Cercestis.] cl. aeoide^ (brown). 181 



oblong, obtuse, deeply concave. Spadix longer than the spathe ; 

 female part about I in. long, cylindric ; male part about 1^ in. long, 

 'i-i>l lin. thick, cylindric, obtuse. Ovaries numerous, densely crowded, 

 oblong, angular ; stigma large, discoid, sessile. Berries 4-(; lin. long, 

 obovoid, "reddish -scarlet" {Johnston). — Gen. Aroid. t. ')2, and Prod. 

 Aroid. 219; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 301 ; Engl, ct Prantl, 

 Pfianzenfam. ii. iii. 128; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 475, 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Bagru River, Maun, 906 I near Leicester, 

 Barter ! banks of a stream near Wilberforce, 4-00 ft., Johnston, 105 ! at Luseniya, 

 Scott-Elliot, 4078! North-east from Sierra Leone, Ga^-rett, 21 Sherboro Islund, 

 Garrett in herb, Scott-Elliot, 5792 ! Benaembn, Scott-Elliot, 5G83 ! and without 

 precise locality, Afzelius ! French Guinea: Sangara District; in wet phices in 

 woods by the River Niger, at Parana, Scott-Elliot, 5319! Ashanti : Assin-VHn- 

 Coomassie, Cummins, 178 ! Gold Coast : Kibbi Hills, at Akini, Johnson, 258 ! 



2. Oe congensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 448. Stem climbing 

 or creeping, rooting, 1^-2 lin. thick, minutely tubercled. Leaves 

 petiolate, glabrous ; petiole 4-() in. (H-12 in., Engler) long, very shortly 

 sheathing at the base, slender ; blade 5-7 in. long, ;)|-(')| in. broad 

 across the basal lobes, hastate or sagittate ; front lobe deltoid-ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, 2^-3 J in. broad; basal lobes 2-A in. long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad, more or less spreading, somewhat obliquely ovate, very obtuse, 

 the inner margin more or less abruptly dilated a little above the base ; 

 basal nerves denuded for 3-5 lin. in the broadly rounded open sinus. 

 Peduncle solitary, terminal, l-2i- in. long, 1 lin. thick, glabrous. 

 Spathe (unexpanded) about IJ in. long, glabrous. Spadix similar to 

 that of G. Afzelii, but more slender. — C. congoensis, Durand S: Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl, Afr. v. 475, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 27(1 ; De Wild. & 

 Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 65. 



Ao-wer Gainea« Lovt^er Congo, Smith ! Stanley Pool, Bemeuse, 65 (ei 

 Engler). Princes Islatjd in the Lower Congo, Laurent (ex Durand tj* Schinz). 



o. C. stigmaticus, X. E, Br. Stem slender, glabrous, rooting as 

 it climbs. Leaves glabrous; petiole IJ-G in. long, slender, terete, 

 channelled down the face, with a very broad sheath 2 -;} lin. long ; 

 blade 4J-9 in. long, l|-4 in. broad, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, hjistate- 

 sagittate at the base, contracted just above the diverging falcate-oblong 

 obtuse basal lobes, which are 1 1-2^ in. long and l-\ in. broad. 

 Peduncle 1^-2^ in. long, glabrous. Spathe 1 f-2 J in. long, oblong, con- 

 volute at the base ; limb boat-shaped, obtuse, glabrous, giten. fepadix 

 l|-2 in. long, cylindric; female part about ] in. long. Ovary sub- 

 cylindric or shortly and broadly conical, 1-celled; &tigma peltate, very 

 large, umbrella-shaped, completely hiding the ovary from above. 



upper Cniraea. Fernando Po, 1300 ft., Mann, 324 ! 



4. C. Diuklagei, Engl. i,i Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 4 22. Stem 

 slender, climbing by its roots, about I lin. thick. Leaves petiolate, 

 glabrous: petiole 4-8 in. long; blade li-lO in. long, elongated-sagit- 



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