248 



(6) p. WlGHTIANA. fMiq.J 



Ident. Miq. in Wiglit Icon. vi. t, 1924. 



Spec. Chab. Herbaceous, succulent, erect, rooting at the base, 

 pubescent : leaves alternate, or tie upper ones opposite, petioled, 

 the lower ones smaller, roundisb or obovate, the rest elliptic or 

 obovate-eUiptic obtus^, acute at the base, glabrous, the younger 

 ones somewhat ciliate at the apex, obsoletely 3-nerved, pellucid 

 pointed, pale beneath : aments longish peduncled, axillary, solitary, 

 or the terminal ones aggregated, filiform, erect, remotely flowered : 

 berries ovate, sub-obUque. 



Malabar, in woods. 



GENUS II. POTHOMOEPHE. 

 Diandria Monog'yiila. Sex: Syst. 



Deriv. Plants having the appearance of a Pothos. 



Gen. Chae. Flowers perfect, densely amentaceous on a filiform 

 rhachis : bracts long-stalked, peltate, leaf triangular or oblong, 

 glandulose, villous-flmbriate, persistent: stamens 2, lateral, free, 

 filaments thin, anthers reniform, 2 celled : germen 3-comered : 

 stigmas 3, cylindric-filiform, recurved : berries obovate-turbinate, 

 triangular by mutual pressure, truncate at the apex, glabrous 

 pericarp very thin, loosening : seed smooth, integument crustaceous ; 

 albumen mealy, very white. — Under-shrubs, erect, beset with 

 numerous peUucid glands : leaves large, cordate, sometimes peltate, 

 many-nerved, glabrous, puberulous or seldom tomentose, petioles 

 sheathing, winged: aments sub-umbeUate on axillary branches, 

 unequal, pediceUed, enclosed before flowering by the petiole and 

 stipulaceous, afterwards deciduous, bracts: berries very minnte, 

 obovate-trigonal. 



(1) P. SUBPEITATA. fMiq.J 



Ident. Miquel. Syst. Piper. 202. 



Engrm. Wight's Icon, t, 1925. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves membranaceous, peUucid-dotted, roundish- 

 reniform, cordate, acute, 11 — 1 3-nerved, middle nerve '3-cleft above 

 the base: petioles partly winged, wiug evanescent': peduncles 

 paired, unequal, 2 or several-spiked : bracts triaiigular, ciliated : 

 seed black, areolate, obovate, 3-sided. 



Conrtallum. Eastern slopes of the Neilghemes, and other sub- 

 A-lpine forests in moist localities. 



