Stylochiton.] cl. AROiDE.ic (brown). 193 



10. S. grandis, iY. E. Br. Rhizome stout, nodose, with thick 

 fleshy simple roots. Leaves not seen, appearing after the flowers. 

 Spathe subsessile, enclosed below in several ovate-lanceolate acute 

 membranous bracts 1-2J in. long; tube subterranean. 3 in. long, i^ in. 

 in diam., cyiindric, inflated at the base; limb about 1 in, long, ovoid, 

 apiculate, with an oblique mouth on one side. Spadix shortly pro- 

 truding from the mouth of the spathe, about 3^ in. long. Female 

 flowers 9, in one cycle. Perianth 4 lin. long, cohering with those on 

 each side and adnate to the ovary on the side next the axis, dorsally 

 free and a little inflated, mouth very oblique, acute at the apex. Ovary 

 ovoid tapering upwards, about as long as the perianth ; style stout, 

 erect, exserted about 3 lin. from the perianth ; stigma large, obliciuely 

 ovate. Male spike about | in. distant from the female flowers. Perianth 

 divided almost to the base into 3, more or less unequal, obtuse lobes 

 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, those of the upper flowers smaller. Stamens 

 1-3 ; filaments filiform, about J lin. long, shorter than the perianth- 

 lobes ; anthers subquadrate. 



irile Iband. Somaliland : Hahi, James Sf Thrupp ! 



This very distinct species has si larger spatlie than any other of the group pro- 

 ducing leaves and flowers at diffei-ent times, and is remarkable on account of the 

 lobed perianth of the male flosvers, a character which also occurs in S. lohatus. 



11. S. kerensis, N. E. Br. Rhizome thick and fleshy, emitting 

 thick fleshy simple roots, and clothed in the upper part with the 

 fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths. Leaves produced after the flowers, 

 glabrous; petioles 2J-6 in. long, sheathing for about half their length ; 

 blade sagittate; front lobe 2J-3J in. long, |-1 in. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; basal lobes 10-14 lin. long, narrowly oblong, 

 obtuse, somewhat spreading. Peduncle \-\ in. long, and together with 

 the base of the spathe enclosed in 3-4 sheaths. Spathe-tube subterra- 

 nean, 1-1 J in. long, cyiindric, inflated at the base; limb about 4 lin. 

 long, hood-shaped, obtuse, apiculate. Spadix protruding 3-4 lin. from 

 the mouth of the spathe and decurved at the apex. Female flowers .'), 

 in one cycle, very oblique, connate. Perianth 3 lin. long, adnate to the 

 ovary below, with only the oblique cupular or suburceolate limb free. 

 Ovary inferior; style 1-1 J lin. long, incurved, shortly exserted, 

 moderately stout. Male spike shortly distant from the female flowers, 

 somewhat lax below, more crowded upwards. Perianth cupular, \-\ lin. 

 deep, truncate and slightly thickened at the rim. Filaments of the 

 stamens \ lin. long, filiform ; anthers subquadrate ; cells parallel. — 

 S. hypogcEus, Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 522 partly ; Martelli, Fl. 

 Bogos. 89 ; Durand & Schinz, Con«5pect. Fl. Afr. v. 470 partly. 



MTlle Ziand. Eritrea : Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 77 ! 167 ! 



Possibly the plant collected in Kordofan at Melbes by Pfund (761), quoted by 

 Engler (Jahrb. xv. 464) under S. hypogmim, Lcpr., may belong here. 



12. S. lancifolius, Kotschy l- Peyr. Fl. Tinn. 42, i. 20. Leaves 

 appearing after the flowers; petiole 2^-4 in. long, the sheathing portion 

 subterranean; blade 3-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, elliptic-oblong or 



