154 CL. AROIDE® (BROWN), | Amorphophallus. 
15. A. consimilis, Blume, Rumphia, i. 149. Petiole densely 
covered with small tubercles. Peduncle 10-11 in. long. Spathe 
(mutilated) 24 in. long, 13-1} in. broad, ovate, acuminate. Spadix 
(imperfect) probably longer than the spathe ; female part 3-4 lin. long ; 
male part about 7 lin. long; appendix about 1} in. long (Hngler), 2 lin. 
thick. Ovary 1-celled.—Hook. Niger Fl. 527. Hydrosme priewriana, 
Schott in Mig. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i. 279. H. consimilis, Engl. in 
DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 325; Engl. Jahrb. xv. 458; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 473. Brachyspatha consimilis, Schott, Prod. Aroid, 
127. Corynophallus consimilis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 741. 
Upper Guinea. Cape Verd Promontory, on the borders of woods in sandy 
soil, Leprieur. 
I have not seen this species. 
16. A. Eichleri, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7091. Tuber 23-3 in. 
diam., depressed-globose. Leaf about 2 ft. diam., glabrous ; petiole 
1-2 ft. long, smooth, green ; terminal segments 3-5 in. long, 14-2} in. 
broad, the others smaller, all elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, shortly 
and abruptly acuminate, narrowed to a decurrent base. Peduncle 
4-11 in. long, smooth, green. Spathe small, 2-3 in. long, obliquely 
campanulate ; tube convolute, about as broad as long, its margin re- 
curved, forming a broad wavy frill dorsally prolonged into a short, 
broadly ovate, spreading, obtuse apex; outside pale greenish-white 
with darker lines; inside of tube with numerous longitudinal crisped 
rugosities, rich dark purple with a broad white zone around its mouth, 
frill and apex dark purple-brown. Spadix about twice as long as the 
spathe, sessile or subsessile ; flowering part cylindric, female 3-4 lin. 
long, male 5—9 lin. long, separated from the female by a naked space 
1-14 lin. long; appendix 24-33 in. long, 4-8 lin. thick, conoid or 
conoid-fusiform, obtuse. Ovaries not crowded, subglobose, 2-celled ; 
stigma sessile, very stout, 2-lobed.—Hydrosme Eichleri, Engl. in J ahrb. 
Bot. Gart. Berl. ii. 285, t. 10, and Jahrb. xv. 458; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 276. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Bismark Island, in the River Kuango, cultivated 
specimens, Teusz ! 
17. A. Staudtii, VY. #. Br. Leaf unknown. Peduncle about 
1} in. long. Spathe about 34 in. long and 24 in. diam., convolute,. 
campanulate, undulated on the pale brown margin; basal half of the 
tube covered inside with numerous filiform processes, blackish-purple- 
Spadix about twice as long as the spathe; male and female parts each 
about 5 lin. long, about 4 in. thick, cylindric; appendix 54-6 in. long, 
about } in. thick at the base, slender, tail-like. Ovary ovoid; stigma 
sessile, broadly orbicular.—Hydrosme Staudtii, Eng]. Jahrb. xxvi. 420. 
aca Guinea, Cameroons: Jobann Albrechts-Hohe, near Barombi, Staudt, 
I have not seen this species ; it appears to be very closely allied to 4. Eichleri, 
Hook, f., differing in having filiform processes in the tube of the spathe and a more 
slender appendix to the spadix. 
