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2. P. Mannii, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 132. Young 
parts shaggy with fulvous or greyish hair, Stems 1-9 in. long, with 
leaves only near the base. Leaves 12-18 by 24-4} in., lanceolate or 
lanceolate-obovate, acuminate at either end, when mature often nearly 
glabrate except at the densely hairy margins. Stems )-} in. in diam.; 
upper leaves few, up to 34 in. long, broadly lanceolate, not sheathing. 
Inflorescence 4—7 by 1-1} in., oblong, most dense, with several hundred 
flowers ; bracts small, concealed by the flowers; pedicels 0—} in. long, 
persistent, Ovary glabrous. Fruit not known.—Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 422; Hua in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. p. lv. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po ; 3000 ft., Mann, 2340! Cameroons : Came- 
coon Mountain, 2000-3000 ft., Mann, 2139! Kalbreyer, 163! : 
I described this in DC. Monogr. Phan. 1.c. as “ caulescent,” and Mann has noted 
the herb as 2 ft. high, which probably refers to the larger leaves. The stem is as in 
P. bracteosa ; the upper leaves are much reduced. The fruit being unknown, there 
may be more than one species included here. The material is of 2 forms, viz— 
a. P. Mannti, C. B. Clarke, type (i.e, Mann, n, 2340). Leaf in the type 
Specimen 20 in. long (exclusive of the long petiole), obovate, broadest very near 
the top, suddenly narrowed into a short lanceolate tip (not an in. long). 
B. (i.e., Mann, 2139.) Leaf 16 in. long, lanceolate, broadest rather below the 
middle, narrowed into an elongate triangular tip nearly 9 in. long, not acuminate. 
Kalbreyer, n. 163, is nearly the same. 
3. P. Barteri, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t 5318. Young parts shaggy 
with fulvous or greyish hair. Stems 1—5 in. long, with leaves only near 
their base. Leaves up to 24 by 44 in., the blade (exclusive of the quasi- 
petiole 8 in. long) often 9-15 in. long, obovate-lanceolate, suddenly 
narrowed into a lanceolate tip 1 in. long, when mature often nearly glab- 
rate except at the densely hairy margins. Leaveson the stem 1-2 in. long, 
lanceolate, bract-like, not sheathing. Inflorescence 14-2 by 1-1} in., 
very dense, short-oblong or quadrate (but see note below on the culti- 
vated plant) with 100-250 flowers; bracts small, concealed by the 
flowers ; pedicels 0-} in. long, persistent. Ovary with long simple hairs 
scattered all over. Fruit immature, 5-seeded.—C. B. Clarke in DC. 
Monogr. Phan. iii. 132; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 422; 
Schoenl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ii. iv. 62, fig.31,A—E; Hua 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. p. liv.; Cornu in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
xiii. 28. P. ombrophila, K. Schum. (MS. ?) in Zenker, Exsice, 1164. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po; Barter! Mann, 94! Cameroons: Bipinde, 
Zenker, 1164! 
The plant, in continued cultivation at Kew, has developed a narrow-oblong 
inflorescence, 41 in. long, looser than in the wild collections, The P. ombrophila, 
K. Schum., has the ovary fully as hairy as in the picture in the Botanical Magazine, 
and must be conspecific with P. Barteri. 
4, P. Schweinfurthii, (. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 132 
partly. Young parts shaggy with fulvous or greyish hair. Stem 3-7 ft. 
long, } in. in diam., with internodes 2-4 in. long (or more) and 2 or 3 
leaves apparently whorled at the node. Leaves up to 26 by 8 in., and 
