Culcasia. | CL. AROIDEA (BROWN). 179 
state; midrib and veins impressed above, prominent beneath, con- 
spicuously reticulate. Peduncle solitary, terminal, 1—1} in. long, } in. 
thick, glabrous. Spathe 14-1}? in. long, }-1 in. broad, convolute at the 
base only, upper part expanded, elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, white within, 
greenish outside in the basal part, glabrous. Spadix shorter than the 
spathe, 24 lin. thick, cylindric, obtuse, stipitate; stipes 2-3 lin. long; 
female part 4—5 lin. long; male part about } in. long. Ovaries 12-15, 
depressed, angular from mutual pressure, dull scarlet, 2-celled ; stigma 
sessile, whitish. Anthers crowded, milk-white. Berries 4—5-angled, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 471. Aglaonema Mannii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 
t. 5760; Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 442. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria Mountains, cultivated specimens, 
Mann ! Mungo, in damp forests, Buchholz, 94,134 (ex Engler). 
When held to the light the spaces between the primary lateral veins are seen to 
be traversed by one or more very long translucent laticiferons vessels, often visible to 
the naked eye on the underside of the dried leaves as long, dark, very slender lines, 
and very evident in the living state. 
13. C. striolata, Lngl. Jahrb. xxvi. 417. Stem about }-1 ft. 
high, 14-2 lin. thick in the dried state, erect, not tubercled, supported 
by long stilt-like roots about as stout as the stem; internodes 4-7 lin. 
long. Leaves collected on the upper part of the stem, membranous; 
petiole 14-23 in. long, sheathing up to 1-7 lin. from the top; apex of 
the sheath biauriculate ; blade 4-6} in. long, 11-2} in. broad, unequal- 
sided, somewhat oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 
narrowed below the middle to a cuneate acute base, shining dark 
green above, paler beneath, abundantly marked with linear glands ; 
primary lateral veins 12-15 on each side of the midrib, and, together 
with the reticulated secondary veins, slightly prominent on both sides. 
Peduncle solitary, terminal, 3-1 in. long. Spathe 1-1} in. long, 7-9 lin. 
broad, elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, convolute at the base only, boat-shaped 
above, green, glabrous. Spadix shorter than the spathe, stipitate ; 
Stipes about 14 lin. long ; female part 1-14 lin. long; male part 6-8 lin. 
long, cylindric, stouter than the female. Ovaries 8-10, depressed, 
2-celled, buff-coloured; stigma very large, sessile, discoid. Anthers 
pale pink.—Notizbl. K. Bot. Gart. Berl. 1899, 281; Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.—iv. 58. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann, 781! near the shore, Kal. 
breyer, 86! cultivated specimen! in light forest between Victoria and Bimbia, 
Preuss, 1161! 
Introduced to Kew by Mr, Gustav Mann, where it flowered in 1862. 
14. C. gracilis, V. H. Br. Stems 2-3 ft. high, 14-2 lin. thick, 
erect, branching, rough with minute tubercles. Leaves rather small, 
3-22 in. distant ; petioles 1-2 in. long, sheathing up to about } in, 
