Anchomanes. 53 



uniovulato, ovulo brevi ovoideo basilari, parte stilari dilatala verrucosa, sügmate orbi- 

 culari tenui. Flores masculi densi, 2 — 4-andri; stamina brevia thecis ovoideis lateralibus, 

 poro apicali dehiscentibus. 



Centralafrikanisches Zwischenseeland: Uganda; Fori bei Gonda (Böhm, 

 Deutsche Exped.'nach Ostafrika n. 282 — Blühend im Oktober 1882). 



Einheimischer Name: tentela. 



3. A. giganteus Engl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 419; De Wild, et Th. 

 Dur. Contr. fl. Congo H. (1900) 6 4, PI. Gilletianae 11. (I9ül) 105, in Bullet. Herb. 

 Boiss. Ser. 2. I. 845 et Reliq. Dewewr. (1901) 247; Th. Durand, Sylloge Florae con- 

 golanae (1909) 589; N. E. Brown in This. Djer Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 162. — 

 Tuber maximum. Cataphylla magna elongato-lineari-lanceolata. Folii cum inflorescentia 

 coaetanei gigantei petiolus 2,4 m longus, iuiprimis inferne atque superne aculeis numerosis 

 instructus, tricruris, lamina trisecta, segmentis I. circ. 5 dm longis, 2 — 3-pinnatisectis, 

 segmenta infima subtripartita, sequentia pinnatisecla, 2 — 3-juga, circ. 2,5 dm longa 

 ultima majora 4 dm longa atque bipinnatisecta, segmentis III. infimis ovato-lanceolatis 

 subacutis, mediis 2 pinnatipartitis sub-2-jugis, ultimis 2 — 2,5 cm longis pinnatipartitis 

 trijugis, partilionibus obhque oblongo-lanceolatis, 10 — 12 cm longis, 4 — 5 cm latis, 

 rhachi decurrcntibus, partitionum nervis laterahbus paucis arcuatim adscendentibus atque 

 venis reticulatis tenuibus prominulis. Pedunculus circ. 1,60 m longus, cum spatha 

 laminae basin attingens, imprimis basi atque apicem versus densiuscule aculeolatus. 

 Spatha elongato-lanceolata 9 dm longa, vix acuminata. Spadicis sessilis 3 dm longi 

 inflorescentia purpurea spathae dimidium haud aequans, pars feminea 8 — 10 cm longa, 

 mascula 1,6 — 2 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm crassa. Ovaria breviter ovoidca 3 mm longa, 

 2 mm crassa, uniovulata, in stilum brevissimum paullum attenuata, stigmate crasso 

 latiore saepe paullum declivi, verrucoso, 2,5 mm diametiente. Stamina subprismatica 

 quadrangula 4 mm longa, 1 mm crassa, 1,5 mm lata, thecis linearibus 3 mm longis 

 connectivo crassiusculo truncato superatis. 



Kongoland: Unterer Kongo (A. Dewcwre 1895), Shingongo im District 

 Mayumbe (Demeuse n, 266 — Herb. Brüssel). — Kongobecken: Kisanta (Gillet 

 n. 1267 — Herb. Brüssel), Insel Umangi im District Bangala (E. Laurent — Blühend 

 im Februar — Herb. Brüssel). 



4. A. difformis (Blume) Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. II. (1879) 304 emend. — 

 Amorphophallus difformis Blume in Rumphia 1. (1835) 14 9; Hook. Niger Fl. (1849) 

 527. — Anchomanes dubius Schott in Prodr. (1860) 13 4; Masters in Garden. Ghron. 

 XXin. (1885) 668 — 669, Fig. 152; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phaner. II. (1879) 305, in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. l. (1881) 486, in Engl, und Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 3. (1889) 126, 

 in Pflzwelt Ostafr. B. 131, C. 131 et in Araceae exsicc. et illustr. n. 117; Durand et 

 Schinz Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 473; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Wehv. II. (1899) 87; 

 N. E. Brown in This. Djer Fl. trop. Afr. AlII. (1901) 163. — A. Hookeri Henriques 

 in Holet. Soc. Brot. XVI (1899) 39. — Sauromatum ferox Linden Cat. (1856) 16. — 

 Gyrtosperma congoensis L. Linden Semaine Hort. (190 0) 473 Fig. 158. — Rhizoma 

 tuberosum ovali-oblongum. Folii petiolus 1 — 2,3 m longus, sparse atque remote aculeatus, 

 glauciduhis, viridis et purpureo-maculatus, laminae segmentis l. circ. 3 dm longis, 

 dichotomis, inferne aculeolatis, segmentis II. pinnatifidis vel pinnatisectis, segmentis 

 majuscuUs trapezoideis irregulariter bifidis. Pedunculus basi cataphjllis 0,2 — 1,5 dm 

 longis marcescentibus circumdatus, sparse aculeolatus atque modo petioli maculatus, 

 4 — 5 dm longus, inferne circ. 1 cm crassus. Spatha 1,5 — 3 dm longa, medio 7 — 10 cm 

 lata, valde acuminata, extus fusco-purpurea, intus nigro-purpurea saepe pallescens. 

 Spadicis circ. 1 — 2,5 dm longi inflorescentia feminea 3 — 4 cm longa, violascens mas- 

 culae albidae quartam partem aequans. Ovaria circ. 6 — 7 mm longa atque stili glabri, 

 raro vernicosi. — Fig. 2 1 . 



Afrikanisches Wald- und Steppengebiet, verbreitet im Regenwald an 

 dunklen schattigen Plätzen im Unterholz, auch in der Parksteppe. 



