322 CXXXIV, SCITAMINEE (BAKER). [| Phrynium. 
Flowers small. 
Blade of leaf 5-6 in. long. 
Bracts 3-2 in. long . : : : . 10. P. monophyllum. 
Bracts 1-14 in. long . : . . . 11. P. leiogonium. 
Blade of leaf 6-12 in. long : : ` . 12. P. villosum. 
Blade of leaf 12—18 in. long i : é . 13. P. prionogonium. 
Blade of leaf 16-20 in. long : : . 14. P. bisubulatum. 
Caulescent. 
Spike simple . . : S ; : : . 15. P. inequilaterum. 
Spikes 1-3 . S : : : ; i . 16. P. ramosissimum. 
Spikes panicled : : ; : ; : . 17. P. sulphureum. 
1. P. holostachyum, Baker. Petiole long, stiffly erect, sub- 
radical; blade oblong-lanceolate, firm, glabrous, acute, 9-10 in. long, 
24-3 in. broad, rounded at the base; cylindrical apical callus of the 
petiole 1 in. long. Spike simple, erect, produced from the petiole on a 
short peduncle a little below the blade, 14 in. long; bracts oblong- 
navicular, glabrous, slightly imbricate, 4 in. long; peduncle 2-flowered, 
as long as the bract. Flower light yellow. Ovary globose, glabrous. 
Sepals ovate, Ä in. long. Fruit depresso-globose, + in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1645! 
2. P. coriscense, Baker. Whole plant 2-3 ft. long. Petiole 
long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 1 in. long; blade oblong, 
cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 6-10 in. long, 24—34 in. broad, 
rounded at the base. Inflorescence a simple few-flowered erect spike 
springing from the sheathing petiole not far from its base; bract 
oblong-lanceolate-navicular, glabrous, 14 in. long. Peduncle nearly as 
long as the bract. Sepals lanceolate, } in. long. Corolla twice as long 
as the calyx; lobes oblong. Staminiferous lobe of the andrecium }- 
obovate. Fruit not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1907! 
3. P. brachystachyum, Koernicke in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. XXXV. 
108. Whole plant 6—8 ft. high. Petiole long, subradical ; cylindrical 
apical callus 1 in. long ; leaf oblong, moderately firm, glabrous, 8-15 in. 
long, 4-8 in. broad, rounded at the base. Spikes 1-3, distichous, 
sessile or shortly peduncled, 1-2 in. long, springing from the petiole a 
short or long distance from the leaf; bracts oblong-navicular, glabrous 
or pubescent, much imbricate, 4—4 in. long; peduncle as long as the 
bract, bearing several flowers, some rudimentary. Flowers small. 
Fruit globose, bright red, 2—3-seeded, } in. diam. Seeds with many 
vertical grooves.—Horan. Prodr. 11; Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 653. 
Maranta (?) brachystachya, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 531. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Mahnoo, Mrs. Mair! near Tawia, River 
Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 44734! and without precise locality, Scott-Elliot, 4943! Liberia: 
Cape Palmas, Vogel, 29! Gold Coast, Burton § Cameron! Ashanti: Assin-Yan- 
Coomassie, 187! Lagos, Barter, 20168! Lower Niger: Onitsa, Barter, 1545! 
Niger Delta: Grand Bassa, Vogel, 77 ! River Nun, Barter, 20112! Mana, 517! 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1908! 
