Sti/lochiton.] CL. aroide.*: (brown). 191; 



length, variegated on the sheath with irregular transverse bare ; blade 

 sagittate or sagittate-hastate ; front lobe 4-0 in. long, 1-1 J in.' broad,, 

 dilating where it joins the basal lobes, narrowly oblong or strap-shaped^ 

 obtuse, apiculate ; basal lobes 2-4;, in. long, o-ll lin. broad, narrowly- 

 oblong or strap-shaped, obtuse. Peduncle 2-2}, in. long, moderately 

 stout, glabrous, axillary, 2 from the same axil "in the specimen seen^ 

 accompanied by a membranous linear-oblong subacute bract about 

 If in. long. Spathe not subterranean, glabrous; tube 1| in. long,, 

 inflated at the base ; limb about 2^ in. long, expanded, oblong-lanceo- 

 late. Spadix 3 in. long, curving forwards at the apex. Female 

 flowers about 10 in two series, free ; perianth 2 lin. long, obliquely 

 ovoid-urceolate, mouth obliquely truncate ; ovary free, obliquely ovoid, 

 narrowed into an erect exserted style Ih lin. long, thickened or jointeol 

 a little below the very oblique ovate stigma. Male spike about 4 in. 

 distant from the female flowers, not very dense ; basal part laxly 

 covered with abortive flowers, in which both stamens and ovary are- 

 rudimentary and enclosed in a subglobose-urceolate perianth. Perianth 

 of perfect male flowers about f lin. deep, subcampanulate, 4-5-lobed to 

 half-way down ; lobes narrow, acute or subacute, spreading. Stamens 

 4 ; filaments |-1 lin. long, clavate, exserted ; anthers oblong, basifixed 

 or subadnate. 



SSozamb. 3>lst. German East Africa : without precise locality, Steere / 

 This species is allied to S. natalensis, Schott, but is readily distinguished bv the- 

 narrower and longer lobes of the leaf, and fewer series of female flowers. 



7. S. borumensis, N. E. Br. Rhizome thick, fleshy, nodose, with 

 thick fleshy simple roots. Leaves appearing after the flowers,, 

 glabrous : petiole 4-7 in. long ; blade sagittate or sagittate-hastate ; 

 front lobe 2J-G in. long, |-1| in. broad, elongate-oblong acute; basal 

 lobes 1-2J in. long, 4-9 lin. broad, elongate-deltoid or deltoid -lanceolate, 

 obtuse. Peduncle IJ-lf in. long, glabrous, surrounded by 2-3 mem- 

 branous bracts 1-1 J in. long. Spathe partly subterranean (?), glabrous ; 

 tube IJ-lf in. long, cylindric, slightly inflated at the base ; limb or 

 mouth very oblique, 0-8 lin. long, acute. Spadix 1-1 J in. long, reaching 

 to about the mouth of the tube. Female flowers 10-12, irregularly 

 bicyclic, free, those of the upper cycle mostly imperfect; perianth 

 about J lin. deep, compressed or globose-polygonal, very much contracted 

 at the mouth, somewhat oblique. Ovary free, shortly ovoid, laterally 

 compressed ; style J lin. long, subhorizontally spreading, stout, shortly 

 exserted beyond the perianth ; stigma large, discoid. Male spike about 

 1 lin. distant from the female flowers, dense ; perianth cupular, trun- 

 cate, \-\ lin. deep ; stamens 4 ; filaments J lin. long, clavate, very 

 stout ; anther-cells slightly divergent. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Zambesi Valley ; in valleys near 

 Boruma, Menyharth, 920 ! 



This species is remarkable for the very thick clavnte fllanients of the stamens. 



8. S. angolensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 40;"). Leaves appearing 

 after the flowers. Peduncle 1 in. long, surrounded by 4 membranous 



