Nephthytis.] CL, AROIDEZ (BROWN). 171 
2. N. Poissoni, V. #. Br. Rhizome }-} in. thick. Leaves 2-3 
at the apex of the rhizome, erect, glabrous; petiole 10-14 in. long ; 
blade deltoid or ovate-deltoid, sagittate, slightly or not at all con- 
stricted above the basal lobes; front lobe 4—54 in. long, 3-64 in. broad, 
deltoid, somewhat abruptly cuspidate-acuminate at the apex; basal 
lobes 43-74 in. long, 2-2? in. broad; oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 
gradually or rather abruptly tapering into long narrow acuminate tips. 
Peduncle 5-15 in. long. Spathe 14-24 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, oblong 
or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, subulate-apiculate, decurrent at the base, 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, in the forest region, Zenker, 2055! 
Barombi, Preuss, 299! Batanga, Braun (ex Engler). 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaur, 150! and 455 
(ex Engler). 
According to Eugler the stigma is discoid and somewhat broader than the style, 
but I do not find it so in the specimens I have seen. 
3. N. Afzelii, Schott in Ocesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857, 406. Rhizome 
}—} in. thick. Leaves 2-8, at the apex of the rhizome, erect, glabrous ; 
petiole 7-20 in. long, 1-2 lin. thick, terete, green; blade sagit- 
tate, forming nearly an equilateral triangle in outline, occasionally 
slightly constricted above the basal lobes ; front lobe (from insertion 
of petiole) 24-10 in. long, 3-7 in. broad, acute or very shortly cuspi- 
date ; basal lobes 23-64 in. long, 14-4 in. broad, oblong-ovate or ellip- 
tic-oblong, somewhat abruptly acuminate; basal nerves denuded for 
3-8 lin. in the parabolic sinus. Peduncle 9-18 in. long, terete, green. 
Spathe 2-2} in. long, 1-1} in. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
apiculate, decurrent for 4-6 lin. at the base, expanded, spreading, 
green. Spadix sessile, 1-1} in. long, about } in. thick, cylindric, 
obtuse; male part about twice as long as the female. Ovary subglo- 
bose ; stigma sessile, large, discoid, 3-1 lin. diam. Berries about }- in. 
long, 4 lin. thick, slightly obovoid, bright orange-yellow.—Schott, Gen. 
Arvid. t. 51, and Prod. Aroid. 218; Engl]. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 
302; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii—iv. 60; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 475. WV. liberica, N. E. Br. in Gard. 
Chron. 1881, xv. 790, Oligogynium libericum, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 453 ; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 476. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius (ex Schott), Smeathman! Liberia : 
Monrovia, Naumann (ex Engler) ; cultivated specimens ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Mr. W. Bull in 1881. 
