Stylochiton. | CL. AROIDEH (BROWN). 193 
10. S. grandis, V. Z. Br. Rhizome stout, nodose, with thick 
fleshy simple roots. Leaves not seen, appearing after the flowers. 
Spathe subsessile, enclosed below in several ovate-lanceolate acute 
membranous bracts 1-24 in. long; tube subterranean, 3 in. long, } in. 
in diam., cylindric, inflated at the base; limb about 1 in. long, ovoid, 
apiculate, with an oblique mouth on one side. Spadix shortly pro- 
truding from the mouth of the spathe, about 34 in. long. Female 
flowers 9, in one cycle. Perianth 4 lin. long, cohering with those on 
each side and adnate to the ovary on the side next the axis, dorsally 
free and a little inflated, mouth very oblique, acute at the apex. Ovary 
ovoid tapering upwards, about as long as the perianth; style stout, 
erect, exserted about 3 lin. from the perianth ; stigma large, obliquely 
ovate. Male spike about } in. distant from the female flowers. Perianth 
divided almost to the base into 3, more or less unequal, obtuse lobes 
1 lin. long, # lin. broad, those of the upper flowers smaller. Stamens 
1-3; filaments filiform, about ? lin. long, shorter than the perianth- 
lobes; anthers subquadrate. 
Mile Land, Somaliland: Hahi, James & Thrupp ! 
This very distinct species has a larger spathe than any other of the group pro- 
ducing leaves and flowers at different times, and is remarkable on account of the 
lobed perianth of the male flowers, a character which also occurs in §, lobatus. 
11. S. kerensis, V. /. Br. Rhizome thick and fleshy, emitting 
thick fleshy simple roots, and clothed in the upper part with the 
fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths. Leaves produced after the flowers, 
glabrous ; petioles 24-6 in. long, sheathing for about half their length ; 
blade sagittate ; front lobe 24-3} in. long, ?-1 in. broad, oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate ; basal lobes 10-14 lin. long, narrowly oblong, 
obtuse, somewhat spreading. Peduncle 1-4 in. long, and together with 
the base of the spathe enclosed in 3-4 sheaths. Spathe-tube subterra- 
nean, 1-1} in. long, cylindric, inflated at the base; limb about 4 lin. 
long, hood-shaped, obtuse, apiculate. Spadix protruding 3-4 lin. from 
the mouth of the spathe and decurved at the apex. Female flowers 5, 
in one cycle, very oblique, connate. Perianth 3 lin. long, adnate to the 
ovary below, with only the oblique cupular or suburceolate limb free. 
Ovary inferior; style 1-1} lin. long, incurved, shortly exserted, 
moderately stout. Male spike shortly distant from the female flowers, 
somewhat lax below, more crowded upwards. Perianth cupular, 5-4 lin. 
deep, truncate and slightly thickened at the rim. Filaments of the 
stamens } lin. long, filiform; anthers subquadrate ; cells parallel.— 
S. hypogeus, Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 522 partly ; Martelli, Fi. 
Bogos. 89; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 479 partly. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 77! 167! 
Possibly the plant collected in Kordofan at Melbes by Pfund (761), quoted by 
Engler (Jahrb. xv. 464) under S. hypogaum, Lepr., may belong here. 
12. S. lancifolius, Kotschy d: Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 42, t. 20. Leaves 
appearing after the flowers; petiole 24-4 in. long, the sheathing portion 
subterranean; blade 3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, elliptic-oblong or 
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