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890. Philodendron (Baursia) teretipes, Sprague [ Araceae— 
Philodendreae]; affine P. Glaziovii, Hook. f., a quo petiolis 
teretibus,. inflorescentia minore subsessile, ovulis paucioribus 
distinguitur. 
Caulis sub inflorescentia circiter 1-3 cm. diametro. Folia 
longipetiolata ; petioli erecto-ascendentes, apice recurvati, teretes, 
11-16 cm. longi, medio 6-7 mm diametro, flavidi, apicem versus 
rubro-tincti; petiolus folii supremi basi 1:3 cm. vaginans; 
laminae deflexae, lanceolatae, breviter acute acuminatae, in 
basin subdeltoideo-angustatae, 14-5-21-5 em. longae, 3-8-6-2 em. 
latae, marginibus leviter recurvatis rubris, basi supra petiolum 
anguste connatis; nervi primarii utrinsecus circiter 12, quam 
intermedii vix conspicuiores. Pedunculus communis nullus; 
spatha inferne ad pedunculum spadicis adnata, 11 cm. longa, 
cremea, intus coccinea, apice cuspidata, parte expansa obovata 
6-5 cm. longa, 3-2 cm. lata; pedunculus spadicis 1:5 em. longus, 
per totam longitudinem ad basin spathae adnatus; spadix 8-5 cm. 
longus, parte feminea 2 cm. longa. Pistilla 16-18 mm. longa, 
stigmate discoideo 1:°2:mm, diametro; ovarium 7-loculare, loculis 
paullum ultra medium productis; ovula pro loculo 2-3, e basi 
erecta. 
Tropicar, Amprica. Described from a fresh specimen of a 
plant grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, where it 
was received from Mr. O’Brien in July, 1912, with the statement 
that it had been imported with Zygopetalum Sanderianum, 
egel, 
XXXVI.—THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF GOUANIA. 
M. ‘L. ‘GREEN. 
At this stage the fruit recalls that 
except that the latter has only two mericarps, 
