194 CL. AROiDE^ (brown). [Sti/lochiton. 



lanceolate-elliptic, acute, rounded or obtuse at the base. Peduncle 

 J-| in. long, enclosed by several membranous ovate bracts about 1 in. 

 long. Spathe-tube 8-9 lin. long, subterranean; limb |-H in. long, 

 ovate, acuminate, with a very oblique mouth, green. Spadix 1-1 J in. 

 long, shortly protruding from the mouth of the spathe. Female 

 tiowers 5, in one cycle, erect, free. Perianth 1 lin. long, urceolate, sub- 

 crenate at the slightly oblique apex. Ovary free, ovoid, narrowed into 

 a 1 lin. long exserted style. Male spike moderately lax, distant from 

 the female flowers. Perianth very short, cupular, truncate. Filaments 

 of the stamens |-1 lin. long, filiform, much exserted from the perianth ; 

 anthers subquad rate.— Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 523 ; Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 4C4 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 142, fig. 91 ; Durand 

 <fe Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 479. 



Srile Xiand. British East Africa: Jur ; near the River Dembo, Tinne, 10; 

 Abu Guroon's Seriba, ScJiweinfurth, 1553 (ex Bngler), in woods by the River Jur, 

 Schweinfurth, 1587 (ex JEngler) ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfv/rth, 1858 (ex JEngler) ; 

 and at Kurshook (Kutschuk) Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 199 ! Bongo 

 (Bogosiand by error) : in the Steppe to the south of the River Lesi (Lebsis by error), 

 Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 200 (ex Engler). Niamniam ; at Makporru Hill, Schioein- 

 furth, 3740 (ex Engler). 



I have not seen leaves of this plant. 



13. S. Barteri, N. E. Br. Leaves sagittate {Barter)^ appearing 

 after the flowers. Spathe very shortly pedunculate, about 1 J in. long ; 

 tube subterranean, 10 lin, long; limb 7-8 lin. long, oblong, apiculate, 

 with a very oblique mouth, purple. Spadix shorter than the spathe. 

 Female flowers 4-5, in one cycle, scarcely cohering or easily separated. 

 Perianth 2-2J lin. long, urceolate, obliquely truncate at the mouth. 

 Ovary free, ovoid ; style 2 lin. long, slender, much exserted. Male spike 

 distant from the female flowers. Perianth J-§ lin. deep, cupular, 

 truncate. Filaments of the stamens scarcely exceeding the perianth 

 J-f lin. long, filiform; anthers subquadrate. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Yoruba; at Oyo, Barter^ 3424 ! 



There are no leaves with the specimen, but in all probability a leafy specimen, 

 without flowers, collected by Barter (1472) in Nupe, growing in moist ground, may 

 belong to this species ; its characters are as follows. — Petiole 7-10 in. long, sheathing 

 for 3-3| in. ; blade sagittate or sagittate-hastate, glabrous ; front lobe 85-65 in. 

 long, 3-1^ in. broad at the base, thence gradually tapering to an acute mucronate 

 apex ; basal lobes l|-2f in. long, \-\ in. broad at the base, linear-oblong or nar- 

 rowly lanceolate-oblong, obtuse. 



14. S. similis, N. E. Br. Leaves not seen. Spathe appearing 

 before the leaves, 1-1 J in. long; tube subterranean, 6-7 lin. long, 

 slightly inflated at the base ; limb hooded, 6-7 lin. long, apiculate at the 

 apex, with a lateral or very oblique mouth. Spadix slightly protrud- 

 ing from the mouth. Female flowers 4-5, in one cycle, erect, nearly 

 free. Perianth 1-1;^ lin. long, broadly urceolate. Ovary free within 

 the perianth, depressed -globose ; style J lin. long, stout, very shortly 

 exserted. Male spike distant, rather dense. Perianth J lin. deep, 



