Amor phophallus. | CL. AROIDEZ (BROWN). 153 
spotted in the lower part with dark green, inside whitish, with or 
without a few green spots on the limb, smooth and dark purple at the 
base ; tube convolute, 14-2 in. long, ovoid or subcylindric ; limb 14-3 
in. long, ovate, acuminate. Spadix longer than the spathe, sessile; 
flowering part cylindrical, female 3-4 lin. long, male #-1} in. long; 
appendix 3-5} in. long, 24-5 lin. thick, terete, obtuse, not tapering 
upwards, smooth, purplish-red. Ovaries in 4-5 series, crowded, sub- 
globose, light green; stigma subsessile, discoid. Anthers densely 
crowded, dull yellowish. 
Upper Guinea. Gambia: St. Mary’s Island, Maxwell! and without precise 
locality, Lester ! 
13. A. Baumannii, V. /. Br. Tuber depressed. Leaf solitary ; 
petiole green ; ultimate segments of the (undeveloped) blade 34—4 in. 
long, 5 lin. broad, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Peduncle about 1 ft, 
long, included for more than } of its length in the purplish cataphyllary 
leaves. Spathe about 24 in. long, and rather more than 1} in. broad, 
ovate, obtuse, convolute, pale green. Spadix about 3 times as long as 
the spathe; female part about 5 lin. long, cylindric ; male part 7 lin. 
long, obconic, about } in. thick at the base, and } in. thick in the upper 
part; appendix about 5 in. long, tapering upwards, smooth. Ovary 
ovoid ; stigma sessile, broadly orbicular.—Hydrosme Bawmannit, Engl. 
‘Jahrb. xxvi. 420. 
Upper Guinea. Togoland: Agome, Baumann, 204. 
I have not seen this species. Engler states that it has the habit of A. consimilis, 
Bl., in which the petiole and peduncle are tuberculate, but as he does not describe 
any tuberculation on these organs, I have assumed them to be smooth in the analytical 
‘key to the species. 
14. A, flavovirens, V. H. Br. Leaf about 14-2 ft. in diam., 
glabrous; petiole 2 ft. or more high, variegated, smooth ; terminal 
segments 34—4 in. long, 1} in. broad, the others smaller, oblong, elliptic- 
oblong or elliptic-obovate, rather abruptly cuspidate-acuminate, tapering 
towards the decurrent base. Peduncle 2-2} ft. long, light green, 
Without spots, smooth. Spathe erect, light green outside without 
markings, whitish-green bordered with yellowish-green inside, dusted 
with purplish at the base; tube funnel-shaped, convolute, 14-2} in. 
long, papillate-verrucose inside; limb 24-4 in. long, ovate, obtuse, or 
obtusely acuminate, with recurved or undulated margins. — Spadix 
longer than the spathe, stipitate ; stipes 2-3 lin. long ; flowering part 
slightly thickened upwards, female 4-10 lin. long, 4 in. thick, male 
10-13 lin. long, 7-7} lin. thick at the top; appendix 6-8 in. long, 
9-10 lin. thick at the base, gradually tapering to a somewhat obtuse 
point, yellow. Ovaries in 5-8 spirals, lax or somewhat crowded, sub- 
globose, green ; stigma sessile, very large, somewhat mitre-shaped, bifid, 
or in the dried state apparently orbicular, cinnamon-brown. Anthers 
‘densely crowded, yellow. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : in a valley near Aburi, Johnson, 25! Kwabu, 
Johnson, 644! 
