144 CL. AROiDE^ (brown). [Ariscemu. 



4l_8l in. long, f-lj in. broad, tapering to a long acuminate apex, and 

 to an acute base, margins distinctly and acutely serrulate, with the 

 teeth directed towards the apex, glabrous on both sides. Peduncle 

 longer than the petioles, glabrous. Spathe 5-7 in. long ; tube sub- 

 cylindric ; limb about twice as long as the tube, oblong-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a linear-subulate tail. Spadix unisexual, a little longer 

 than the tube, flowers densely crowded ; appendix stout, straight, 

 cylindric, obtuse, slightly thickened at its base, slightly tapering 

 upwards, smooth. — Schott, Prod. Aroid. 47 ; Engl, in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan. ii. 553, Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 151, and Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 154 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 479. 



Iffile Xiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 1125, partly ! 

 Begemeder; Gafat, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1197! 



This species was distributed as A. enneaphyllum, Hochst., but is easily distin- 

 guished by its sharply serrulate leaves, with the teeth all directed towards the apex ; 

 in A. enneaphyllum the teeth are more minute, irregular, and more or less directed 

 outwards. 



3. A. enneaphyllum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 352. 

 Leaves 2-3 to a plant ; petioles long, sheathing ; leaflets 5-9, radiating, 

 sessile, 2-6' in. long, 1-2 in. broad, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, cuneate-acute at the base, minutely erose-denticulate on the 

 margins, glabrous on both sides. Peduncle longer than the petioles, 

 glabrous. Spathe 31-G in. long; tube cylindric or subcampanulate, 

 rather more than half as long as the ovate, acuminate limb. Spadix 

 1J-2J in. long, scarcely longer than the tube of the spathe, unisexual, 

 usually stipitate ; flowers densely crowded ; appendix moderately 

 stout, straight, cylindric, slightly tapering at the base (always?), 

 smooth. — Schott, Syn. Aroid. 28, and Prod. Aroid. 4G ; Engl, in DC. 

 Monogr. Phan. ii. 553, and Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 153; Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 479. 



DTile ]Laiid. Abyssinia : Samen ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 1125, partly ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 580 ! 



4. AMORPHOPHALIiUS, Blume ; Benth. et Hook, f . Gen. 

 PI. iii. 970. 



Spathe convolute or very rarely connate into a tube below, persis- 

 tent, withering. Spadix free, moncecious, with a terminal appendage : 

 male and female parts usually contiguous, rarely distant ; neuter organs 

 none. Perianth none. Ovaries in 2 to many series, usually crowded 

 on a cylindric spike, 1-4-celled, with or without a style ; stigma entire or 

 2-4-lobed. Ovules solitary in each cell, basal, anatropous. Anthers sessile 

 or subsessile, densely crowded or rarely scattered on a cylindric or obconie 

 spike ; cells contiguous, opening by 2-4 apical pores. Berries sub- 

 globose or ellipsoid. Seed ellipsoid or plano-convex, albuminous ; testa 

 thin ; embryo seated at the base of the copious albumen and exterior 

 to it. — Perennial herbs. Rootstock a tuber. Leaf solitary, not pro- 

 duced at the time of flowering ; petiole tall, erect, 3-branched at the 

 apex ; branches 1-3 times dichotomously divided, pinnatipartite ; 



