l><4 CL. A1101DE.E (brown). [Amibias. 



or a little longer, cylindric ; female part about | in. long. Ovaries 

 crowded ; stigma sessile. 



Upper C^uinea. Niger Turritor^' : by a river on tlie iiortli-west of Ikiire 

 (Kkure) between Old Calabar and Cross River, Holland, 167 ! Cameroons : Rio 

 del Key, Johnston I 



3. A. heterophylla, A'^ic/l. in DC. Monogr. Plum. ii. 435. Stem: 

 creeping and rooting, \-\ in. thick. Leaves erect, quite glabrous; 

 petiole 2-15 in. long, its sheath 1-5 in. long ; blade 6-12 in. long, 

 2|-5 in, broad, oblong-ovate or more or less lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate at the apex, acute, rounded, subtruncate, or shortly cordate- 

 hastate at the base ; basal lobes short, obtusely rounded ; veins 

 numerous, parallel, curved, ascending ; midrib and primary veins quite 

 glabrous on both sides. Peduncle longer than the petioles, slender, 

 glabrous. Spathe convolute at the base, slightly open at the apex, 

 fleshy, \\-l in. long, ^— J in. broad, oblong, rather abruptly subulate- 

 pointed, glabrous, green. Spadix lJ-2 in. long, slender, cylindric; 

 female part \-\ in. long. Ovaries crowded, angular from mutual 

 pressure, green ; style short ; stigma discoid. Anthers whitish. — Engl. 

 Jalirb. XV. 4G3 ; Durand k Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 476 ; Eendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Weiw. ii. 88. A, Afzelii, Engl. Aracere, t. 121, as to fig. 

 of plant, not of analyses ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. F\. Afr. v. 476 

 partly; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 89. 



^G-wer Cruinea. Angola : Golango Alto ; in woods at the fountain of Quibolo, 

 1000-2400 ft., Wehvitsch, 237! 237/2! 237/3! 238! Cazengo; in woods by 

 streams in Muxaulo Mountssins, 2000 ft., Wehoitsch, 236 ! 



4. A. auric-olata, Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 423. Rhizome creeping- 

 and rooting, 2-2J lin. thick. Leaves close together at the tips of the 

 rhizome, but not crowded, erect ; petiole 7-0 in. long, terete, glabrous 

 below% pubescent on the apical part, abruptly dilated into a short broad 

 clasping sheath at the base, which is continued up the petiole for about 

 -| of its length in the form of a groove, which is very slightly or not at 

 all winged at the sides ; blade 6-9 in. long, 3-3 J in. broad, broadly 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, very shortly-cordate-auriculate at the base ; 

 auricles 1 J-2 lin. long, rounded, overlapping ; midrib and primary 

 veins minutely puberulous beneath. Peduncle 5-6 in. long, minutely 

 puberulous on the apical part. Spathe IJ-IJ in. long, oblong, sub- 

 truncate at the apex. Spadix cylindric, shorter than the spathe ;. 

 female part about 3 J lin. long. 



Upper Cluinea. Cameroons : Hipinde, in the forest, Zenker^ 1174 ! Katanga^ 

 DinJclage, 986 (ex Eughr). 



5. A, congensis, N. E. Br. Rhizome creeping and rooting, 

 rather stout, 4-5 lin. thick. Leaves erect; petiole 4J-10 in. long, 

 with a distinct, narrow, persistent sheath i?i-4J in. long, dilated and 

 clasping at the base, minutely puberulous at the apex, glabrous below ; 

 blade 6-8 J in. long, 2J-4 in. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 cuneately or broadly rounded or more or less cordate at the base, with 

 broadly rounded basal lobes J-J in. long, not overlapping ; midrib and 



