17(5 CL. AROiDE.E (brown). [Culcasia. 



4 in. long; blade 8-10 in. long, 2 in. broad, obliquely lanceolate, 

 slightly falcate, curved at the apex, very unequal-sided, one side being 

 twice as broad as the other ; primary lateral nerves making a very 

 acute ancrle with the midrib, ascending, slightly prominent in the dried 

 state. Peduncle about 4 in. long. Spathe IJ in long, | in. broad, 

 oblong, long-acuminate, orange. Spadix a little shorter than the spathe ; 

 female part 2 J lin. long. Male part nearly IJ in. long. Ovary sub- 

 hemispherical ; stigma sessile, broad, deeply excavated. 



XVXozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Uiuguru, in the Forest of Ngh'wenu, 

 5200 ft., oil trees, Stuhlmann, 8817. 



I have not seen this plant. 



;"). C. lanceolata, Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 410. Stem slender, creep- 

 ing or climbing ; internodes 7-1) lin. long. Leaves thin ; petiole about 

 J in. long, sheathing for half its length, deeply channelled ; blade 2|-3;| 

 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, lanceolate or narrowJy lanceolate; immersed 

 glands numerous, linear ; primary lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 spreading, uniting not far from the margin. Peduncle about 5 lin. long. 

 Spathe 7 lin. long, ^-5-8 J lin. broad, shell-shaped. Ovary subglobose ; 

 stigma discoid. Berries about 2 J lin. diam., subglobose. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : on trees in the Forest of Lokundje, near Lolo- 

 dorf, 1600 ft., Staudt, 32 ; near Campo, Dinklage. 



I have not seen this species. 



(1. C. parviflora, X. E. Br. Stem climbing to a height of 12-15 

 ft., 1-lJ lin. thick, not tubercled, pallid. Leaves spreading, 1-1| in. 

 distant, glabrous ; petiole J-l^ in. long, sheathing to lJ-3 lin. from the 

 top, slender; blade 2J-5J in. long, J-l| in. broad, slightly unequal- 

 sided, slightly falcate, lanceolate, tapering to a fine acuminate point, 

 cordate at the base ; veins slightly prominent on both sides ; immersed 

 glands linear, superficial glands numerous, sessile, crater-shaped, whitish 

 in the dried state. Raceme very short, sessile, terminal, 2-3-flowered. 

 Bracts 2-6 lin. long, 1-1 f lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, submem- 

 branous, green. Peduncles 5-8 lin. long, rather slender, more or less 

 recurved. Spathe 6-8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. diam., oblong-obovoid, obtuse, 

 apiculate, convolute to half way up, green, persistent for some time 

 after flowering. Spadix shorter than the spathe ; female part 2-'2\ 

 lin. long, IJ-lJ lin. thick; male part about 3 lin. long. Ovaries about 

 12, angular from pressure, 2-celled ; stigma small. 



Upper Crulnea. Fernando Po, Matm^ 105 ! 



A very distinct species, easily distint^uished by the cordate-based leaves and small 

 spathes. It was sent alive by Gustav Mann to Kew, where it flowered in December 

 1860. 



A plant collected in the Cameroons by Preuss (498) may, perhaps, be a form of 

 this species ; it was distributed by Engler as C. scandens, from which it is quite 

 distinct. 



7. C. tenuifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 447. Leaves mem- 

 branous ; petiole 2-4 J in. long, sheathing for J of its length, apex of 



