CLVIII. AROIDE^. 
I2S 
[Pothos. 
acuminate to ovate acuminate, 3 in. long, -2 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
obcuneate to spear-shaped, i to 3 in. long, -25 to -5 in. wide at 
the tip. Peduncles axillary, *25 in. long, with several ovate acute 
bracts. Spathe ovate cuspidate, boat-shaped, *1 in. long, green or 
purple. Spadix with a stipes -i in. long, head of flowers globose, 
as long. 
var. (^?). Petiole long narrow, blade lanceolate. Hab. On trees, 
Selangor, Batu Caves. 
yar. (6). cognatus Engler. P. cognatus Schott, Avoid, i. 22, t. 48. 
Petiole broadly obcuneate, blade ovate to oblong-elliptic. Hab, 
Fig. 217.—Pothos macrocephalus. 
Perak, Kwala Kangsa; Temengoh; Kwala Dipang (Kunstler); 
Selama (Scortechini). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Kedah, Alor 
Sta. Perlis, Kanga. Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Distrib, 
India, Siam, Malay islands. Native name : Juloh-Juloh. Use: 
Leaves powdered applied to the body to cure small-pox, stem cut 
up with camphor, smoked like tobacco for asthma. 
(2) P. macrocephalus Scortechini in Hook. iil. F.B.I. vi. SS3; 
RidL Mat. iii. 49. 
Stems 60 to 80 ft. long, thicker than in P. scandens. Leaves 
dark green, blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1-5 to 3 in. long, 
•4 to /5 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long, linear. Peduncle i to 
1*75 in. long, curved. Bracts ovate, •! in. long or more. Spathe 
ovate cuspidate, -5 in. long and wider, dark greenish, black or pale 
