236 



mo 



accordinp- to 



lower lialf witli 4r-5 distant sheaths, of which the lower are 1^- 

 2| in. long, stem-clasping at the base with a long slender awl-like 

 free point, and the upper ^-1 in. long, ovate, acute, stem-clasping, 

 white or tinted with reddish-brown ; upper half with a spike-like 

 lax raceme of flower-clusters, which sometimes a 



together. Bracts spreading; 3-4 lin. long, 1 



i| 



lin. broad, 



mem 



3-^ 



Fig, 16. 



S, senegambica, Baker, Plant ^ nat. size. A and C, sections of petioles; 

 B and D sections at middle of blades of two different leaves ; E, 

 flower. Figs. A-E, nat. size. From a plant cultivated at Kew. 



to the sun; pedicels 2|-4 lin. long, jointed at 



middle, with the upper or deciduous part l|-3 Ion 

 ing ^^r.^ 11 -- '" 1 ^i^ j:is-„f^x __*._• 



plant, 



1 2 



2 3 



below the 



gy 



xevolute. 



2 ^ **x^. long, jointed at or 



tube vary- 



from ^--| in, in length on different specimens'" of the same 



1 lin. * "■' __[ *'■__ "" " " "' '-* ' " ' 



in diam. above; lobes 5-9 Im. long, linear, obtuse, 



1 



lin. 



in diam. at the sliglitly swollen ellipsoid base 



-Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr., vol. vii. p. 332. S. Comui, 



Ger. & Labr. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1903, p. 170, 1T3, 



fig. 5; De Wildem. Notices PL Utiles dn Congo, pp. 624-625, 

 fig. 5. 



