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12. A. leptolepis, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 414. Rootstock 
slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 15-16 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, 
moderately firm, acute, obscurely pubescent on the edge and lower 
surface, 1 ft. long, 14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base, 
nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule small, truncate. Spikes oblong, 
4—5-flowered, subsessile ; bracts oblong, obtuse, membranous, glabrous, 
green at the flowering time, the upper 14 in. long. Flowers about 3 in. 
long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, obtuse, 2 in. iong ; lateral lanceolate. 
Lip obovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad, much crisped, pale violet with a yellow 
throat; central lobe of the anther-crest triangular; lateral lanceolate, 
faleate. Fruit ampulliform, 1 in. diam. Seeds angled, 4 in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: in low forests north of Barombi, Preuss, 555! 
13. A. limbatum, Oliv. ¢ Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 
Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem, 12-15 ft. long. Leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, 6-10 in. long, 14-1} in. broad 
at the middle, glabrous above, obscurely pubescent beneath, narrowed 
to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath; ligule small. Peduncle short, 
2-3-flowered ; bracts oblong, obtuse, brown, scariose, upper above 
an inch long. Corolla-lobes 2 in. long; dorsal oblong ; lateral lanceolate. 
Lip obovate-cuneate, purple, above 2 in. diam.; anther-crest with a 
small orbicular end-lobe and two spreading narrow side-lobes. Fruit 
glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, lead-coloured, very shining.— Baker in Hook. 
Ic. t 2480. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 99! 1171! 
14. A. pilosum, Oliv. d Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 
Rootstock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem robust, 6-8 ft. long. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, membranous, cuspidate, 10-12 in. long, 2—24 
in. broad at the middle, unequally cuneate at the base, clothed on both 
sides with short spreading hairs, nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule 
densely hairy. Scape very short, few-flowered ; bracts oblong-navicular, 
acute, dark brown, hairy on the back, the upper 1} in. long. Corolla- 
lobes about 1 in. long. Lip yellow, obovate-cuneate, as long as the 
corolla-lobes ; anther-crest with a small deltoid central-lobe and two 
lanceolate falcate sidelobes. Fruit and seeds unknown.—Baker in 
Hook. Ic. t. 2483. 
Upper Guinea, Fernando Po, Mann, 1415! 
15. A. subsericeum, Oliv. d Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 
Rootstock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem, 10-12 ft. long. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, 1 ft. long, 2-24 in. broad at 
the middle, glabrous above, finely pubescent all over beneath, narrowed 
gradually to the base, sessile on the sheath; ligule small. Peduncles 
short, 2-3-flowered ; bracts oblong, obtuse, brown, scariose, the upper 
1} in. long. Corolla-lobes 2 in. long; upper oblong; lateral lanceolate. 
Lip obovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad, bright-coloured, much crisped towards 
the edge; anther-crest with an orbicular central lobe and two falcate 
