Amofnuni.] cxxxiv. scitamine.e (baker). 305 



cuneate, 1^-2 in. broad, yellow at the throat; anther-crest with an 

 entire ovate central lobe and two large lanceolate spreading side-lobes. 

 Fruit ovoid, pubescent, 2-3 in. long, 1^ in. diam., with 9-10 well- 

 marked grooves. Seeds aromatic, globose, shining, J in. diam. Hook. 



in Bot. Mag. t. 4003 ; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 178 ; Horan. Prodr. 2i). 

 A. exscapum, Sims in Konig k Sims, Ann. i. r)48, t. 13; A. yrandi- 

 florum, Smith, Exot. Bot. ii. 103, t. Ill; Rees, Cyclop, xxxix. No. 6; 

 A. Afzelii, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 354 ; Smith in Rees, Cyclop.' 

 xxxix. No. 7 ; A. palustre, Afzel. Stirp. Med. Nov. 1820, I). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Lagos, Moloney ! Millen, 103 of 

 1894 collection ! Roioland ! Yoruba : Ikomu, Millson, 2f2i ! Ni^er Territory : Nupe 

 Barter, 1543! Lower Niger; Abo, Vogel ! Oiiitsa, 5a;-/er,']787 ! Niger Delta' 

 Nan River, Foffel, 66 I Brass, BaHer,38l West Africa : w'lthoutlocaVity, "jDanieU / ' 



0. A. latifolium, Afzel. Remed. Guin. i. 5. Rootstock slender, 

 wide-creeping. Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 8-12 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, moderately firm, 

 glabrous, narrowed to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule 

 large, truncate. Spikes 3-4-flowered, shortly peduncled ; bracts obtuse. 

 Flowers pure white, about 3 in. long. Upper corolla-lobes oblong, 

 2 in. long ; lateral lanceolate. Lip ovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad. Fruit 

 oblong, glabrous, 3 in. long, IJ in. diam. Seeds brown, shining, not 

 sulcate, ellipsoid, J in. long, not aromatic. — Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 

 i. 29, 571 ; Horan. Prodr. 29 ; Hook. f. in Kew Journ. vi. 297. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Dauiell ! Crraf I Niger Delta : 

 Grand Bassa, Herb. Hanhury. 



Iiower Guinea. Congo, Eoscoe. 

 Native name Mabooloo. 



7. A. kayserianum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 415. Root- 

 stock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 9-10 ft. long. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, modei'ately firm, quite glabrous, 1 ft. long, 2;V-3 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath ; 

 ligule small, truncate. Spikes oblong, 5-6-flowered, shortly peduncled ; 

 bracts oblong, obtuse, green, glabrous, the upper 2 in. long. Corolla- 

 lobes 2 in. long ; upper oblong-spathulate ; lateral lanceolate. Lip 

 white, obovate-cuneate, about an inch broad ; anther-crest with a small 

 entire orbicular central lobe and two very large lanceolate falcate side- 

 lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : near Buea, in low forest, 3000-3500 ft., Pretiss, 

 826! 



8. A. Manniiy Oliv. <i: Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 

 llootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves 

 oblong, strongly cuspidate, firm, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 

 narrowed to a distinct petiole above the sheath ; ligule small, brown, 

 scariose, truncate. Spikes 2-3-flowered ; peduncle very short, hidden 

 by the much imbricated oblong obtuse bracts, which are conspicuously 

 .spotted with brown on a green ground. Corolla-lobes above 2 in. long ; 



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