152 CL. AROiDE^ (brown). [AmorphopkcUlus. 



XV. 458 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. Coryiiophallus 

 gratus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 741. 



upper Guinea. Niger Territory, Sansal. 



In the original description of this plant (Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1858, 82), Schott 

 states that the segments of the leaf are " linear -lanceolate" and resemble those of 

 Corynophallus Afzelii, Schott (A. leonensis, Lem.), whilst in his Prod. Aroid. he 

 describes them as " obverse oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate." The odour is 

 said to be fragrant. 1 have not seen the plant, but it seems to be very similar to 

 A. Barteri, K. E, Br., and to differ in being smaller in all parts. 



10. A. Preussii, N. E. Br. Leaf about 2 ft. in diam., glabrous; 

 petiole about' 2 ft. long, smooth, marked with transverse or oblique 

 spots; terminal segments 5-7 in. long, lj~lf in. broad, oblanceolate, 

 very acuminate, with a point 1-1 J in. long, tapering toadecurrent base, 

 the other segments lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate. Peduncle 16-20 

 in. long. Spathe about 4| in. long, convolute below, yellowish-green, 

 purple at the base ; limb oblong, acute. Spadix shorter than the 

 spathe ; flowering part cylindric, dense, female about 5| lin. long, 5J lin. 

 thick, male about 7 lin. long, and 4J lin. thick; appendix 1 J-lJ in. 

 long, 2-3 lin. thick, subcylindric. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled ; style short ; 

 stigma capitate. — Hydrosme Preussiiy Engl. Jahrb. xv. 459 ; Durand 

 & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : near a stream west of Buea, 3000 ft.. JPreuss; 

 588! 



I have only seen the leaf of this species. 



11. A. laxiflorus, JV. E. Br. Leaf unknown. Peduncle 12-16 in. 

 long. Spathe about 5J in. long, convolute below, glabrous, blackish- 

 purple ; tube about 1 J in. long, IJ in. diam. at the oblique mouth, 

 narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb erect, elongate-deltoid, acute, margin 

 undulate. Spadix (imperfect) probably longer than the spathe, sessile ; 

 fl.owering part cylindric, female 10 lin. long, 5 lin. thick, dense, male 

 2-2J in. long, 3 lin. thick, sparsely covered with anthers ; appendix 

 (upper part broken off) \ inch thick, terete, tapering at the base, 

 smooth. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled, tapering into a slender style about 

 1 lin. long ; stigma small, discoid. — Hydrosme sparsiflora, Engl. Jahrb. 

 XV. 461, t. 14, figs. J-Q, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 132; Durand & 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 475. 



Ulle Iiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt. 

 I have not seen this species. The name has been changed because of the pre- 

 existing A. sparsijiorus, Hook. f. 



12. A. doryphoms, Eidley in Journ. Bot. 1886, 305. Tuber 3-4 

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

 high, J-| in. thick at the base, green, not variegated, smooth ; terminal 

 segments 3J-4J in. long, IJ-IJ in. broad, the others smaller, all elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, cuneate at the bsise, narrowly decurrent. Peduncle 

 1-1^ ft. long, about J in. thick at the base, variegated with olive-brown 

 and*^dark green on a paler ground, smooth. Spathe erect, outside of a 

 somewhat glaucous green, shading upwards into light pinkish-grey, 



