\QQ Aroideae Jss. 



98. POTHOS SCANDENS L. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 1700, sed spatha erecta, perigonii foliola et 

 stamina saepius 6, germen trilocnlatnm, gemmnlae in loculis solita- 

 riae, semina albuminosa! 



Char. Spec. cf. Rxb. Ind. I. 451. Hsskl. Dec. 64. Knth. En. III. 65. 1. 

 — Anaparua Rheed. Mal. YII. t. 40. Appendix duplo folio tertia 

 Empli. amb. V. 490. t. 184. 3. 



Descrpt. Herba suffrutlcosa scandens radicans; rami 

 elongati teretes subflexuosi, glabri virides; i^etioli alterni di- 

 sticbi, juniores gemmam Taginantes involventes, adulti folia- 

 ceo-explanati, basi semi-amplexicaules, semitorti, apice cor- 

 dato-emarginati, una cum foliis coriacei, glaberrimi, integer- 

 rimi, supra nitidi, subtus opaci, parallelo-venosi, venis apice 

 confluenlibus, 2 poll. longi, 0,7 poll. lati; folia petiolo duplo 

 longiora, elliptico-oblonga aut ovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi 

 rotundata, 4,0 — 5,0 poll. longa, 1,5 — 2,0 poll. lata; jjedunculi 

 axillares, basi bracteis 4 — 5 ovatis apice mucronulatis arcte 

 imbricatim tecti, 1 poll. longi; spatha in praefloratione sub- 

 globosa cum pedunculo violaceo-viridis, spadicem tunc sessi- 

 lem arcte involvens, apice contorto apiculata, dein uno latere 

 Lians, cordato-cucullata unilateralis ; spadix in anthesi stipita- 

 tus subgiobosus, basi vix attenuatus, ubique florlbus densisslme 

 tectus ; stipes dein elongatus 1 poll. longus violaceus, apice sub- 

 incrassatus ; flores sessiles ; perigonii ibiiola 6, rarius 4, ovata, 

 basi dilatata, subconnata, cum apice concavo tantum exserta, 

 germen imbricatim tegentla et ejus apicem tantum oculis prae- 

 bentia; stamina tot, quot foliola iisque opposita; filamenta 

 linearla, basi dilatata, membranacea, complanata, foliolorum 

 longitudine; antherae exsertae, biloculatae, ellipticae; loculi 

 distincti longitudinaliter rima dehiscentes ; gernwn obsolete 

 hexagonum, obverse pyramidatum, vertice depressum, stig- 

 mate subelevato sessiii coronatum, triloculatum ; gemmula in 

 loculis solitaiia; hacca coccinea cylindrico-oviformis, apice cica- 

 tricula, minuta, hexagona, indehiscens, uniloculata, monosper- 

 ma, basi perig. follolis vegetis (nec incrassatis, nec eiongatis, 

 nec coloratis) clncta; semen obtusum, oblongo-oviforme rec- 

 tum, rugosum, siccum, hepaticum ; aibumen periphericum, 



