Pothos L. — Lasia Hsskl. 161 



crassum, integrum, soliclum, carnosum; embryo excentricus, 

 versus extremitatem inferiorem seminis collocatus, subobliquus 

 conicus. — Nom. sund. : A'/oi kitjongtjonmg. 



99. LASIA 3IERKLSII Hsskl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Eudl. Gen. 1701. 

 Char. Spec. cf. Hsskl. Catal. 308. 1. 



D e s c r p t. Herba palustris robusta elegans ; caules 

 subterranei adscendentes, ubique radicibus fibrosis crassius- 

 CLilis longis praediti, petiolorum vaginis plane tecti; petioli 

 (in cultis 1—2) 3—5 ped. alti firmi teretes, muricibus rectis 

 pungentibus praeprimis basi armati, versus basin 1,5 poll. 

 crassi prasini, apice 0,4 poU. crassi flavo-virescentes ; folia 

 cordato-sagittata , gigantea, juxta nervum medium 20 poU. 

 longa, lobi 18 poU. longi, a loborum apice ad apicem folii 

 40 poll. longa, medio 20 poll. lata, apices loborum a se in- 

 vicem 35 poli. distantes, laete viiidi-lucescentia, glaberrima, 

 ad nervos primarios subtus armata, ad insertionem petioli 

 exciso - cordata ; lobi elongato- s. ovato -oblongi , acuminati, 

 margine sinuato-repandi , subundulati; pedunculi terminales 

 solitarii, 2 ped. longi, erecti, versus apicem subcurvati, flavo- 

 virentes, versus basin 1 poll. fere crassi, prasini, sublucen- 

 tes, undique irregulariter muricati , muricibus pungentibus ; 

 spatha oblonga acuminata, coriacea nervosa haud contorta, 

 hians lucida extus hjacinthina, nervis sulfureis, ad maturita- 

 tem fructuum palhdior, 8 — 9 poll. longa, 2,5 polL lata; spa- 

 dix cyhndricus, 4,5 — 5,0 poU. longus, 0,5 — 0,8 poU. crassus, 

 ubique floribus hermaphroditis tectus; perigonium 6, rarius 

 5 — 7-phyUum ; fohola carinata, squamaeformia, apice obtusa, 

 intus excavata, straminea ; stamina 6, sepahs opposita; filamenta 

 hyahna, plana, fohoUs aequilonga; antherae terminales erec- 

 tae, adnatae, biloculatae, dorso versus apicem rima brevi 

 dehiscentes, marcescentes, dein deciduae; germen obverse 

 pyramidale, lateribus nunc obsoletis rotundatis, apice plano- 

 convexum, fohohs aequilongum , eisque vertice roseo semi- 

 tectum ; stigma sessile sanguineum orbiculare subumbonatum ; 



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