CXXXIV. SCITAMINE^ (bAKER). 299 



cuneate at the base, moderately firm, glabrous on both sides ; petiole 

 scarcely any; ligule oblong, brown, membranous, obtuse, 1-U in. 

 long. Flowers many in a sessile globose cluster, terminal on the leafy 

 stem ; bracts orbicular, ^ in. broad. Calyx J in. long, toothed at the 

 tip. Corolla-lobes above 1 in. long. Lip 2 in. long and broad, pink ; 

 process of -fertile stamen an inch shorter than the lip. 



iMO-wer Guinea. Corisco Bay, by the Muni River, Mann, 1628 ! 



3. C. sarmentosus, Bojer in Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. 2, iv. 262, t. 8. 

 Stems slender, sarmentose, reaching a length of 20-30 ft. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, a span long, 2 in. broad at the middle, softly pubes- 

 cent beneath ; petiole very short, villous ; ligule short, densely ciliated. 

 Spikes sessile at the apex of the leafy stem, H in. diam.; bracts 

 suborbicular, the lower 1 in. broad. Calyx shorter than the bract. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, acute. Lip obovate-cuneate, 1 in. broad, white 

 with a yellow blotch in the middle, fimbriated at the margin ; process 

 of fertile stamen nearly as long as the lip. — Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 328, 



XHozamb. Dist. Island of Zanzibar, on the banks of streams amongst tall 

 grass, Bojer! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



4. C. afer, Ker in Bot. Beg. t. 683. Terrestrial. Leafy stems erect, 

 reaching a length of 10-12 ft. Leaves very variable in size, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-0 in. long, 1-3 in. broad at the middle, acuminate, 

 moderately firm, rounded at the base to a short broad petiole, glabrous 

 or softly pubescent beneath ; ligule very short. Spikes globose, 1-3 in. 

 long, 1 J-2 in. diam., usually sessile at the end of the leafy stems ; bracts 

 suborbicular, glabrous, the outer |-1 in. long and broad. Calyx shorter 

 than the bract ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla-lobes oblong, acute, about 

 1 in. long. Lip 1^ in. long and broad, white or red, with a yellow 

 centre ; process that bears the anther J-| in. broad, nearly as long as 

 the lip, incurved at the tip. — Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4079; Horan. 

 Prodr. Scit. 3G ; Ridley in Journ. Bot. 1887, 131 ; Schumann in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 422. 



Upper Guinea. Island of Los, Sehcyn ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Don ! Vogel, 

 ^:0; Scott-Elliot, SSSai Gold Coast, Burton! Lower Niger; Abo, Vo(^el ! Barter, 

 417 ! Fernando Po, Mann, 439 I Cameroons : Cameroon Piver, Mann, 2143 ! 



DTile £and. British East Africa : Niamniam ; Nabambisso River, Sc/iwein- 

 furth, ser. iii. 204 ! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7330 ! 



ILo-wer Guinea. Congo, Smith ! Angola : Golungo Alto ; between Trombeto 

 and Cambondo, common on the banks of the streams, Wehcitsch, G464 I 



Var. maculatm. Baker. Flowering stems produced direct from the root, covered 

 by imbricate leaf sheaths. C, maculaiu.s, Rose. Scit. t, 82. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don, 



Dried specimens of a plant cultivated at Kew in 1883 show the tall leafy stems of 

 the type, and the short leafless stems of the variety from the same root. 



5. C. lucanusianus, J. Braun <L' Schumann in Jliith. Deutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 151. Leafy stem 6-7 ft. long. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, oblong, 8-10 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, gradually acuminate, 



