552 CLxvi. AROiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pothos. 



175 ; Schott Meletem. i. 21 ; Aroid. i. 22, t. 33 ; Prodr. 563 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 457 ; Kwnth Enum. iii. 65; Qrah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 229; Dale. 8r Oihs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 257 ; Wall. Gat. 4435 ; esecl. D, B, F ; Engler Arac. 84 {excl. var. 

 /3), P. exiguiflorus and cognatus, Schott II. cc. 21, 22, t. 41, 48, and 561, 

 562. P. fajllax, Schott Frod/r. 560. P. deoipiens, Schott in Bonpland. 

 (1859), 165 ; Prodr. 562. P. Roxburghii, Be Vriese in Plant. Jungh. i. 103. 

 — Rheede Sort. Mai. vii. t. 40. 



Tbroughoat India, on walls and tree trunks, from Bengal eastward to Bubm A, and 

 southward to SiNaAPOEE ; and from the Concan to Cetion, and the Andaman and 

 NiooBAR ISLDS. — DiSTElB. Malay Islds., China. 



Stem as thick as the little finger, much branched; iaternodes ^1 in. Leaves 

 very variable, ^-2 in. broad, acute apiculate or acuminate; base cuneate or rounded ; 

 petiole 1-3 by ^f in., base ^-ampleKicauI. Feduncles equalling or exceeding the 

 bracts, which are J— i in. long. . Spathe i-J in. green, Spadix A-J in. diam., 

 yellow, about as long as its stipes. Serries i— | in. long, oblong. — P. cognatus, 

 distinguished by the short peduncle is not even a constant variety, and there arc not a 

 few other Schottian species, that must go under P. scandens. 



2. P. Vriesianus, Schott Aroid. 22, t. 36 ; Prodr. 565 ; characters 

 of P. scandens, but bracts much larger, J in. long and broad, spadix larger 

 erect inclined or deflexed. Engler Arac. 80. P. Roxburghii, Schott Aroid. 

 I. c. t. 37 {not of de Vriese). Engler I. c. 81. P. scandens. Wall. Oat. 

 4435? 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. S. Bhotan, Griffith ; Silhet, 

 Wallich. 



Almost exactly intermediate between F. scandens, of which it has the foliage, 

 &c., and F. Oathcartii; which has larger but quite similar spathes and spadix. 

 De Triese erred in supposing that Roxburgh's and Wight's plant differed from 

 scandens. 



3. P . Cathcartij Schott Aroid. i. 22, t 44, 45 ; Prodr. 565 ; leaves 3-6 in. 

 ovate oblong or lanceolate acute or acuminate, peduncle very stout \-% in., 

 bracts large concave, spathe orbicular, spadix stoutly stipitate suberect or 

 decurved oblong or globose. Engler. Arac. 85. P. scandens, Don Prodr, 

 21 ; Wall. Cat. 4435, D, E, P. 



Teopical Himalaya, ascending to 4000 ft. from Kumaon, Strachey ^ Winter- 

 lottom to Bhotan, Assam, the Khasia Hills, Munnipokb and Bukma. 



A very much larger plant than P. scandens, or Vriesianus, with thickly coria- 

 ceous bracts, the inner sometimes J in. long, a spathe sometimes nearly an inch 

 broad, and spadix ^-i in. diam., on a stipes J-| in. long. Berries J-f in. long, 

 obovoid or oblong, scarlet. 



4. p. ang'UStifolius, Presl. EpimeL 242; leaves 1^-2 by ^ in. 

 linear apiculate, peduncle very short, bracts small, spathe lanceolate, 

 spadix suberect minute globose or ellipsoid. Schott Aroid. i. 21, t. 31 ; 

 Prodr. 559 ; Engler Arac. 81. 



Tbnasserim, Heifer, &c. 



Stem much branched ; branches short, as thick as a crow-quill ; internodes i-Jin. 

 Leaves i-J in. broad; nerves parallel ; petiole i-Jin. Spathe i in. long. Spadix 

 T^j-i in. diam. 



5. P. Kookeri, Schott Aroid. i. 23, t. 45; Prodr. 566 ; leaves 3-4 in. 

 lanceolate acuminate, peduncle 1^2f in. decurved, bracts ovate acute, 

 spathe cymbiform acuminate, spadix oblong. P. scandens. Hook. le. PI. t. 

 175. P. scandens, va/r. Hookeri, Engler Arac. 84. 



