491 



Spec, Chae. Leaves cordate, bifid at the base : spathe con- 

 tracted, acute, equalling the spadix, lo-wer third of the spadix 

 covered ■with germs and clavate corpuscules intermixed, upper 

 two-thirds covered with anthers only. 



Chittagong. 



GEIOJS IX. SCmDAPSUS. 



Tetvandvia Monog'ynia. Sete: Syst: 



Gen. Chab. Spathe open, afterwards expanded, deciduous : spadix 

 sessile, female at the base, above pseudo-hermaphrodite : stamens 

 placed round the ovaries in the upper part of the spadix,: filaments 

 cuneate, compressed^ anthers terminal, 2-celled: cells divaricate, 

 adnate, dehiscing lengthways: ovaries 1 -celled, ovules solitary or 

 twin, basilar, erect, eampylotropal : stigma sessile, oblong : berry 

 1 -seeded: seed uncinate : embryo exalbuminous. — Stem soandent : 

 leaves "perforated, laciniate or pinnatifld : petioles channelled : sti- 

 pular sheaths opposite the leaf, deciduous : spathes yellowish or 

 dirty purple. 



(1) S. Peepia. (Schott.j 



Ident. Schott. Meletem. I. 21. 



Syn. Pothos Peepia, Roxb. fior. Ind. I. p. 454. 



Migrm). Wight's Icon. t. 780. 



Spec. Chab. Perennial, sub-parasitic, rooting on trees: leaves 

 long-petioled, oblong acuminate : flowers sub-terminal : florets 

 apetalous. 



Silhet, flowering in April and May. 



(2) S. PEETUSUS. fSehott.j 



Ident. Schott. 1. c. 



Syn. Pothos pertusus, Rox,l. I. c. p. 455. 



Engrm). Eheede Mai. xii. t. 20, 21.— Wight 1. c . 781. 



Spec. Chae. Scandent, sub-parasitic, rooting on trees : leaves 

 cordate, perforated on one side and pinnatifid on the other : anther 

 2-lobed. 



Mountains of Coromandel. CourtaUum. 



