178 CL. AROiDE^ (brown). [Culcasia, 



very shortly convolute at the base, soon falling off. Spadix shorter 

 than the spathe, sessile, clavate ; female part 3-4 lin. long, 2-2|^ lin. 

 thick ; male part about an inch long, about 4 lin. thick near the 

 obtusely rounded apex.— C. angolensis, Welw., var, angustifolia, Engl. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 447 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 471. 



Upper Cluinea. Caraeroons : Barombi, Preuss, 388 ! 



This is perfectly distinct from C. angolensis, Welw., in its smaller and difPerently 

 shaped leaves, smaller inflorescence, and fewer flowers. 



11. C. angolensis, Welw. ex Schott in Journ. Bot. 1865, 35 ► 

 Stem climbing to a height of 80-100 ft., J-J in. thick, not tubercled. 

 Leaves large, 2-6 in. distant, glabrous ; petioles 4-10 in. long, sheathing 

 up to 1-2 in. from the top ; apex of sheath prominent, rounded ; blade 

 7-15 in. long, 4-7 J in. broad, unequal-sided, elliptic-oblong, cuspidate- 

 acute, or shortly acuminate, broadly rounded or subtruncate at the 

 base ; primary lateral veins 10-15 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 beneath ; no glands. Peduncles numerous in a stout terminal bracteate 

 raceme, 1|-3J in. long, moderately stout. Bracts 3-4 in. long, about 

 l-\\ in. broad, oblong, obtuse or acute, with 2 wing-like keels down 

 the back. Spathe about 2J in. long and 2 in. broad, elliptic, obtuse, 

 apicuiate, expanded, deeply concave, very shortly convolute at the base^ 

 green (Mann), soon falling off; margins revolute. Spadix shorter than 

 the spathe, sessile, clavate ; female part about 5 lin. long, J in. thick ; 

 male part l^-lj in. long, 4-0 lin. thick near the obtusely rounded apex. 

 Ovaries about 25-28, depressed-globose, 2-celled ; stigma large, discoid. 

 Anthers densely crowded, in groups of 4. Berries red. — Engl, in DC. 

 Monogr. Phan. ii. 102 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 471 ; 

 De Wild, (fe Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 64 ; Henriques in Bolet. 

 Soc. Brot. V. 207, and xvi. 39 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 90. 



Tfpper Cruinea. Sierra Leone : in the shade of woods at Likuru, 3000 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 4950 ! Gold Coast : Aburi, Johnson ! Fernando Po, Mann, 102 ! 



]Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas : banks of the River Conlador, 5500 ft., 

 3foller (ex Henriqtces) . Lower French Congo : Mayumba (Mayombe) District, 

 Bupuis (ex Engler). Lower Congo, Laurent (ex i>e Wildeman S^ Durand). 

 Angola : between the River Cuango and River Quihumbo, Marques (ex Henriques) ; 

 Golungo Alto ; frequent in moist shady woods in Sobato de Bnmba and Alta Queta, 

 1000-2400 ft., Welwitsch, 239 ! in woods near Sange, Wehvitsck;2S9!2 (ex Rendle), 

 and in woods called Quisuculo, near Bango Aquitamh^, Welwitsch, 239/3 (ex Rendle) ; 

 Pungo Andongo ; in the woods of Qnilamga, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 240 ! 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : Sankuru River, Laurent (ex De Wilde- 

 man Sf Durand). 



12. C. Mannii, Engl, in Gartenfl. 1887, 84. Stem l-lj ft. high,. 

 \ in. thick. Leaves ascending, glabrous ; petiole 1^-3 J in. long, broadly- 

 sheathing up to 2-7 lin. from the top ; apex of sheath not auricled ; 

 blade 4J-9J in. long, 2|-5 in. broad, unequal-sided, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, subacute, obtuse or somewhat rounded at the base, bright green 

 with dark green veins above, not shining, light green beneath, with 

 scattered dark-coloured glands that become very indistinct in the dried 



