Amorphophallus.^ cl. aroide^ (brown). 151 



exceeding the spathe ; female part f-1 in. long, and about § in. thick ; 

 male part much thicker than the female portion, IJ— 1^ in. long, | to 

 nearly 1 in. thick ; appendix 6-6 J in. long, gradually tapering upwards, 

 dull violet. Ovary cylindric ; stigma cushion-like. Anthers subsessile, 

 depressed at the apex. — Hydrosme Goetzei, Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 355. 



HCozanib. "Dlst. German East Africa : between Khutu and Uhele districts, 

 on the east side of Vidunda Mountain, 1600 ft., Ooetze, 407. 



I have not seen this species ; it is said to be allied to A. mossamhicensis, but 

 differs in the broader tube of the spathe and much stouter spadix. 



8. A, Barteri, N. E. Br. Peduncle of the specimen seen 2 J in. 

 long, probably longer, about 3| lin. thick, smooth, glabrous. Spathe 

 glabrous; tube convolute, apparently green outside, longitudinally 

 furrowed and purple-brown inside ; limb 5 in. long, 3| in. broad, erect, 

 elliptic, obtuse, dark purple-brown. Spadix much shorter than the 

 spathe, sessile ; flowering part cylindric, dense, 3|-4 lin. thick, female 

 about j in. long, male 1 J in. long ; appendix 1 j-2 in. long, 3|^ lin. (or 

 more?) thick, cylindric or somewhat fusiform, obtuse, smooth, furrowed 

 at the base, blackish-purple. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 2-celled ; stigma 

 sessile, large, discoid. — Hydrosme Fontanesii, Schott, Prod. Aroid. 133 ; 

 Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 322 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 474, excl. syns. Hansalia Fontanesii, Schott in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd.-Bat. i. 279 in obs. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, in shady places. Barter, 502 partly ! 



The inflorescence above described is that upon which Schott founded his descrip- 

 tion of Hydrosme Fontanesii and Sansalia Fontanesii, and is most unlikely to be 

 the same as A. Fontanesii, Kth., of which the leaf only is known. Possibly 

 A. JBarteri may prove to be the same as A. grains, N. E. Br., which I have not 

 seen, but from description seems very similar, except as to the size of the parts of 

 the inflorescence. 



The leaf with Barter, 502, belongs to Anchomanes duhius. 



The leaf described by Schott and Engler as belonging to Hydrosme Fontanesii 

 may not belong to the inflorescence described above as A. Barteri, and does not 

 agree with the original description of Amorphophallus Fontanesii. It was collected 

 in Nupe by Barter (1468), whose label states that it is 2 ft. high, and was found 

 growing in the crevices of rocks ; the specimen itself is about 1 ft. in diam., the 

 three primary branches are only once forked, with 4-5 segments to each secondary 

 branch, terminal segments 2A-3A in. long, l^-lf in. broad, obovate, shortly and 

 abruptly cuspidate at the apex, cuneate and rather broadly decurrent at the base. 



9. A. gratus, JV, E. Br. Petiole long, spotted with dark fuscous. 

 Ultimate segments of the leaf " linear-lanceolate " {Schott), or *' oblong- 

 lanceolate" (Schott), cuspidate-acuminate, confluent. Spathe 4 J in. 

 long, 2 in. broad, " oblong, acute " (Engler), " lamina rounded " (Schott), 

 dark violet. Spadix shorter than the spathe ; flowering part cylindric, 

 female 5 lin. long, 5 lin. thick, male 7-8 lin. long, about 2 J lin. thick ; 

 appendix 21 in. long, about 3J lin. thick, subcylindiic, obtuse, con- 

 stricted at the base. — Hansalia grata, Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 

 1858,82, Prod. Aroid. 133, and in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i. 279 in 

 obs. Hydrosme grata, Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 323, and Jahrb. 



