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POTHOS Haraisit. 
Mr Harris's Pothos. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Onp. AROIDE#. 
Gen. Cuar.—Spatha monophylla. Spadix F aa undique floribus 
tectus. Perianthium tetraphyllum. Bacca tetras 
Pothos Harrisii ; caulescens, foliis lanceolato-acuminatis venosis, nervo 
laterali, petiolo apice nodoso, pedunculo foliis aequali. 
Pothos Harrisii, Granam, in Edin. Phil. Journ. April 1826. 
“Caulescent. Roots creeping, and, as they descend perpendicularly from ~ 
many parts of the stem, cylindrical, fleshy, red, slightly scarred. Stems 
flexuose, jointed, green. 
“ Leaves petioled, scattered, about 18 inches long, cordato-lanceolate, acute 
(scarcely so in the drawing), bright green, shining, veined, somewhat 
folded in the middle, flat when beginning to decay ; middle Pode: : 
ragged sheath to the upper part of the stem. oe 
“ Peduncle ee equal in length to the leaf and petiole, slender, erect. : 
nearly as long as the spadix, narrow, pointed, reflected, pale green, red- 
dish at the tip ; anthers yellow; filaments white ; pistil pale green, spotted 
with red.” | 
Brought, along with P. coriacea (figured in the last plate) 
by Captain Granam, together with several other new and rare 
plants, to the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1824. a 
were given to that gentleman by M. Joaquim Harris of Rio, — oy 
in testimony of whose exertions in behalf of _ ore a 
— Ill. 
