No. 567. 
POTHOS PENTAPHYLLA. 
Class, Order. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This plant flowered with us in the stove 
in the month of August. We have propa- 
gated it by cuttings, and it succeeds in a 
loamy soil, mixed with decayed vegetable 
matter 
According to Aublet it is a native of 
Guiana, where it is found climbing on the 
trunks of trees, and rooting into the rough 
bark, by which means it grows to a consi- 
derable height. 
In those fertile regions where vegetation 
is so exuberant, multitudes of plants live 
thus upon others ; the great heat and con- 
stant humidity of the atmosphere affording 
them abundant nourishment, while the 
overshadowing branches of the trees, to 
which they attach themselves, effectually 
protect them from the sun’s most powerful 
rays. In this manner the creative power 
and wisdom of God shows itself, suiting the 
nature of each plant to the situation which 
He has appointed for it. His superabun- 
