322 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE.E (baker). [Phryiiium. 



Flowers small. 



Blade of leaf 5-6 in. long. 



Bracts |-f in. long 10. P. monophyllum. 



Bracts 1-1:^ in. long 11. P. leiogonium. 



Blade of leaf 6-12 in. long . . . . 12. P. villosum. 



Blade of leaf 12-18 in. long . . . . 13. P. pHonogonium. 



Blade of leaf 16-20 in. long . . . . 14. P. hisuhulatum. 



Caulescent. 



Spike simple 15. P. incBquilaterum. 



Spikes 1-3 . . • • • • • . 16. P. ramosissimum. 

 Spikes panicled 17. P. sulphureum. 



1. P. holostachyum. Baker. Petiole long, stiffly erect, sub- 

 radical ; blade oblong-lanceolate, firm, glabrous, acute, 9-10 in. long, 

 2-i-3 in. broad, rounded at the base ; cylindrical apical callus of the 

 petiole 1 in. long. Spike simple, erect, produced from the petiole on a 

 short peduncle a little below the blade, Ij in. long; bracts oblong- 

 navicular, glabrous, slightly imbricate, J in. long; peduncle 2-flowered, 

 as long as the bract. Flower light yellow. Ovary globose, glabrous. 

 Sepals ovate, J in. long. Fruit depresso-globose, \ in. diam. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crjstal, ManUy 1645 ! 



2. P. coriscense. Baker, Whole plant 2-3 ft. long. Petiole 

 long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 1 in. long; blade oblong, 

 cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 6-10 in. long, 2|-3J in. broad, 

 rounded at the base. Inflorescence a simple few-flowered erect spike 

 springing from the sheathing petiole not far from its base; bract 

 oblong-lanceolate-navicular, glabrous, IJ in. long. Peduncle nearly as 

 long as the bract. Sepals lanceolate, J in. long. Corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx ; lobes oblong. Staminif erous lobe of the andrcecium J- 

 obovate. Fruit not seen. 



^ower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1907 ! 



3. P. bracliystach3nini, Koernicke in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxv. 

 108. Whole plant 6-8 ft. high. Petiole long, subradical ; cylindrical 

 apical callus 1 in. long ; leaf oblong, moderately firm, glabrous, 8-15 in. 

 long, 4-8 in. broad, rounded at the base. Spikes 1-3, distichous, 

 sessile or shortly peduncled, 1-2 in. long, springing from the petiole a 

 short or long distance from the leaf ; bracts oblong-navicular, glabrous 

 or pubescent, much imbricate, J-J in. long ; peduncle as long as the 

 bract, bearing several flowers, some rudimentary. Flowers small. 

 Fruit globose, bright red, 2-3-seeded, \ in. diam. Seeds with many 

 vertical grooves. — Horan. Prodr. 11 ; Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 653. 

 Maranta (?) hrachystachya, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 531. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Mahnoo, Mrs. Mair ! near Tawia, River 

 Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4473a ! and without precise locality, Scott-Mliot, 4943 ! Liberia : 

 Cape Paliuas, Vogel, 29 ! Gold Coast, Burton ^ Cameron ! Ashanti : Assin-Yan- 

 Coomassie, 187 ! Lagos, Barter, 20168 ! Lower Niger : Onitsa, Barter, 1545 ! 

 Niger Delta : Grand Bassa, Vogel, 77 ! River Nun, Barter, 20112 ! Mann, 5l7 ! 



^bower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann^ 1908 ! 



