Culcasia.'] cl. AuoiDE-t (brown). 171) 



state ; midrib and veins impressed above, prominent beneath, con- 

 spicuously reticulate. Peduncle solitary, terminal, \-\\ in. long, \ in. 

 thick, glabrous. Spathe IJ-lJ in. long, ^'-1 in. broad, convolute at the 

 base only, upper part expanded, elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, white within, 

 greenish outside in the basal part, glabrous. Spadix shorter than the 

 spathe, 2J lin. thick, cylindric, obtuse, stipitate ; stipes 2-3 lin, long; 

 female part 4-5 lin. long; male part about J in. long. Ovaries 12-15, 

 depressed, angular from mutual pressure, dull scarlet, 2-celled ; stigma 

 sessile, whitish. Anthers crowded, milk-white. Berries 4-r)-angled, 

 dull vermilion-red, not shining. — Engl. Jahrb. xv. 447 ; Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. IIG, and Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 58 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 471. Aglaonema Mannii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5760; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 442. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Victoria Moinitaini!, cultivated specimens, 

 Mann! Mungo, in damp forests, Biichholz, 94,134 (ex Engler). 



When held to the light the spaces between the primary lateral veins are seen to 

 be traversed by one or moi-e very long ti*anslucent laticiferous vessels, often visible to 

 the naked eye on the underside of the dried leaves as long, dark, very slender lines, 

 and very evident in the living state. 



13. C striolata, Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 417. Stem about .1-1 ft. 

 high, lJ-2 lin. thick in the dried state, erect, not tubercled, supported 

 by long stilt-like roots about as stout as the stem ; internodes 4-7 lin. 

 long. Leaves collected on the upper part of the stem, membranous ; 

 petiole li-2| in. long, sheathing up to 1-7 lin. from the top; apex of 

 the sheath biauriculate ; blade 4-6 J in. long, 1|-2J in. broad, unequal- 

 sided, somewhat oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 

 narrowed below the middle to a cuneate acute base, shining dark 

 green above, paler beneath, abundantly marked with linear glands ; 

 primary lateral veins 12-15 on each side of the midrib, and, together 

 with the reticulated secondary veins, slightly prominent on both sides. 

 Peduncle solitary, terminal, J-1 in. long. Spathe l-lj in. long, 7-0 lin. 

 broad, elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, convolute at the base only, boat-shaped 

 above, green, glabrous. Spadix shorter than the spathe, stipitate ; 

 stipes about 1 J lin. long ; female part 1-1 h lin. long ; male part G-H lin. 

 long, cylindric, stouter than the female. Ovaries 8-10, depressed, 

 2-celled, buff-coloured ; stigma very large, sessile, discoid. Anthers 

 pale pink.— Notizbl. K. Bot. Gart. Berl. 1890, 281 ; Engl, it Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 58. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Buy, J/a««, 781 ! near the shore, Kal- 

 hreyer, 86! cultivated specimen! in light forest between Victoria and liiinbia, 

 Preuss, 1161 ! 



Introduced to Kew by Mr. Gustav Mann, where it Howerod in 1862. 



14. C. gracilis, N. E. Br. Stems 2-3 ft. high, li-2 lin. thick, 

 erect, branching, rough with minute tubercles. Leaves rather small, 

 J-2f in. distant ; petioles 1-2 in. long, sheathing up to about \ in. 



