Pothos.] cLxvi. AEOiDEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) 555 



2-3 in. Pe&uncU 1\ in., deourved or tortuous. Spathe 1^ by j in., tip obtuse 

 apioulate. Spadix 5 in. ; flowers solitary or clustered. 



15. 3P. remotlflorus, Sook. Ic. PI. t. 133 ; leaves 3-6 by i-2 in. 

 unequal-sided linear or oblong-lauceolate or oblanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate, base acute or obtuse, sheaths very slender divergent from the 

 branch, peduncles terminal and axillary, spathe linear-lanceolate apiculate, 

 spadiz very slender zigzag, flowers solitary. Kunth Enum. iii. 65 ; Schott 

 Aroid. i. 25, t. 54; Prodr. 573; Thm. Enum. 337; Engler Arac. 92. 

 P. elliptica. Moon Cat. PI. Ceyl. 10 (name only) ; Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 182. 



Cetion ; Walker ; up to 4000 ft., Thwaiies. 



Stem as thick as a sparrow-qnill, much branched. Leaves coriaceous, tips fili- 

 form; nerves erecto-patent, arched; petiole ^ in., very slender, sometimes in a 

 straight line with the sheath, which is i— 1:| in. long. Peduncle 1-1^'in., erect, 

 decurved, or slender. Spathe i-2i in., striate, base rounded. Spadim l-2i in. 



C. Petiole very short, base semi-amplexicaul (sheath 0). 



16. P. Thomsonianus, Schott Aroid. i.24, t. 51 ; Prodr. 571 ; leaves 

 4-6 by li-2 in. elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base 

 caneate, peduncles lateral and terminal, spathe small oblong-lanceolate, 

 spadix subsessile cylindric dense-fld. 



The Caenatic ; O. Thomson. 



Branches as thick as a duck's quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, rather unequal- 

 sided, drying yellowish; petiole -J-j in. Peduncle 1 in., decurved. Spathe 4 in. 

 Spadix f— 1 in. — I'ormed parts of a herbarium made by collectors in the Carnatic 

 employed by the late Grideon Thomson, Esq., of Madras, for his brother, the late 

 Director of the Calcutta Bot. Garden. 



INDETEBMINABLB SPECIES. 



P. BiVABius, Wall. Cat. 4445, from Singapore, young leaves only. 

 P. OBLiQuus, Wall. Cat. 4446 ; from Tavoy, Gomez. 



32. ACORVS, Linn. 



Aromatic marsh herbs, rootstock creeping. Leaves distichous, ensiform, 

 base equitant, nerves parallel. Peduncle leaf-like. Spathe the ensiform 

 continuation of the peduncle. Spadix sessile, cylindric, dense-fld., flowering 

 upwards. Sepals 6, orbicular, concave, tips incurved. Stamens 6, fila- 

 ments linear flat ; anther reniform, cells confluent above, slits extrorse. 

 Ovary conical, 2-3-oelled ; stigma minute ; ovules many, pendulous from 

 the top of each cell, orthotropous. Berries few-seeded. Seeds oblong, 

 micropyle often fimbriate, albumen fleshy, embryo axile. — 'Species 2 north 

 temp, regions. 



1. A. Calamus, Linn. Sp. Fl. 324 ; leaves 3-6 ft. midrib stout. 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 169 ; Don Prodr. 21 ; Wall. Cat. 196 ; Orah. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 230 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 96 ; Thw. Enum. 337 ; 

 Oriff. Notul. iii. 167 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. 1. 162. Engler Arac. 217. A. Griffithii 

 and nilaghirensis, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1858), 357, and (1859), 

 101 ; Prodr. 580, and 579. A. Belangeri, Schott in Ann. Miis. Lugd. Bat. 

 I. 284. A. Casia, Bertol. PI. Nuov. Asiat. ii. (1865), 8.—Bheede Hort. Mai. 

 xi. t. 48. 



