AmorphophalliLS.] cl. aroide^ (brown). 147 



Appendix of the spadix §-1 in. 

 thick at tlie base ; petiole 

 unknown . . . . 26. A. Fischeri. 



Base of the 8 in. long spathe smooth 



inside ; style 2 lin. long . . 20. A. gallaensis. 



§§Limb of the spathe forming a broad frill 

 around the oblique mouth, not pro- 

 duced at the very obtuse apex . 27. A. Mannii. 

 1]: Peduncle f-l|- in. long. (See also 27, A. 

 Mannii^ and 24, A. leopoldianus, in 

 which the length is unknown) . . 28. A. Zenkeri. 



1. A. EUiotiiy Hook.f. in BoL Mag. t. 7349. Tuber 2J-3 in. in 

 diam. Leaf about 18 in. diam., glabrous; petiole 2 ft. or more high, 

 spotted on the lower half, smooth ; terminal segments 5-8 in. long, 

 6-7 lin. broad, the others smaller, all linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 decurrent at the base. Peduncle 7-10 in. long, pale greyish, slightly 

 tinged with pink, spotted with olive-green, smooth. Spathe rather small, 

 glabrous ; tube 1 J-2|^ in. long, 1 J in. diam,, cylindrical, margins connate, 

 not convolute, base truncate and intruded ; limb 2-4 in. long, galeate, 

 with the apex curved forward, acute ; outside pinkish on the lower part 

 of the tube, lined and thinly spotted with light greyish-olive, upper 

 part of the tube and limb green, densely mottled with brown ; inside of 

 limb dull purple, smooth and glabrous in the tube. Spadix much 

 shorter than the spathe, stipitate; stipes 6-7 lin. long, about 2 lin. 

 thick ; flowering part cylindric, female 2-3 lin. long, male 6-0 hn. 

 long; appendix IJ-lJ in. long, 3-5 lin. thick, cylindric or fusiform 

 obtuse, sometimes narrowed into a stipes at the base. Ovaries in 2-3 

 series, ellipsoid, 1-celled; style very short, about ^^ lin. long ; stigma 

 small, simple. Ovule solitary, anatropous, on a short funicle 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Wallia, growing among low grass. Scott- 

 JSlliot, 4640 ! and a cultivated specimen ! 



This is the only species known in which the margins of the spathe are connate 

 into a tube : in all the others thev are convolute. 



2. A. leonensiSy Lem. in Hort. Vanhoutt. fasc. i. I, t. S,Jig. 2 Or-b. 

 Leaf solitary, glabrous; petiole 3-3 J ft, high, robust, tinged with 

 purple-brown at the base and variegated with dark red-brown and 

 whitish ; segments 6-8 in. long, ^-^ in. broad, linear, acute, decurrent. 

 Peduncle 3-8 in. long, smooth, enclosed at the base in 3-4 membranous 

 bracts 2-4 in. long ; inner bracts purplish, spotted with white. Spathe 

 3J-6 in. long, 2^-3J in. diam., obliquely funnel-shaped, convolute 

 below, obtuse, apiculate, outside purplish-brown, marked with numerous 

 pale veins and some whitish or yellowish spots, inside glabrous and 

 smooth, pale rosy or whitish, with bright red-brown stripes. Spadix 

 shorter or a little longer than the spathe, 3-5 in. long. Ovary ovoid 

 or subglobose, abruptly contracted into a style §-J lin. long. Anthers 

 quadrate. Appendix 1|^-3J in. long, lJ-2^ in. diam., globose or ovoid, 



