150 CL. AROiDE-^ (brown). [Amorphophallus . 



base. Peduncle 4-6 in. long, glabrous, smooth. Spathe erect, glabrous ; 

 tube 2 in. long, 1 in. diam. at the top, convolute, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, inside longitudinally furrowed, dark purple with a pale zone 

 around the mouth ; limb 4— 4|^ in. long, erect, very concave or somewhat 

 hooded, with the apex directed forwards, wavy on the margins, dark 

 purple. Spadix much shorter than the spathe, sessile ; flowering part 

 cylindric, dense, female about f in, long, male about 1 in. long, both 

 about 4-5 lin. thick; appendix 1J-1| in. long, about J in, thick 

 cylindric, obtuse, abruptly contracted at the base, apparently derk 

 purple, smooth. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled ; stigma large, subsessile, two 

 lobed. Stamens crowded; filaments stout, § lin. long; anther-cells 

 subglobose. — Hydrosme Schweiiifurthii, Engier in DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 ii. 322, Jahrb. .XV. 460, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 132; Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 128; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474, 

 and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 276. 



19'lle Karada IJritish East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schtveinfurth, 1806 ! 

 Niamniam ; Makporru Hill, Schweinfurth, 3732 (ex Enghr ' and Nabanda-Juru 

 Steppe, Schweinfurth, 3573 (ex Engier). 



IMEozamb. Blst. GTerman East Africa : Karatschongo, Fischer^ 617 (ex 

 Engier). 



Probably some juvenile leafy specimens {Schweinfurth, 1895) collectecl at Jur 

 Ghattas also belong to this species. See also a note under 30, A. ahyssinicus, N, E. Br. 



6. A» n&ossambicensis^ Klotzsch ex Garcke in Peters, Reise Mos- 

 samb. Bot. 509, t. 56. Tuber depressed, about 2-2J in. diam. Leaf 

 not seen. Peduncle 6-^9 in. long, smooth. Spathe convolute below, 

 glabrous inside and out ; tube lJ-2 in. long, about 1 J in. diam. at the 

 mouth, campanulate-iufundibuliform ; limb probably very concave, 

 3J-4|^ in. long, 3-3J in. broad when flattened out, suberect, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse or subacute, undulated, dark purple. Spadix about 

 equalling or a little shorter than the spathe ; flowering part cylindric, 

 dense, female about J in. long, male 1-1:| in. long, 3-3 J lin. thick; 

 appendix 2-3J in. long, rather slender, 2-3 lin. thick, cylindric or 

 slightly tapering upwards, obtuse. Ovary ellipsoid, 1 -celled ; stigma 

 discoid, sessile. — Hydrostne mossamhicensis., Schott, in Oesterr. Bot. 

 Wochenbl. 1857, 389, Gen. Aroid. t. 33, and Prod. Aroid. 132; 

 Peters, Eeise Mossamb. Bot. 509, t. 56 ; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 ii. 324, Jahrb. xv. 458, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 132 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. Gorynophallus Tnossambicensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. 

 Gen. PI. ii. 741. 



SSozamb. Slst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; mountains of 

 Lupata and in other places in Rios de Sena, Peters (ex Oarke). British Central 

 Africa : North Nyasaland j on the banks of the Nsessi River, in damp sand, Scott ! 



7. A. Goetzei, J^. E. Br. Tuber depressed, about 3J in. diam. 

 Cataphyllary leaves 3-4 in. long, nearly as long as the peduncle, which 

 is 4-4| in.. long. Spathe green outside ; tube 2j-2j in. long and about 

 3 J in. in diam., obliquely campanulate, densely covered with short fili- 

 form processes inside ; limb 4|-6 in. long and 4 in. broad, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, undulated, marked with violet nerves inside. Spadix shortly 



