Pothos. 39 
K. Schum. Fl. Kais.-Wilhelmsl. (1887) 19; Warburg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIII. (1891) 
um. i i i oc. 
Tose. di Ort. (1879) 276. — Usque ad 10 m scandens, internodiis 2—5 cm longis, 
ad nodos radicans. Foliorum petiolus dimidium laminae circ. aequans, circ. 4,5 dm 
longus, fere ad apicem usque late vaginatus, vagina complicata, apice breviter auricu- 
lata, lamina oblique elliptica, valde inaequilatera, latere altero interdum duplo latiore, 
basi obtusa, 2—3 dm longa, 1,2—1,3 dm lata, cuspide 2— 3 cm longa instructa, nervis 
lateralibus I. numerosis pa- 
tentibus, nervis collectivis a 
antemarginalibus | utrinque j 
plerumque 3, duobus a 
margine longe distantibus. 
Peduneulus terminalis petio- 
lum folii ultimi superans us- 
dm longus. Spatha 
late linearis, 1,8—2 dm 
dix longe stipitatus, longe 
cylindricus demum spatham 
superans, 1,5—2 dm lon- 
ovoidea vertice truncata, 
stigmate orbiculari sessili 
instrueta. Baccae magnae 
ovoideae vel oblongo-ovoi- 
oblonga plano-concava, lon- 
gitudinaliter leviter sulcata, 
1,7 cm longa, 7—8 mm 
lata, pallide brunnea. — 
Fig. 16. 
Monsungebiet: Pa- 
puanische Provinz: Neu- 
Guinea, Kaiser- Wilhelms- 
land;  Constantinshafen Fig. 46. Pothos Rumphii (Presl) Schott, var. giganteus Engl. — 
er 
(Rück n. 44, Lauter- A Ramulus fructifer. B Fructus. C Fructus sectio transversalis, 
bach m. 150 8); Finsch- uno ovulo aborto. D Embryo/leviter auctus, E Embryonis sectio 
hafen (Hollrung n. 164) longitudinalis. — Icon. origin. 
Vagina breviter auriculata complicata, lamina magna oblonga, basi obtusa, 2—2, 
longa, sicc. 7—9 em lata, apice longe atque anguste acuminata, acumine 1— 1,5 cm 
