Stylochito7i.] CL. aroide.e (brown). ]h\) 



fruit, free, horizontal. Perianth apparently cupular, about 1 line deep. 

 Young fruit flat at the apex, scrobiculate and puberulous ; stigma 

 sessile. 



Mozamb. I>l8t. British Central Africa : Rhodesia; near Boruraa, on the 



Zambesi, Menyliarth 1 



The puberulous leaves, and ovaries distinguish this from all the otlier sjiecies of 

 tlie genus. 



2. S. salaamicus, N. E. Br. Leaves contemporary with the 

 flowers, glabrous; petiole G-10 in. long, narrowly sheathing for 1-2 in. 

 at the base, apparently not spotted ; blade hastate or sagittate-hastate 

 green above, greyish with dark-coloured veins and minutely dotted with 

 black beneath ; front lobe 2J-G in. long, 2^-4 J in. broad near the base, 

 oblong or ovate-deltoid, acute; basal lobes Ij— ^J in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad at the middle, obliquely-iftnceolate or elliptic-oblong, broadest at 

 the middle, obtuse. Peduncle 2i in. long, solitary, axillary, glabrous 

 Spathe and spadix not seen, broken oft*. 



IKEozamb. Sist. (xerman East Africa : Dar es Salaam, Kirk ! 



3. S. maxixnus, Engl. In Engl. Jahrh. xv. 4GG. Leaves about G, 

 contemporary with the flowers, quite glabrous ; petiole G-12 in. (or 

 more ?) long, sheathing for J-J its length ; blade 4-12 in. long, 

 o-lOJ in. broad, deeply cordate or cordate- sagittate, acute or obtuse, 

 apiculate ; basal lobes elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, about 

 half as long as the front lobe, very obtusely rounded at the apex, with 

 an obtuse sinus 2-o in. deep between them. Peduncle axillary, 2-3 in 

 long, glabrous. Spathe with a tube 2-3 in. long, inflated at the base, 

 cylindric above; limb 3-5 in. long, f-lf in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, green outside, dark puce within. Spadix sessile, 

 2J-3 in, long ; female part 5-9 lin. long, of 4-5 crowded spirals of 

 flowers, angular from mutual pressure ; male part more or less inter- 

 rupted in the basal portion, but scarcely separated from the female 

 part by a distinct naked space. Female flowers with a cup-shaped 

 perianth 1 lin. deep, contracted at the mouth, truncate and thickened 

 at the margin, and a subglobose 2-celled ovary with axile placeniation 

 and a 1 lin. long style. Male flowers with a laterally' compressed 

 perianth J lin. deep and exserted stamens with filiform filaments 1 lin. 

 long.— N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 35 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 132. 



XMCozaxab. lllst. German East Africa : coastland, without mention of precise 

 locality or collector (ex Engler). 



Also in South Africa. 



I have seen no specimen of this from Trop'.cnl Africa, and include it on the 

 authority of Engler. The above description is compiled from specimens collected at 

 Delagoa Bay. 



4. S. Zeukeriy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 424. Khi/oine hori 

 zontal below, at length ascending ; internodes short, but distinct. 

 Leaves dark green above, pale beneath ; petiole }^-12 in. long, sheath- 

 ing for 2-2J- in. ; blade about G in. long, '1\ in. broad, oblong, subacute, 



