1698 CXLY. AKOIDE^. [Bhaplddoplwra.- 



cylindrical, sessile, at first rather slender, attaining a diameter of over lin. when 

 in fruit, 2i to 3-Jin. long. Stamens only seen in very bad condition, slightly 

 elevated above the ovary. Ovary somewhat compressed, angular, the apex conical 

 with a linear stigma. Seeds numerous, 26 in one fruit examined, oblong,, 

 cuneate, slightly tuberculate. 

 Hab.: Scrubs on raoge about Cairns, F^. Cowley ; and otber tropical scrubs. 



2. R. Lovellae (after the Hon. Miss Lovell), Bail. Ql. Ar/ric. Journ. i. Pt. 6- 

 "Naja," TuUy Eiver, Iluth. A lofty climber. Stem compressed, 2in. or 

 more in diameter, emitting roots from the underside which adhere to the bark of 

 the tree over which it climbs like the Ivy ; clothed particularly in the leafy parts 

 with a network formed of the fibrous remains of the stipular sheaths. Leaves near 

 the inflorescence pinnatisect, 2-|f t. long, the segments 1-costate, irregular as to length 

 and breadth, often ISin. long, ensiform and somewhat /alcate, usually obliquely- 

 truncate at the end, about 15 on each side of the stout midrib, the lamitia of the 

 broader segments sometimes perforated with elongate openings, the 2 or perhaps 

 8 basal segments often confluent and thus 2 or 8-costate. Petiole channelled, 

 stout, 18 to 20in. long without the 2in. between the geniculation and the lamina. 

 Inflorescence appearing terminal, erect, crowded, often as many as half-a-dozen 

 representing all stages from the opening of the spatha to the ripening of the- 

 fruit, all bound together by the beautiful network of the old stipular sheaths- 

 Peduncle stout, 5 or Gin. long, over |in. diameter, often hard. Spatha about 9in. 

 long, at. first nearly white, then yellow on both sides, thick, eymbiform, closing 

 round the end of the spadix and ending in an elongated acuminate point. Spadix 

 sessile, very stout, cylindrical, about Sin. long, pale yellow. No 'perianth. 

 Stamens 4, filaments flattened, anthers exserted - above the ovary. Ovary trun- 

 cate, 4-angled. Stigma linear, rather sunk in the ovary, the ovules seem to be 

 2. Berry very juicy. 



Hab.: About 20 miles from Cooktown, Miss Lorell; ranges about Cairns, E. Cowley. 

 The few ovules Avould xilaee tliis species in F.pipremmun, Schott, which Hooker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 considers should be merged in lilmphidopliorci. 

 The above 2 species composed the Ji. pinnata of the Flora Aiistraliensis . 

 Stem used for food. — Roth, 



6. POTHOS, Linn. 



(The name of a species in Ceylon.) 



Spatha ovate or lanceolate, concave or flat, at length reflexed or deciduous. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, covering the whole spadix. Perianth of 6 obovate or- 

 cuneate concave segments or scales, in 2 series. Stamens 6 or fewer, opposite 

 the segments ; filaments flattened ; anthers terminal, 2-celled, the cells opening 

 outwards. Ovary ovoid or obovoid, 8-celled, with 1 erect ovule in each cell;. 

 stigma sessile. Berry often 1-seeded by abortion. Seed without albumen, the 

 testa membranous but rather thick. Embryo thick and hard, with a cavity in 

 the upper end enclosing a prominent plumula and a small cotyledonous end 

 ( jrved o\e/: it. — Tall climbers. Leaves usually distichous with the lamina, 

 articulate on a phyllodineous petiole. Spikes (or spadices) cylindrical or globular, 

 terminal, or if axillary the peduncle enclosed at the base in 2 or more sheathing 

 bracts. 



The genus as now limited extends over tropical Asia to South China and westward to- 

 Madagascar, the only Australian one proving to be the same as one from the Philipj)ine Islands 

 and South China. — Benth. 



1. P. IiOureiri (after- J. de Loureiro), Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. Yoy. 220 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 158. "Ku-yu," Atherton ; " Koi-yo," TuUy Elver, 

 Both. A glabrous climber, clinging to the stems of trees and sometimes covering 

 the tallest of them. Leaves exceedingly variable in the Australian specimens,. 

 the phyllodineous petiole sometimes linear-lanceolate 5 or Gin. long, not 8 lines 



