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POTHOS viotacka. 
Violet-fruited Pothos. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIAs—Nat. Onn. AROIDES. 
Gen. Cuarn.—Spatha monophylla. Spadix cylindraceus, undique floribus 
tectus. Perianthium tetraphyllum. Bacca di-tetrasperma. 
Pothos violacea; foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque acutis reticulato-venonis 
trinervibus coriaceis subtus punctatis, spatha ovato-lanceolata acumi- 
nulata reflexa spadice breviore, pedunculo tereti. 
Pothos violacea, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. v. i. p. 270.—Wittp. Sp. Pl. v. i. 
p- 685.—Arr. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. i. p. 268.—Hums. et Kunru, Nov. 
Gen. v. i. p. 63. t. 19. 
This appears to be a climbing parasitical plant in its native forests. Stems, 
in our stoves, reaching to the height of 2 or 3 feet, slightly branched, 
knotted, throwing out from various parts of their whole length thickish 
fleshy roots, and sheathed, especially the younger shoots, with long nar- 
row green stipules, which remain withered, brown and lacerated, for a 
considerable time. 
Leaves alternate, about 5 inches long, ovato-oblong, acute at each extremity, 
marked with 3 nerves, the lateral ones obscure, and these connected by 
reticulated nerves ; coriaceous, dark green, paler and dotted beneath. 
Petioles about an she long, cylindrical, thick. 
Spadix axillary, or rather arising from the base of the petiole, scarcely an 
inch in length, cylindrical, situated upon a peduncle about as long as it~ 
self, and furnished at the base with a spatha shorter than itself, ovato- 
es acuminulate, reflexed, and with its margins decidedly re- 
Stigma with a longitudinal groove, spreading. Berries 
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