Oonatopics.'] cl. ARoiDEiE (brown). 197 



broad, oblong, acuminate into a long subulate point, expanded, recurved 

 or revolute. Spadix sessile ; female part about | in. long and about 

 J in. thick ; male 2J-3^ in. long, about 5 lin. thick, constricted at the 

 base, with the lowest flowers more or less imperfect. Perianth-seg- 

 ments of both male and female flowers oblong, truncate at the triangular 

 apex. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into a short style, 2-celled ; stigma large, 

 peltate, just exserted from the perianth, pea-green. Stamens in the 

 male flowers 4, connate around an abortive ovary, entirely absent in the 

 female flowers; anthers subquadrate, white. Fruit not seen. — Engl, in 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 209; Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 117, and Pflanzenw. 

 Ost-Afr.-C. 131 ; Durand &, Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 472. Zwmio- 

 culcas Boivini, Decsne. in Bull. Spc. Bot. France, xvii. 321 ; Hook. f. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 6026. 



Jarile Xiand. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 



IVXozaxub. Sist. Zanzibar, Boivin (ex Decaisne), Hildehrandt (ex Engler), 

 Oerman East Africa : coast opposite Zanzibar, cultivated specimens, Kirk ! British 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland; in the Shire Valley, opposite to the rapids of Zedzane, 

 Kirk, 339! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 186 ! Mount Mlanji, McClounie, 51 ! 



Also (according to Engler) in the Island of Reunion. 



-2. G. angustus, j.V. E. Br. Tuber turnip-shaped. Leaf solitary, 

 erect, 1 J-4^ ft. high, tripinnatipartite, glabrous ; lowest branches 10-12 

 in. long, about 5 in. broad; leaflets or ultimate segments 1 J-3 in. long, 

 lJ-4 lin. broad, probably sometimes larger, linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, more or less decurrent at the base, not articulated to the rhachis. 

 Peduncle 2-3 in. long, smooth. Spathe glabrous; tube 1-1^ in. long, 

 oblong-ovoid ; limb about 3 in. long, and 1 J in. broad, reflexed, oblong, 

 cuspidate. Spadix sessile, shorter than the spathe ; female part 8-9 liu. 

 long, about J in. diam. cylindric ; male part about 2^ in. long, cylin- 

 dric, obtuse, its basal portion for about 8 lin, constricted to about half 

 the thickness of the upper portion and covered with abortive flowers. 

 Perianth-segments oblong, truncate at the angular apex. Ovary ovoid, 

 narrowed into a short stout style, 2-celled ; stigma rather large, peltate, 

 exserted just beyond the perianth-segments. Stamens in the male 

 flowers 4, connate into a tube around an abortive ovary and equalling it 

 in length, entirely absent in the female flowers. 



XMLOzamb. ]9ist. British Central Africa : Zambesi Valley; in copocs on 

 mountains near Boruina, Menyharth^ 922bis ! 



21. CYBTOSPEilMA, Griff".; Benth. et Hook f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. 997. 



Spathe convolute at the very base, open above, ovate-lanceolate, 

 persistent. Spadix free, densely covered with hermaphrodite flowers, 

 without an appendix or neuter organs. Perianth-segments 4-G, free, 

 imbricate, somewhat hooded at the truncate apex. Stamens 4-(; ; 

 filaments short and broad ; anthers short, 2-celled ; cells oblong, open- 

 ing by longitudinal slits, extrorse. Ovaiy ovoid, 1 -celled ; stigma 



