AU.VCEE. CSy 



f. Orontiete, 

 (Orontiaceae, Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 239.) 

 a. PothdincB, Schott. (Endl. 1. c.) 

 PoTHOs, L. {Endl. l. c.) 



1. scandens, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 767 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 430; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 451 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 229 ;—B. Reg. 16, t. 

 1337 i—Rheed. 7. t. 40 ,—Rumph. 5, t. 184, /. 2.) %. Paras. Cochin 

 China. Moluccas. Sunda Islands. Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. 

 Bengal. Nepal. Fl. April and May ; fr. R. S. 



Lasia, Lour. {Endl. gen.pl. \,p. 239.) 



l.Loureiri, Schott. (L. aculeata, Lour. — Pothos Lasia, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, 

 p. 438; ed. Carey, 1, p. 458; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 767-) ^^ <P^ 

 Kanta-kuchoo. % Cochin China. Penang. Singapore. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Siihet. Fl. C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



2. heterophyUa, Schott. (Pothos heterophyllus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, /;. 437 ; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 457 ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 767-) #t^ 5rt»T Kanta- 

 man. %. Bengal, (Serampore.) C. S.. but rare. 



p. DracontincE. (Dracontieae, Schott. — Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 240.) 

 Dracontium, L. {Endl. I. c) 



1 . polyphyllum, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 766 ; — R. Br. pr. p. 337 ; — B. 

 Reg. 9, t. 700; — T. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 229, excl. syn. Rheed. and 

 Rumph.) %. Tropical N. Holland. S. America. Malabar Hill, Bom- 

 bay. The Concans. Introduced in 1825. Fl. } The prepared root 

 is supposed by the natives to possess antispasmodic virtues, and is 

 considered a valuable remedy in asthma. It is also used in hemorr- 

 hoids. {Ainslie.) 



y. OrontincB, (Orontieae, Schott. ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 240.) 

 Orontium, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, />. 10, No. 1290; — Endl. I. c.) 



I. aquaticum, L. {Spreng. o. c. p. 118; — Schult. syst. 7, p. 171 ; — Lam. 

 ill. t. 252, /. 2 ■,—Hook. exot. fl. t. 19 ,—B. Cab. t. 402.) %. Swampy 

 places in N. America from Canada to Carolina, Introduced in 1822. 

 Fl. .'' Acrid, but eatable by roasting. {Lindl.) 



g. Acorea, (Acoroideae, Schott.; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 240.) 

 Acoraceae, Lindl. Nat. 

 Syst. p. 365, excl. Tupistra and Aspidistra.) 

 AcoRUS, L, {Sprang, syst. 2, p. 10, No. 1293; — Endl. I. c) 



1. Calamus, L. {Spreng. o. c. p. 118; — Gartn.fr. 2, p. 27, t. 84,/. 10 ; 



Schult. syst. 7, p. 173;— £. B. b,t. 356;— Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 169 ;— 

 J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 230, excl. syn. Rumph. — A. odoratus, Larn., 

 —Rheed. 11,^.60.?) C^f^ ^ Shwet-buch. Stveet Flag. %. Europe. 

 Siberia. N. America. Japan. Common in gardens. Fl. R. S. Schultes 

 1. c. is of opinion, that Rheede's plant is widely different from that of 

 Linneus. The latter remarks, that it is the only native aromatic plant 

 of northern climates The root powdered might supply the place of 

 foreign spices. It has a strong aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent, 



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