Anubias. | CL. AROIDEZ (BROWN). 183 
Blade of leaf 4-6 in. long ; spathe 1-2 in, long, ex- 
panded : c - : “ . ‘ 
Leaves variable, ovate-lanceolate to subhastate, usually 
broadest below the middle, 2-23 times as long as 
broad ; basal lobes, when present, short, broadly 
rounded, 
Spathe convolute when in flower. 
Underside of the midrib quite glabrous - . 38. A. heterophylla, 
Underside of the midrib and usually the apex of 
the petiole minutely puberulous. 
Basal lobes of leaf contiguous or overlapping, 
2. A. lanceolata, 
not + in. long i : ‘ e . 4, A. auriculata. 
Basal lobes of leaf, when present, separated by 
an open sinus, J—# in. long. . . 5. A. congensis. 
Spathe expanded when in flower : ‘ . 6. A. Barteri. 
Leaves hastate with very spreading, linear-lanceolate, 
entire or lobulate basal lobes. : . 7. A. hastifolia. 
1. A. Afzelii, Schott in Oesterr. Bot.Wochenbl. 1857, 399. Aquatic. 
Leaves erect, glabrous; petiole long, geniculate at the apex; blade 
about 1 ft. long, 3—4 in. broad, lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the 
rounded or subtruncate base; primary veins very numerous, parallel, 
slightly curved, ascending. Peduncle long, smooth. Spathe 2} in. 
long, convolute, tubular, only open at the apex, obtuse, apiculate. 
Spadix longer than the spathe, cylindric; female part 10-11 lin. long, 
male 1? in. long, the lowest male flowers more or less abortive. Ovary 
subglobose ; style very short; stigma discoid.—Schott, Prod. Aroid. 
159, and Gen. Aroid. t. 42; Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 434, Jahrb. 
xv. 463 (excluding the Cameroon and Angolan specimens), and Aracee, t. 
121 as to analyses (copied from Schott) only ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
FI. Afr. v. 476 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bafodeya, Scott-Elliot, 5560! near Kahreni, 
Scott-Elliot, 5623! rivulets near Vatemba Road, Barter? in swamps at Intro, 
Johnson, 732! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! Don! 
On the label with Don’s specimen in the British Museum Herbarium is the 
following note: “ Aquatic, a full foot under water.” 
The 4. Afzelii of Engl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 149, collected by 
Braun at Batanga in the Cameroons, and of De Wildeman & Durand, Contrib. Fl. 
Congo, i. fase. 2, 65, collected by Laurent at Mpioka, in the Congo Free State, 
probably belongs to some other species. 
2. A. lanceolata, .V. L. Br. Stem stout, creeping and rooting, 
5—6 lin. thick, densely leafy. Leaves erect, glabrous ; petiole 2}—5$ in. 
long, its sheath 2-24 in. long, very broadly dilated at the base; blade 
4—6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, lanceolate, equally tapering at both ends, 
subobtuse at the apex, narrowly rounded at the base ; veins numerous, 
parallel, ascending, slightly curved. Peduncle about 5 in. long, slender, 
glabrous. Spathe 1-2 in. long, oblong, obtuse, apiculate, convolute at 
the base, expanded above, white. Spadix about as long as the spathe 
