Lasia.) AROIDEZ. 1115 
2-locular, top flattened; ovules many, anatropous, parietal or on 
the edges of the partial septa; stigma rounded or oblong, termi- 
nating a short, conical style. Fruit a cluster of cohering berries, 
but with apices coriaceous and often ultimately separating con- 
jointly. Seed narrow; testa thin; albumen n copious ; embryo 0 axial 
2319, RHAPHIDOPHORA enna Schott; F. B. I. vi. 546. 
Chittagong. 
A lofty, epiphytic climber. 
1011. Pothos Linn. 
Shrubs with climbing Pil, rooting branches ; leaves distichous, 
obliquely linear to ovate, blade sometimes obsolete; petiole 
Winged or leaflike, sephetts at the base. Flowers hermaphro- 
dite, all fertile; peduncles pana or infra-axillary, ‘y or 
n 
sheathed or naked; , ovate or concave; spadix 
shorter than spathe, stipitate pd tens of 6 segments, with 
hooded tips. Stamens 6; ents short long, 
am r 
dilated ; anthers terminal; cells ellipsoid; dehiscence by extrorse 
chinks. Ovary y ovoid, oblong, or depressed, 3-locular; ovules 
solitary, anatropous in each cell, adnate to inner angles; stigma 
sessile, hemispheric. Fruit of ellipsoid or obovoid, 1-3-seeded 
berries. Seeds ellipsoid, often compressed; testa rather thick ; 
men 0. 
2320. Poros scanpENS ai F. I. i. 480; F. B. I. vi. 551. 
N. Bengal; Chittagong. 
An extensive, suas climber. 
1012, Lasia Lour. 
Stout, spinous, aquatic or marsh herbs; rootstock branched ; 
petiole long, prickly ; leaf-blade hastate, entire or pedately lobed 
and cut ; ; petiole and nerves beneath prickly. Flowers hermaphro- 
s 4-6, obova 
truncate, incurved. Stamens 4-6; filaments short, flat; anthers 
With parallel cells, dehiscing by mages slits. Ovary ovoid, 
Leelled; ovule solitary, pendulous from apex of cell; style 
Stout ; iesate depressed. Fruit a Pag of 6-sided, obpyramidal 
berries, with warted or muricate tips. Seeds compressed, rugose ; 
