Anubias.] cl. aroide.*: (brown). ih:> 



primary veins minutely puberulous beneath. Peduncles 4-10 in. long. 

 Spathe 1-1 f in. long, ovoid or ellipsoid not expanded, obtuse, very 

 shortly apiculate, glabrous, pale dull green. Spadix a little shorter 

 than the spathe, 10-1^ lin. long, cylindric ; female part about 8 lin. 

 long. Ovaries not very crowded, globose ; style short, stout ; stigma 

 discoid. — A. heterophylla, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1889, vi. 67, not 

 of Engl. 



XiOixrer Guinea. Lowor Congo: Boma, cv.Uivaled specimens! Iiitroduce<l 

 by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea. 



This is similar to some foniis of A. Barteri, Schott, but differs in its oonvoluti', 

 ovoid or ellipsoid spatlu', open in the upper part only, not exi^Jiiulcd nearly to tin- 

 base, as in A. Bartevi. 



0. A, Barteri, Schott, Prod. Avoid. ITjO. Stem creeping and 

 rooting, 2-3 lin. thick, glabrous. Leaves erect, variable, glabrous 

 above; petiole 2-11 in. long, slender, its sheath 1-1 J in. long, dilated 

 at the base ; blade 2'^-H in. long, l:j— t in. broad, ovate or ovate - 

 lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded, subtruncate or more or 

 less cordate-hastate at the base ; basal lobes often unequal, short and 

 rounded or deltoid, obtuse ; veins numerous, parallel, curved, ascend- 

 ing ; midrib and primary veins minutely, but distinctly, puberulous 

 beneath. Peduncle 2i-7 in. (or more ?) long, slender, glabrous. Spathe 

 1-1 1 in. long, about T) lin. broad, oblong, subulate-pointed, expanded 

 nearly to the base v>^hen in flower, convolute when in fruit, glabrous, 

 green. Spadix 1-1 J in. long, slender, cylindric ; female part 2^-G lin. 

 long. Ovary depressed-globose ; style short ; stigma discoid. — Engl, in 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 4;55, and Jahrb. xv. 4(>^ ; Durand k Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 470. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po : creeping on stones at tlie bank of a river, 

 Mann, 104 ! Barter, 2045 I Caineroons : on stones in a forost stivenm, Efulen, 

 Bates, 289 ! Kumba River, north-east of Barombi, Preuss, 559 ! Bipijide, in forest^ 

 Zenker, 901 ! in forest to the west of Barombi-ba-Mbu, Preuss, 463 (ex Engler). 



Var. glabra, N. E. Brown. Leaves 3-4^ in. long, l]-2 in. broad, acute at the 

 base ; midrib and veins glabrous beneath. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Anibas Bay, Mann, xv I by a brook near BaromLi, 

 Prew**, 422! 1223! 



7. A. hastifolia, Enyl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schuizc/eb. ii. (1880) 

 149. Khizome creeping, densely leafy at the apex. Leaves erect ; 

 petiole about 8 in. long, sheathing for \-l its length ; blade hastate, 

 its middle lobe about 6J in. long, 2-2J in. broad, its basal lobe.s about 

 2 in. long, f in. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, horizontally spreading. 

 Peduncle 6 in. long. Spathe 2 in. long, J in. broad, oblong, obtuse, 

 decurrent on the peduncle. Spadix If in. long, about \ in. thick at 

 the middle, tapering towards each end ; female pai-t 7-8 lin. long. 

 Ovary depressed-globose; style short; stigma orbicular. Stamens- 

 united into a short tube, in all the other species they are united into a 



