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Labisia (From labis a spoon in allusion)

(from labis, a spoon; in allusion to the form of the corolla divisions, which resemble the bowls of small spoons). Spoonflower. ORD. Myrsineae. A genus comprising three or four species of very glabrous or puberulous, small stove shrubs, with the habit of Pothos, confined to the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers white, minute, in terminal, elongated, fasciculate racemes. Leaves few, sessile or petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, entire or denticulate; petiole or base of leaf sheathed. The undermentioned is probably the only species grown in our gardens. It should be potted in sandy loam, to which a little rough peat is added, and placed in a humid atmosphere, with a gentle bottom heat. Plenty of water should be applied to the roots; and overhead syringings, in fine weather, will prove beneficial. Propagation may be effected by seeds.

L. pothoina (Pothos-like). fl. white, small, each lobe of the corolla resembling the bowl of a small spoon. June. l. palmate, slender, entire or denticulate; petioles swollen at base, decurrently articulated with the stem. Stem 1ft. or more high. (B. R. 1845, 48.)