Amorphophallus. | CL. AROIDEE (BROWN ). 147 
Appendix of the spadix %-1 in. 
thick at the base; petiole 
unknown . : . . 26. A. Fischeri, 
Base of the 8 in. long spathe smooth 
inside ; style 2lin. long. . 20. A. gallaensis, 
§$§$Limb of the spathe forming a broad frill 
around the oblique mouth, not pro- 
duced at the very obtuse apex . 27. A. Mannii, 
{{Peduncle 3-13 in. long. (See also 27, A. 
Mannii, and 24, A. leopoldianus, in 
which the length is unknown) . . 28. A. Zenkeri. 
1. A. Elliotii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7349. Tuber 24-3 in. in 
diam. Leaf about 18 in. diam., glabrous; petiole 2 ft. or more high, 
spotted on the lower half, smooth ; terminal segments 5-8 in. long, 
6-7 lin. broad, the others smaller, all linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
decurrent at the base. Peduncle 7-10 in. long, pale greyish, slightly 
tinged with pink, spotted with olive-green, smooth. Spathe rather small, 
glabrous ; tube 14-21} in. long, 14 in. diam., cylindrical, margins connate, 
not convolute, base truncate and intruded ; limb 2-4 in. long, galeate, 
with the apex curved forward, acute ; outside pinkish on the lower part 
of the tube, lined and thinly spotted with light greyish-olive, upper 
part of the tube and limb green, densely mottled with brown; inside of 
limb dull purple, smooth and glabrous in the tube. Spadix much 
shorter than the spathe, stipitate; stipes 6-7 lin. long, about 2 lin. 
thick ; flowering part cylindric, female 2-3 lin. long, male 6-9 lin. 
long ; appendix 14-14 in. long, 3-5 lin. thick, cylindric or fusiform 
obtuse, sometimes narrowed into a stipes at the base. Ovaries in 2-3 
series, ellipsoid, 1-celled; style very short, about } lin. long; stigma 
small, simple. Ovule solitary, anatropous, on a short funicle 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Wallia, growing among low grass, Scott- 
Elliot, 4640! and a cultivated specimen ! 
_ _ This is the only species known in which the margins of the spathe are connate 
into a tube; in all the others they are convolute. 
2. A. leonensis, Lem. in Hort. Vanhoutt. fase. i. 1, t. 3, fig. 2 a-b. 
Leaf solitary, glabrous; petiole 3-34 ft. high, robust, tinged with 
purple-brown at the base and variegated with dark red-brown and 
whitish ; segments 6-8 in. long, }-? in. broad, linear, acute, decurrent. 
Peduncle 3-8 in. long, smooth, enclosed at the base in 3-4 membranous 
bracts 2-4 in. long; inner bracts purplish, spotted with white. Spathe 
33-6 in. long, 24-34 in. diam., obliquely funnel-shaped, convolute 
below, obtuse, apiculate, outside purplish-brown, marked with numerous 
pale veins and some whitish or yellowish spots, inside glabrous and 
smooth, pale rosy or whitish, with bright red-brown stripes. Spadix 
shorter or a little longer than the spathe, 3-5 in. long. Ovary ovoid 
or subglobose, abruptly contracted into a style #—} lin. long. Anthers 
quadrate. Appendix 14~3} in. long, 1}-2} in. diam., globose or ovoid, 
