Amorphophcdlus.] cl. aroide^ (brown). 153 



spotted in the lower part with dark green, inside whitish, with or 

 without a few green spots on the limb, smooth and dark purple at the 

 base; tube convolute, 1^-2 in. long, ovoid or subcyliudric ; limb lJ-3 

 in. long, ovate, acuminate. Spadix longer than the spathe, sessile; 

 flowering part cylindrical, female 3-4 lin. long, male j-l^J in. long; 

 appendix 3-oJ in. long, 2J-5 lin. thick, terete, obtuse, not tapering 

 upwards, smooth, purplish-red. Ovaries in 4-5 series, crowded, sub- 

 globose, light green; stigma subsessile, discoid. Anthers densely 

 crowded, dull yellowish. 



Upper Guinea. Gambia: St. Mary's Island, Maxwell ! and without precise 

 locality, Lester ! 



13. A. Baumannii, N'. E. Br. Tuber depressed. Leaf solitary; 

 petiole green ; ultimate segments of the (undeveloped) blide 3J-4 in. 

 long, 5 lin. broad, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Peduncle about 1 ft. 

 long, included for more than J of its length in the purplish cataphyllary 

 leaves. Spathe about 2 J in. long, and rather more than 1 J in. broad, 

 ovate, obtuse, convolute, pale green. Spadix about :> times as long as 

 the spathe; female part about 5 lin. long, cylindric ; male part 7 lin. 

 long, obconic, about ^ in. thick at the base, and J in. thick in the upper 

 part; appendix about 5 in. long, tapering upwards, smooth. Ovary 

 ovoid; stigma sessile, broadly orbicular. — HijdrosTiie Baainaunii, Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxvi. 420. 



Upper Guinea. Togolaiid : Agome, Baumann, 204. 



1 have not seen this species. Engler states tliat it has the habit of A. comimilis^ 

 Bl., in which the petiole and peduncle are tubercuhite, but as he does not describe 

 any tuberculation on these organs, I have assumed them to be smooth in the analytical 

 key to the species. 



14. A. flavovirens, N. E. Br. Leaf about 1^-2 ft. in diam., 

 glabrous ; petiole 2 ft. or more high, variegated, smooth ; teraiinal 

 segments 8:|-4 in. long, 1 J in. broad, the others smaller, oblong, elliptic- 

 oblong or elliptic-obovate, rather abruptly cuspidate-acuminate, tapering 

 towards the decurrent base. Peduncle 2-2^ ft. long, light green, 

 without spots, smooth. Spathe erect, light green outside without 

 markings, whitish-green bordered with yellowish-green inside, dubted 

 with purplish at the base; tube funnel-shaped, convolute, 1J-2J in. 

 long, papillate-verrucose inside ; limb 2^-4 in. long, ovate, obtuse, or 

 obtusely acuminate, with recurved or undulated margins. Spadix 

 longer than the spathe, stipitate ; stipes 2-3 lin. long ; flowering part 

 slightly thickened upwards, female 4-10 lin. long, J in. thick, male 

 10-13 lin. long, 7-7^ lin. thick at the top; appendix (J-8 in. long, 

 9-10 lin. thick at the base, gradually tapering to a somewhat obtuse 

 point, yellow. Ovaries in 5-8 spirals, lax or somewhat crowded, sub- 

 globose, gi'een ; stigma sessile, very large, somewhat mitre-sbaped, bifid, 

 or in the dried state apparently orbicular, cinnamon-brown. Anthers 

 densely crowded, yellow. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : iu a valley near Aburi, Johii-wn, 25 1 Kwabu, 

 Johnson, 644 ! 



