154 CL. AROiDE^ (brown). [Amorpkophallus^ 



15. A. consimilis, Blume, Rumphia, i. 149. Petiole densely 

 covered with small tubercles. Peduncle 10-11 in. long. Spathe 

 (mutilated) 2J in. long, IJ-lf in. broad, ovate, acuminate. Spadix 

 (imperfect) probably longer than the spathe ; female part 3-4 lin. long ; 

 male part about 7 lin. long ; appendix about 1 J in. long {Engler), 2 lin. 

 thick. Ovary 1 -celled. — Hook. Niger Fl. 527. Hydrosme prieuriana, 

 Sciiott in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i. 279. H. consimilis, Engl, in 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 325 ; Engl. Jahrb. xv. 458 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. n. Afr. v. 473. Brachyspaiha consimilis, Schott, Prod. Aroid, 

 127. Corynophallus consimilis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 741. 



Upper G>uinea. Cape Verd Promontory, on the borders of woods in sandy- 

 soil, Leprieur. 



I have not seen this species. 



16. A. EicMeri, Hook.f. in Bot. 2fag. t. 7091. Tuber 2J-3 in. 

 diam., depressed-globose. Leaf about 2 ft. diam., glabrous ; petiole 

 1-2 ft. long, smooth, green ; terminal segments 3-5 in. long, 1^-2^ in. 

 broad, the others smaller, all elliptic- obovate or elliptic-oblong, shortly 

 and abruptly acuminate, narrowed to a decurrent base. Peduncle 

 J-IJ in. long, smooth, green. Spathe small, 2-3 in. long, obliquely 

 campanulate ; tube convolute, about as broad as long, its margin re- 

 curved, forming a broad wavy frill dorsally prolonged into a short, 

 broadly ovate, spreading, obtuse apex; outside pale greenish-white 

 with darker lines ; inside of tube with numerous longitudinal crisped 

 rugosities, rich dark purple with a broad white zone around its mouth, 

 frill and apex dark purple-brown. Spadix about twice as long as the 

 spathe, sessile or subsessile \ flowering part cylindric, female 3-4 lin. 

 long, male 5-9 lin. long, separated from the female by a naked space 

 1-1| lin. long; appendix 2J-3J in. long, 4-8 lin. thick, conoid or 

 conoid-fusiform, obtuse. Ovaries not crowded, subglobose, 2-celled ; 

 stigma sessile, very stout, 2-lobed. — Hydrosme Eichleri, Engl, in Jahrb. 

 Bot. Gart. Berl. ii. 285, t. 10, and Jahrb. xv. 458; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 276. 



laovrer Guinea. Angola : Bismark Island, in the River Kuango, cultivated 

 specimens, Teusz ! 



17. A. Statidtii, N. E. Br. Leaf unknown. Peduncle about 

 IJ in. long. Spathe about 3J in. long and 2J in. diam., convolute, 

 campanulate, undulated on the pale brown margin ; basal half of the 

 tube covered inside with numerous filiform processes, blackish-purple. 

 Spadix about twice as long as the spathe ; male and female parts each 

 about 5 lin. long, about J in. thick, cylindric ; appendix 5 J-6 in. long, 

 about \ in. thick at the base, slender, tail-like. Ovary ovoid ; stigma 

 sessile, broadly orbicular. — Hydrosme Staudtii, Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 420. 



Vpper Guinea* Camcroons : Johaun Albrechts-Hohe, near Barombi, Staudt, 

 767. 



I have not seen this species ; it appears to be very closely allied to A. Eichleri, 

 Hook, f., differing in having filitorui processes in the tube of the spathe and a more 

 slender appendix to the spadix. 



