Anubias. | CL. AROIDE& (BROWN). 185 
primary veins minutely puberulous beneath. Peduncles 4—10 in. long. 
Spathe 1-1? in. long, ovoid or ellipsoid not expanded, obtuse, very 
shortly apiculate, glabrous, pale dull green. Spadix a little shorter 
than the spathe, 10-13 lin. long, cylindric; female part about 3 lin. 
long. Ovaries not very crowded, globose; style short, stout ; stigma 
discoid.— A. heterophylla, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1889, vi. 67, not 
of Engl. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Boma, cultivated specimens! Introduced 
by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea. 
This is similar to some forms of A. Barteri, Schott, but differs in its convolute, 
ovoid or ellipsoid spathe, open in the upper part only, not expanded nearly to the 
base, as in 4. Barter. 
6. A. Barteri, Schott, Prod. Aroid. 159. Stem creeping and 
rooting, 2—3 lin. thick, glabrous. Leaves erect, variable, glabrous 
above ; petiole 2-11 in. long, slender, its sheath 1-1} in. long, dilated 
at the base; blade 23-8 in. long, 14-4 in. broad, ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded, subtruncate or more or 
less cordate-hastate at the base; basal lobes often unequal, short and 
rounded or deltoid, obtuse ; veins numerous, parallel, curved, ascend- 
ing; midrib and primary veins minutely, but distinctly, puberulous 
beneath. Peduncle 24-7 in. (or more 2) long, slender, glabrous. Spathe 
1-1} in. long, about 5 lin. broad, oblong, subulate-pointed, expanded 
nearly to the base when in flower, convolute when in fruit, glabrous, 
green. Spadix 1—1} in. long, slender, cylindric ; female part 24-6 lin. 
long. Ovary depressed-globose ; style short ; stigma discoid.— Engl. in 
DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 435, and Jahrb. xv. 463; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 476. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: creeping on stones at the bank of a river,. 
Mann, 104! Barter, 2045! Cameroons: on stones in a forest stream, Efulen, 
Bates, 289! Kumba River, north-east of Barombi, Preuss, 559! Bipinde, in forest, 
Zenker, 901! in forest to the west of Barombi-ba-Mbu, Preuss, 465 (ex Engler). 
Var. glabra, N. E. Brown. Leaves 3-44 in. long, 1j-2 in. broad, acute at the 
base ; midrib and veins glabrous beneath. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann, xv! by a brook near Barombi, 
Preuss, 422! 1223! 
7. A. hastifolia, Hngl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 
149, Rhizome creeping, densely leafy at the apex. Leaves erect ; 
petiole about 8 in. long, sheathing for }—4 its length; blade hastate, 
its middle lobe about 64 in. long, 2-2} in. broad, its basal lobes about 
2 in. long, } in. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, horizontally spreading. 
Peduncle 6 in. long. Spathe 2 in. long, } in. broad, oblong, obtuse, 
decurrent on the peduncle. Spadix 17 in. long, about 4 in. thick at 
the middle, tapering towards each end; female part 7-8 lin. long. 
Ovary depressed-globose; style short; stigma orbicular. Stamens 
united into a short tube, in all the other species they are united into a 
