Cyrtosperma.'] clviii. aroide^. 127 
Stamens 4 to 8. Ovary i-celled; ovules i or more, semianatropous, 
very crowded, fleshy. Seed compressed, crested, reniform. Species 
10, Africa, Malaya and South America. 
(i) C. lasioides Griff, Itin. Not. iii. 149; Ic. PL As. t. i6g; 
Schott. Aroid. t. 84; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 551; Engler, Pflan- 
zenreich, iv. 23c, fig. 7; Ridl. Mat. Hi. 47. (Fig. 216, p. 126.) 
Stem very stout. Leaves sagittate, 20 in. wide and as long or 
less, edge of lobes and midrib thorny; petioles 2 to 3 ft. long. 
Spathe ovate acuminate, 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, outside brown 
purple striped green, shining, inside cream colour. Spadix 3 in. 
long, pink, stipes *5 in. long. Sepals spathulate. Drupe obcuneate, 
green, tip purple. Seed reniform with 4 crests of blunt processes. 
Hab. Common in open swamps, Singapore, Tanglin. Johor, 
Sungei Tehran; Kluang (Holttum). Malacca (Griffith); Ayer 
Panas (Derry). Pahang, Kwala Maliang. Negri Sembilan (Cant- 
ley). Perak, Coping and Chanderiang (Kunstler). Province 
Wellesley, Batu Kurau (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: 
Gli-Gli. 
22 . POTHOS, Linn. 
Climbing plants, branched and slender. Leaves distichous with 
a sheathing often winged petiole, coriaceous oblong or lanceolate. 
Spadix peduncled, globose or slender cylindric. Flowers numerous, 
small, densely crowded, bisexual. Perianth lobes 6. Stamens 6. 
Ovary 3-celled; stigma small; ovules i in the inner angle of each 
cell anatropous. Berries i- to 3-seeded, fleshy. Species 20, 
Madagascar, Tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia. 
Spadix globose; petiole broad linear flat. 
Stalk of spadix *12 in. long; peduncle short . (i) P. scandens 
Stalk of spadix *5 in. long; peduncle long . (2) P. macrocephalus 
Spadix cylindric slender. 
Flowers whorled; leaf sheathing nearly to top, 
not flattened.(3) latifolius 
Flowers dense, not whorled. 
Spathe linear narrow. 
Sepals narrow at tip. 
Leaves elliptic, cuspidate, sheath narrow, 
long.(4) P. Barberianus 
Leaves broad elliptic . . . . (5) P. ellipticus 
Sepals broad, triangular at tip. 
Petiole very short,-15 in. long . . (6) P. insequalis 
Petiole 1-5 to 3 in. long; leaves thin . (7) P. lorispatha 
Spathe lanceolate acuminate; leaves lanceo¬ 
late linear . . . . . (8) P. salicifolius 
Spathe oblong boat-shaped; leaf lanceolate 
acuminate . . . . . (9) P. lancifolius 
Spathe ovate-lanceolate, 4 in. long; leaves 
large.(10) P. Kingii 
Spathe ovate acuminate, broad, 2-5 in. long . (ii) P. grandispatha 
(i) P. scandens Linn. Sp. PL 968; Hook. fit. Boi. Reg. t. 133; 
Ic. PL 175; F.B.I. vi. 551; Ridl. Mat. iii. 48. 
Stem long slender, 6 to 10 ft. long or more. Leaves lanceolate 
