80G cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE^ (baker). [A 



momum. 



upper oblong, obtuse, 1 in. broad ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate- 

 cuneate, 2 in. broad ; anther-crest with a small erect central lobe and 

 two spreading linear side-lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. — Baker in 

 Hook. Ic. t. 2482. 



Xiower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1902 ! Gaboon, cultivated specimen ! 



9. A, Sceptruxn^ Oliv. tO Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 109. 

 Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 5-6 ft. long. Leaves 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, 8-10 in. long, 2-B 

 in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces, deltoid at the base, shortly petioled 

 above the sheath ; ligule large, membranous, rounded at the apex. 

 Peduncle short, few-flowered ; bracts glabrous, truncate, conspicuously 

 spotted with purple on a pale green ground, indistinctly ribbed. Flowers 

 about 3 in. long. Upper lobe of the corolla oblong, 2 in. long, above 

 an inch broad ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 1 J in. broad^ 

 pale lilac with a yellow throat, crisped towards the edge ; central lobe 

 of the anther-crest small, deltoid ; lateral large, falcate. Dried fruit 

 ampulliform, not grooved, glabrous, 2 in. long, under 1 in. diam. 

 Seeds faintly aromatic, with a bright pale brown very shining testa. — 

 Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5761. 



Upper Guinea. Akasa, at the mouth of the River Niger, Simmonds ! 

 Ziower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1034 ! Lower Congo, Laurent, 35. 



10. A. macrolepisy Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 416. Leafy 

 stem tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, distinctly petioled on the 

 sheath, cordate at the base, 16-18 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; ligule large, membranous, cut down to the 

 middle or beyond into two lobes. Inflorescence large, capitate ; peduncle 

 4 in. long, covered from the base to the top with large bract leavevS. 

 Corolla-lobes 2 in. long ; upper oblong, obtuse ; lateral linear-lanceolate. 

 Lip obovate-oblong, 2-2i in. long and broad, crisped at the margin, 

 fleshy in the middle ; central lobe of anther-crest triangular ; lateral 

 lanceolate, falcate. 



upper Guinea. Cameroons : on the bank of a brook near Barombi, Freuss, 5. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



11. A. glaucophyllum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 415. Leafy 

 stem, tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, above a foot long, IJ in. 

 broad at the middle, glaucous-green, glabrous above, minutely pubescent 

 beneath, narrowed gradually to the base ; ligule small, truncate. Spikes 

 2-flowered, club-shaped ; peduncle short; bracts ciliated on the margin. 

 Dorsal corolla-lobe obovate, obtuse, nearly 3 in. long, 2 in. broad ; 

 lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, large, crisped, rose-red with a 

 yellow throat; anther-crest with a subemarginate triangular central 

 lobe and two spreading lanceolate side-lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : on the tobacco farm of Kriby, Preuss, 254. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



