EPIPREMNUM (from epi, upon, and premnon, a trunk; in allusion to the species rooting upon the trunks of trees). ORD. Aroideae (Araceae). A genus of about eight species of climbing stove plants, from the Malayan Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific. Spathe thick, boat-shaped; spadix included, thick, cylindrical, dense-flowered. Leaves ovate, ovate-cordate or laceolate, often large, entire or pinnatifid; petiole sheathing at the base. For culture, see Monstera. EPIPREMNUM mirabile (wonderful). Tonga Plant. This is an "ornamental climber, of rapid growth, with bold dark green pinnatisect leaves in the adult stage, and large inflorescences, resembling those of a Monstera. It is a very suitable plant for trailing up pillars, trunks of Palms, Tree-ferns, &c., or the back wall of a stove; and, besides its ornamental character, it is specially interesting for the manner in which the plant changes in appearance as it develops from its juvenile state with small entire leaves to its adult flowering stage with large pinnatisect leaves; as well as for its medicinal qualities, which appear to have been long known to the natives of the countries the plant inhabits" (N. E. Brown). Fiji. See page 516, Fig. 716, for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull.