816 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE.^ (baker). [Do7iax. 



Agruafi and Bame, Kranse I Lagos : Abeokuta, Barter, 3372 ! Niger Delta : 

 Angiama, Barter, 98 ! Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 114 ! bank of 

 Elepbant Lake, Brenss, 386 ! tbickets by tbe landing-place near Barombi-ba-Mbu, 

 Preuss, 424, 425. 



Nile I<and. Jnr : Jur Gbattas, Schweinfurth. Niamniam : Dyagbe River, 

 ScUveinjurth, 3103 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Corisco Bay, Mann, 1906 ! Mfoa, Bates, 544 ! 

 Lower Congo : Mayombe, Laurent, 64. 



2. D. arillata, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 438. Stem stramineous, 

 flattened, G ft. long, glabrous, except the hairy nodes. Leaves oblong, 

 glabrous, moderately firm, 4-10 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, not variegated, 

 rounded at the base ; sheaths glabrous, 4-5 in. long ; thickened free tip 

 of petiole cylindrical, under 1 in. long. Inflorescence long-peduncled, 

 erect, scantily forked ; sheaths glabrous, cylindrical, imbricated so as 

 to nearly hide the axis, l|-2 in. long. Flowers in pairs, one sub- 

 sessile, the other' pedicellate. Ovary densely silky. Sepals lanceolate, 

 J -J in. long. Outer staminodia obovate, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Fruit pilose, globose, apparently 1 -seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Barombi stream, near Kake, Preuss, 379 ! 



3. D. azurea, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 434. Stems tufted. 

 Lower leaves reduced to mere sheaths. Leaves oblong, glabrous on 

 both sides, 4-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; cusp linear, very acute ; sheaths 

 very long, sparsely pilose inside near the apex. Bracts 2-flowered, an 

 inch or more long. Ovary pilose. Sepals unequal, lanceolate, \-\ in. 

 long. Outer staminodia bright azure-blue, obovate-cuneate, nearly an 

 inch long. Fruit unknown. 



Iffile Ziand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; by the Dyagbe River, near Wando's 

 village, Sehiveinfurth, 3216. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



4. D. filipeSy Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 440. Stems slender, 

 glabrous, 4 ft. long ; nodes also glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, con- 

 spicuously cuspidate, 3-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, glabrous on both 

 sides, rounded at the base, variegated with pinnate white bands ; 

 sheaths glabrous, 2-5 in. long ; thickened free apex of petiole not above 

 ^ in. long. Inflorescence sparsely or copiously panicled ; sheaths 

 glabrous, cylindrical, 1 in. long; flowers in pairs, one nearly sessile, 

 one pedicellate. Ovary dense, pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, ^ in. long. 

 Staminodia golden-yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit small, 

 3-lobed, 3-seeded. — Phrynium filipes, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 532 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 11. Clinogyne filipes^ Benth. Gen. PI. iii. G51. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : banks of the River Ogun, Millen, 141 ! Western 

 Lagos, Roivland ! Cameroons : Efulen, Bates, 441 ! Fernando Po, Vogel, 163 ! 



5. D. oligantha, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 435. Stems 

 glabrous, 5-6 ft. long ; nodes also glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 conspicuously cuspidate, 3-4 in. long, I2-- in. broad, unequally rounded 



