150 CL. AROIDEZ (BROWN). | Amor phophallus. 
base. Peduncle 4-6 in. long, glabrous, smooth. Spathe erect, glabrous ; 
tube 2 in. long, 1 in. diam. at the top, convolute, narrowly funnel- 
shaped, inside longitudinally furrowed, dark purple with a pale zone 
around the mouth ; limb 4—44 in. long, erect, very concave or somewhat 
hooded, with the apex directed forwards, wavy on the margins, dark 
purple. Spadix much shorter than the spathe, sessile ; flowering part 
cylindric, dense, female about }? in. long, male about 1 in. long, both 
about 4-5 lin. thick; appendix 14-1} in. long, about $ in. thick 
cylindric, obtuse, abruptly contracted at the base, apparently dark 
purple, smooth. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled ; stigma large, subsessile, two ~ 
lobed. Stamens crowded ; filaments stout, 2 lin. long; anther-cells 
subglobose.—Hydrosme Schweinfurthii, Engler in DC. Monogr. Phan. 
ii, 322, Jahrb. xv. 460, and Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 132; Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. ii. iii, 128; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. 474, 
and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 276. 
' Wile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1806! 
Niamniam ; Makporru Hill, Schweinfurth, 3782 (ex Englew+ and Nabanda-Juru 
Steppe, Schweinfurth, 3573 (ex Engler). 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karatschongo, Fischer, 617 (ex 
Engler). 
Probably some juvenile leafy specimens (Schweinfurth, 1895) collected at Jur 
Ghattas also belong to this species. See also a note under 30, A. abyssinicus, N. E. Br. 
6. A. mossambicensis, Klotzsch ex Garcke in Peters, Reise Mos- 
samb, Bot. 509, t. 56. Tuber depressed, about 2-24 in. diam. Leaf 
not seen. Peduncle 6-9 in. long, smooth. Spathe convolute below, 
glabrous inside and out ; tube 14-2 in. long, about 1} in. diam. at the 
mouth, campanulate-infundibuliform ; limb probably very concave, 
34-44 in. long, 3-34 in. broad when flattened out, suberect, broadly 
ovate, obtuse or subacute, undulated, dark purple. Spadix about 
equalling or a little shorter than the spathe ; flowering part cylindric, 
dense, female about 4 in. long, male 1-1} in. long, 3-3} lin. thick ; 
appendix 2-3} in. long, rather slender, 2-3 lin. thick, cylindric oF 
slightly tapering upwards, obtuse. Ovary ellipsoid, 1-celled ; stigma 
discoid, sessile-——Hydrosme mossambicensis, Schott, in Ocsterr. Bot. 
Wochenbl. 1857, 389, Gen. Aroid. t. 33, and Prod. Aroid. 132; 
Peters, Reise Mossamb, Bot. 509, t. 56; Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 
ii. 324, Jahrb. xv. 458, and Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 132; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. Corynophallus mossambicensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. 
Gen. PI. ii. 741. 
_  Mfozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; mountains of 
Lupata and in other places in Rios de Sena, Peters (ex Garke). British Central 
Africa: North Nyasaland ; on the banks of the Nsessi River, in damp sand, Scott ! 
7. A. Goetzei, V. HL. Br. Tuber depressed, about 3} in, diam. 
.Cataphyllary leaves 3—4 in. long, nearly as long as the peduncle, which 
is 4-43 in. long. Spathe green outside; tube 24-23 in. long and about 
34 in. in diam., obliquely campanulate, densely covered with short fili- 
form processes inside ; limb 4$-6 in. long and 4 in. broad, oblong-ovate, 
obtuse, undulated, marked with violet nerves inside. Spadix shortly 
