -f in. long, 

 obovoid or oblong, scarlet. 



4. P. angrustifolius, Presl. Epimel. 242; leaves l-2 by -| in. 

 linear apiculate, peduncle very short, bracts small, spathe lanceolate, 

 spadix suberect minute globose or ellipsoid. Schott Aroid. i. 21, t. 31 ; 

 Prodr. 559 ; Engler Arac. 81. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer, &c. 



Stem much branched ; branches short, as thick as a crow-quill ; internodes ^-i in. 

 Leaves -^ in. broad ; nerves parallel ; petiole i-^in. Spathe % in. long. Spadix 

 in. diam. 



5. P. Hookeri, Schott Aroid. i. 23, t. 46 ; Prodr. 566 ; leaves 3-4 in. 

 lanceolate acuminate, peduncle li-2f in. decurved, bracts ovate acute, 

 spathe cymbiform acuminate, spadix oblong. P. scandens, Hook. Ic. PL t. 

 175. P. scandens, var. Hookeri, Engler Arac. 84. 



