194 CL, AROIDEZ (BROWN). [Stylochiton. . 
lanceolate-elliptic, acute, rounded or obtuse at the base. Peduncle 
4-3} in. long, enclosed by several membranous ovate bracts about 1 in. 
long. Spathe-tube 8-9 lin. long, subterranean ; limb }~1} in. long, 
ovate, acuminate, with a very oblique mouth, green. Spadix 1-1} in. 
long, shortly protruding from the mouth of the spathe. Female 
flowers 5, in one cycle, erect, free. Perianth 1 lin. long, urceolate, sub- 
crenate at the slightly oblique apex. Ovary free, ovoid, narrowed into 
a 1 lin. long exserted style. Male spike moderately lax, distant from , 
the female flowers. Perianth very short, cupular, truncate. Filaments 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 479. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Jur; near the River Dembo, Tinne, 10; 
Abu Guroon’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1553 (ex Engler), in woods by the River Jur, 
Schweinfurth, 1587 (ex Engler); Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1858 (ex Engler) ; 
and at Kurshook (Kutschuk) Ali’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 199! Bongo 
(Bogosland by error) : in the Steppe to the south of the River Lesi (Lebsis by error), 
Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 200 (ex Engler). Niamniam; at Makporru Hill, Schwein- 
furth, 3740 (ex Engler). 
I have not seen leaves of this plant. 
13. S. Barteri, V. Z. Br. Leaves sagittate (Barter), appearing 
after the flowers. Spathe very shortly pedunculate, about 1} in. long; 
tube subterranean, 10 lin. long; limb 7-8 lin. long, oblong, apiculate, 
with a very oblique mouth, purple. Spadix shorter than the spathe. 
Female flowers 4—5, in one cycle, scarcely cohering or easily separated. 
Perianth 2-2} lin. long, urceolate, obliquely truncate at the mouth. 
Ovary free, ovoid; style 2 lin. long, slender, much exserted. Male spike 
distant from the female flowers. Perianth 3-2 lin. deep, cupular, 
truncate. Filaments of the stamens scarcely exceeding the perianth 
3-4 lin. long, filiform; anthers subquadrate. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yoruba; at Oyo, Barter, 3424! 
There are no leaves with the specimen, but in all probability a leafy specimen, 
without flowers, collected by Barter (1472) in Nupe, growing in moist ground, may 
belong to this species ; its characters are as follows.—Petiole 7-10 in. long, sheathing 
for 3-3} in. ; blade sagittate or sagittate-hastate, glabrous ; front lobe 3}-63 in. 
long, j-1; in. broad at the base, thence gradually tapering to an acute mucronate 
apex ; basal lobes 13-2? in. long, 1-} in. broad at the base, linear-oblong or nar- 
rowly lanceolate-oblong, obtuse. 
14, S. similis, V. Z. Br. Leaves not seen. Spathe appearing 
before the leaves, 1-1} in. long; tube subterranean, 6—7 lin. long, 
slightly inflated at the base ; limb hooded, 6-7 lin. long, apiculate at the 
apex, with a lateral or very oblique mouth. Spadix slightly protrud- 
ing from the mouth. Female flowers 4~5, in one cycle, erect, nearly 
free. Perianth 1-1} lin. long, broadly urceolate. Ovary free within 
the perianth, depressed-globose; style ? lin. long, stout, very shortly 
exserted. Male spike distant, rather dense. Perianth } lin. deep, 
