Culcasia.] cl. aroide.e (browx). 175 



233 ! 1016 (ex Eendle) ; and in dense woods by the spring: of Capopo, Wehcitsch, 

 235 (ex Eendle) ; Pungo Andony:() ; in sliady woods of Matn de Ciuilanj^n, near 

 streams 2400-3800 fc, Welwifsch, 234! and in sliady woods on the islands of 

 Calemba in th*^ River Cuanzn, Welwitsch, 234/2 (ex RendU-). 



Soutta Central. Congo Free State: Niainniam ; at the village of Wando, 

 Schioeirtfurfh, 3217 (ex 'Engler), and at Assika Itivcr, Schioeinfurfh, 3248 (ex Engler), 

 Luvituku, L^(ja. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa: banks of the River Kingani, Kirk ! 



2. C. lancifolia, N. E. Br. Stem very slender, 1-1 1 lin. thick, 

 with a few minute tubercles. Leaves much spreading, \-}^ in. 

 distant, small, glabrous; petiole 6-9 lin. long, sheathing nearly or 

 quite to the top; apex of sheath rounded; blade '2\-\ in. long, §-1 

 in. broad, unequal-sided, lanceolate, slightly falcate, tapering to a long 

 acuminate apex, mucronulate, cuneate-acute at the base ; primary 

 lateral nerves 9-11 on each side of the midrib, slightly prominent on 

 both sides ; immersed glands numerous, linear, short, rather indistinct. 

 Peduncles in pairs, terminal, i-1 in. long, rather slender. Spathe |-1 

 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, convolute to about half-way 

 up, persistent for some time after the fall of the anthers. Spadix 

 longer than the spathe, subsessile or shortly stipitate ; female part 2-?> 

 lin. long, cylindric; male part 9-13 lin. long, somewhat clavate, obtusely 

 pointed, about Ij lin. thick; lower anthers abortive. Ovary very- 

 small, ellipsoid, 1 -celled ; stigma discoid. 



XTpper G-uinea. Near Lagos, Moloney ! 



3. G. insulana, N. E. Br. Stem climbing, U-2 lin. thick, 

 minutely granulate-tuberculate on the older parts. Leaves spreading, 

 1-3 in. distant, glabrous; petiole l|-3 in. long, sheathing to 8-5 lin. 

 from the top, rather slender ; apex of sheath prominent, rounded ; 

 blade 2J-5J in. long, 1-lf in, broad, lanceolate, unequal-sided, acumi- 

 nate into a long very acute point, cuneately rounded in at the base ; 

 primary lateral nerves 7-9 on each side of the midrib, the two lowest 

 in a long sweeping curve running out to the margin, the .Jth forming 

 an intramarginal nerve about f of the distance between midrib and 

 margin, the others uniting with these, all slightly prominent on both 

 sides ; glands dot-like, or occasionally linear, sometimes wanting in the 

 central part of the leaf, or entirely absent. Peduncle 1 j-2 in. long, 

 solitary or in pairs, terminal. Spathe about IJ in. long, oblong 

 apiculate, convolute to half way up, soon falling off, green {Mann). 

 Spadix subsessile or ver}'- shortly stipitate, shorter than the spathe ; 

 female part about 3 lin. long ; male 8-9 lin. long. Ovaries r)-(J-angled 

 from mutual pressure, flat-topped, 1-celled ; stigma small discoid. 



Upper Culnea. Fernando Po, 1000 ft., Mann, 325 ! 4000 ft., Mann, 651 1 

 Allied to C. scandens, Beauv., but readily distinguished by ita narrower, more 



acaminate leaves, in which the immersed glands are usually dot-like, rarely linear,. 



and usually occur towards the margins. 



4. C. falcifolia, Engl. JaArft. xxvi. 418. Stem climbing; inter- 

 nodes \—\\ in. long. Leaves subcoriaceous ; petioles loT)g-sheathe<l, 



