Amorphophallus. | CL. AROIDEE (BROWN). 151 
exceeding the spathe ; female part }-1 in. long, and about 3 in. thick; 
male part much thicker than the female portion, 11—1} in. long, ? to 
nearly 1 in. thick ; appendix 6-63 in. long, gradually tapering upwards, 
dull violet. Ovary cylindric; stigmacushion-like. Anthers subsessile, 
depressed at the apex.—Hydrosme Goetzei, Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 355, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Khutu and Uhele districts, 
on the east side of Vidunda Mountain, 1600 ft., Goetze, 407. 
I have not seen this species; it is said to be allied to A. mossambicensis, but 
differs in the broader tube of the spathe and much stouter spadix. 
8. A. Barteri, V. Z. Br. Peduncle of the specimen seen 2} in. 
long, probably longer, about 34 lin. thick, smooth, glabrous. Spathe 
glabrous; tube convolute, apparently green outside, longitudinally 
furrowed and purple-brown inside; limb 5 in. long, 34 in. broad, erect, 
elliptic, obtuse, dark purple-brown. Spadix much shorter than the 
spathe, sessile; flowering part cylindric, dense, 34—4 lin. thick, female 
about ? in. long, male 14 in. long; appendix 1}-2 in. long, 3} lin. (or 
more ?) thick, cylindric or somewhat fusiform, obtuse, smooth, furrowed 
at the base, blackish-purple. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 2-celled ; stigma 
sessile, large, discoid.—Hydrosme Fontanesii, Schott, Prod. Aroid. 133 ; 
Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 322; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. 
Afr. v. 474, excl.syns. Hansalia Fontanesii, Schott in Miq. Ann. Mus. 
Lugd.-Bat. i. 279 in obs. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, in shady places, Barter, 502 partly! 
The inflorescence above described is that upon which Schott founded his descrip- 
tion of Hydrosme Fontanesii and Hansalia Fontanesii, and is most unlikely to be 
the same as A. Fontanesii, Kth., of which the leat only is known. Possibly 
A, Barteri may prove to be the same as A. gratus, N. E. Br., which I have not 
seen, but from description seems very similar, except as to the size of the parts of 
the inflorescence. 
The leaf with Barter, 502, belongs to Anchomanes dubius. 
The leaf described by Schott and Engler as belonging to Hydrosme Fontanesii 
may not belong to the inflorescence described above as A. Barteri, and does not 
agree with the original description of Amorphophallus Fontanesti. It was collected 
in Nupe by Barter (1468), whose label states that it is 2 ft. high, and was found 
growing in the crevices of rocks; the specimen itself is about 1 ft. in diam., the 
three primary branches are only once forked, with 4-5 segments to each secondary 
branch, terminal segments 21-31 in. long, 13-13 in, broad, obovate, shortly and 
abruptly cuspidate at the apex, cuneate and rather broadly decurrent at the base. 
9. A. gratus, V. H. Br. Petiole long, spotted with dark fuscous. 
Ultimate segments of the leaf “ linear-lanceolate” (Schott), or “ oblong- 
lanceolate” (Schott), cuspidate-acuminate, confluent. Spathe 4% in. 
long, 2 in. broad, “ oblong, acute” (Hngler), “lamina rounded ” (Schott), 
dark violet. Spadix shorter than the spathe ; flowering part cylindric, 
female 5 lin. long, 5 lin. thick, male 7-8 lin. long, about 2} lin. thick ; 
appendix 21 in. long, about 34 lin. thick, subcylindric, obtuse, con- 
stricted at the base —Hansalia grata, Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 
1858, 82, Prod. Aroid. 133, and in Mig. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i, 279 in 
obs. Hydrosme grata, Engl. in DC, Monogr. Phan, ii. 323, and Jahrb. 
