Kephthytis.'] cl. AROiDEiE (brown). 171 



2. N. Poissoni, X. E. Br. Khizome J- J in. thick. Leaves 2-3 

 at the apex of the rhizome, erect, glabrous; petiole 10-1 -4 in. long; 

 blade deltoid or ovate-deltoid, sagittate, slightly or not at all con- 

 stricted above the basal lobes; front lobe 4-5J in. long, 3-(U in. broad, 

 deltoid, somewhat abruptly cuspidate-acuminate at the apex ; basal 

 lobes 41-7 J in. long, 2-2 J in. broad, oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 gradually or rather abruptly tapering into long narrow acuminate tips. 

 Peduncle 5-15 in. long. Spathe 1 J-2i in. long, \-l\ in. broad, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, subulate-apiculate, decurrent at the base, 

 more or less spreading (reflexed according to Engler). Spadix stipitate ; 

 stipes 8-7 lin. long. Ovary subglobose ; style short, nipple-like in the 

 dried state ; stigma small, J lin, diam. or less, not discoid. — Oliyogy- 

 niimi Foissoni, Engl. Jahrb. iv. 05, xv. 453, Ic. Araceae, 28, and in 

 Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. 1889, 150 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pfianzenfam. 

 ii. iii. 129 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 470. 0. Gravenreuthii^ 

 Engl. Jahrb. xv. 453 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 



TTpper Guinea. Canierooiis : Bipinde, in the forest region, Zenker, 2055 ! 

 Barombi, JPreuss, 299 ! Batanga, Braun (ex Engler). 



Iiower Cruinea. Gaboon: Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 1501 and 455 

 (ex Engler). 



According to Engler the stigma is discoid and somewhat broader than the style, 

 but I do not find it so in the specimens 1 have seen. 



3. N. Afzelii, Schottin Oesterr. Bot. Wochenhl. 1857, 406. Rhizome 

 J-J in. thick. Leaves 2-3, at the apex of the rhizome, erect, glabrous ; 

 petiole 7-20 in. long, 1-2 lin. thick, terete, green ; blade sagit- 

 tate, forming nearly an equilateral triangle in outline, occasionally 

 slightly constricted above the basal lobes ; front lobe (from insertion 

 of petiole) 2|^-10 in. long, 3-7 in. broad, acute or very shortly cuspi- 

 date ; basal lobes 2|-6J in. long, 1 J-4 in. broad, oblong-ovate or eUip- 

 tic-oblong, somewhat abruptly acuminate ; basal nerves denuded for 

 3-8 lin. in the parabolic sinus. Peduncle 9-18 in. long, terete, green. 

 .Spathe '2-2^ in. long, l-lj in. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 apicuiate, decurrent for 4-6 lin. at the base, expanded, spreading, 

 green. Spadix sessile, :J— If in. long, about \ in. thick, cylindric, 

 obtuse ; male part about twice as long as the female. Ovary subglo- 

 bose ; stigma sessile, large, discoid, |-1 lin. diam. Berries about J in. 

 long, 4 lin. thick, slightly obovoid, bright orange-yellow. — Schott, Gen. 

 Aroid. t. 51, and Prod. Aroid. 218; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 

 302 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pfianzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 60 ; Durand <fc 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 475. N. libei-ica, N. E. Br. in* Card. 

 Chron. 1881, xv. 790. Oligogynium libericum, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 453 ; 

 Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 476. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius (ex Schott), Smeathman ! Liberia : 

 Monrovia, Naumann (ex Engler) ; cultivated specimen.^ ! 



Introduced into cultivation by Mr. W. Bull in 1881. 



