176 CL. AROIDEH (BROWN). [ Culeasia. 
4 in. long; blade 8-10 in. long, 2 in. broad, obliquely lanceolate, 
:slightly faleate, curved at the apex, very unequal-sided, one side being 
twice as broad as the other; primary lateral nerves making a very 
acute angle with the midrib, ascending, slightly prominent in the dried 
‘state. Veduncle about 4 in. long. Spathe 1} in long, ? in. broad, 
oblong, long-acuminate, orange. Spadixa little shorter than the spathe ; 
‘female part 24 lin. long. Male part nearly 1} in. long. Ovary sub- 
hemispherical ; stigma sessile, broad, deeply excavated. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uluguru, in the Forest of Ngh’wenu, 
-5200 ft., on trees, Stuhlmann, 8817. 
I have not seen this plant. 
5. C. lanceolata, Lngl. Jahrb. xxvi. 419. Stem slender, creep- 
‘ing or climbing ; internodes 7-9 lin. long. Leaves thin; petiole about 
-} in. long, sheathing for half its length, deeply channelled ; blade 23-34 
in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate ; immersed 
glands numerous, linear; primary lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, 
-spreading, uniting not far from the margin. Peduncle about 5 lin. long. 
Spathe 7 lin. long, 3-3} lin. broad, shell-shaped. Ovary subglobose ; 
‘stigma discoid. Berries about 2} lin. diam., subglobose. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: on trees in the Forest of Lokundje, near Lolo- 
-dorf, 1600 ft., Staudt, 32; near Campo, Dinklage. 
I have not seen this species. 
6. C. parviflora, V. Z. Br. Stem climbing to a height of 12-15 
ft., 1-14 lin. thick, not tubercled, pallid. Leaves spreading, 1—1} in. 
‘distant, glabrous ; petiole $—1} in. long, sheathing to 1}~3 lin. from the 
top, slender; blade 24-5} in. long, 3-14 in. broad, slightly unequal- 
sided, slightly falcate, lanceolate, tapering to a fine acuminate point, 
-cordate at the base ; veins slightly prominent on both sides; immersed 
glands linear, superficial glands numerous, sessile, crater-shaped, whitish 
in the dried state. Raceme very short, sessile, terminal, 2—3-flowered. 
Bracts 2-6 lin. long, 1-1? lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, submem- 
‘branous, green. Peduncles 5-8 lin. long, rather slender, more or less 
recurved. Spathe 6-8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. diam., oblong-obovoid, obtuse, 
apiculate, convolute to half way up, green, persistent for some time 
-atter flowering. Spadix shorter than the spathe; female part 2-2} 
lin. long, 1}—-1} lin. thick; male part about 3 lin. long. Ovaries about 
12, angular from pressure, 2-celled ; stigma small. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 105! 
A very distinct species, easily distinguished by the cordate-based leaves and small 
= It was sent alive by Gustav Mann to Kew, where it flowered in December 
A plant collected in the Cameroons by Preuss (498) may, perhaps, be a form of 
this species ; it was distributed by Engler as C. scandens, trom which it is quite 
-distinct. 
7. ©. tenuifolia, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 447. Leaves mem- 
‘branous; petiole 2-4} in. long, sheathing for } of its length, apex of 
