492 



(3) S. OFFICINALIS. (Sohott.) 



Ident. Schott. 1. c. 



Syn. Pothos officinalis, Bxixb. I. c. p. 452. 



Migrao. "Wight 1. c. t. 778. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial, epipiytic, stems rooting : leaves oblong, 

 cordate, entire: flowers terminal: florets naked, octandrous: berries 

 1 -seeded. 



Bengal. 



(4) S. DEciTEsrvTrs. fSchott.J 



Ident. Schott. 1. c. 



Syn. Pothos decursns, Roxh. I. c. p. 456. 



IkgrwB. WaU. pi. As. rar. II. t. 192.— Wight 1. c. t. 779. 



Spec Chak. Perennial, rooting on trees, smooth : leaves some- 

 what decursively pinnate, segments falcate, cuspidate : flowers 

 lateral or axillary, long peduncled. 



SOhet, flowering in the hot season. 



GENUS X. POTHOS. 

 Tetrandria Monody nla. Sex: Syet! 



Beri/o. A Cingalese name. 



Gen. Chab. Spathe reflexed, persistent : spadix, stalked, sub- 

 globose, beset with hermaphrodite flowers : sepals 4 : stamens 4, 

 opposite the sepals : filaments linear, flattened : anthers 2-celIed : 

 ovary l-celled : ovules 1 — 3, basilar, campylotropal : stigma sessUe, 

 umbUicate : berry 1 — 2-seeded : seeds eialbuminous. 



(1) scANDENS. f Linn. J 



Ident. Linn. spec. 1374. — Eoxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 451. 



Engrm. Bot. Keg. t. 1337. — Hook. Icon. t. 175.— "Wight's 

 Icon. t. 776. — Kheede Mai. vii. t. 40. — Kumph. Amb. v. t. 184 

 fig. 1-3. 



Spec. Chae. Booting epiphyte: leaves more or less long- 

 petioled, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, narrow-acuminate, obtusely 

 roTinded at the base and there articulated with a winged petiole : 

 spadix axiUary, solitary, peduncled, recurved, sub-globose : spathe 

 ovate, acute, boat-shaped, reflexed. 



Malabar. Chittagong. 



