220 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
feminea 2:5 em. crass. ; limbus 20 em. long. 12 сш. lat. Spadix 28 em. 
long., pars feminea 1°5 em. long., 2 ст. crass., pars mascula 5 em. long. 
apice 1:5 ош. crass. ; appendix inferne 1 ст. apice 4 mm. crass. Ovarium 
4 mm. long. 
А very distinct species, perhaps nearest to А. Fischeri, N. E. Br., from 
South-East tropical Africa, but distinguished by the relatively shorter spadix, 
which is twice as long as the spathe in A. Fischeri, ће one-celled ovary, &c. 
There is in the Kew Herbarium a very similar specimen, but with a much 
stouter spadix, collected by W. W. Johnson at Sofala at the sea-level. 
CULCASIA SCANDENS, Beauv. Pl. Owar. 1. 4, t. 8. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700—4000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Jan. ; n. 98. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
STYLOCHITON GAZENSE, Rendle, sp. nov. 
Herba glabra, vix pedalis, rhizomate crassotfibris vaginarum persistentibus 
induto et parte superiore radices crassas simplices emittente ; foliis (4) 
eodem tempore cum floribus evolutis, petiolo in parte inferiore dilatato 
aginzformi laminam excedente ; lamina hastata lobo mediano late oblongo 
apice apiculato, lobis basalibus ovato-triangularibus ; pedunculo e medio 
foliorum vaginarum orto petiolis valde breviore; spatha foliis breviore, 
tubo sub medio inflato superne cylindrico, limbo oblongo-lanceolato apice 
acuminato ; spadice vix protruso; floribus femineis numerosis aggregatis ; 
perianthio cupuliformi margine crasso, ovario libero ovoideo-angulato bi- 
loculato, ovulis in quoque loculo singulis ex apice partitionis centralis 
pendulis, stylo crasso ex ore perianthii exserto ; parte spadicis mascula 
parti femine; contigua dense multiflora ; perianthio quam in flore femineo 
breviore пес superne contracto margine undulato ; staminibus in quoque 
flore 4 exsertis, filamentis tenuibus quam anthere longioribus, antheris 
subglobosis cellulis parallelis, ovarii rudimento centrali parvo. 
Hab. Madanda forests, 400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 717. А herb with green 
spathes, common on ant-heaps in Brachystegia bush. 
Rhizoma 0:5 em. сгазз.; folia ad 3 dm. long.; petiolus cum vagina ad 
1:9 dm. long., lamina 11 em. long. ; lobus medianus 6 em. lat., lobi basales 
vix 8 em. long. Peduneulus 8 em. long. Spatha cum арісшо 10 em. long., 
tubus 5 em. long., sub medio 1°75 ст. diam., limbus 1-6 em. lat. Spadicis 
pars feminea 1:6 cm. long, pars mascula 4 em. long. Perianthium floris 
feminei 3 mm. long., stylus 2 mm.; perianthium floris masculi 1 mm. long., 
filamenta 2:5 mm. long., antherze 1:5 mm. long. 
Near the South African ©. maximus, in which however the leaf and 
spathe are much larger and the leaf has a cordate base. 
