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9 dm longus, maculatus, Spathae 2,5 dm longae, m'ceolato-campanulatae tubus su- 

 perne constrictus basin versus angustatus, pallide viridis, inferne opaco-viridi-maculatus, 

 superne rubescens vel brunneo-purpureus , intus purpureus, pallidus emergentiis bre- 

 vissimis vel subfiliformibus dense instructus, lamina late ovata, obliqua, utrinque brunneo- 

 purpurea. Spadicis quam spatha circ. tertia parte longioris inflorescentia feminea circ. 

 2 cm longa, cylindrica, mascula circ. 3 cm longa, obconica, appendix ad 3 dm longa, 

 elongato-conica, basi 3 cm crassa, atropurpurea. Pistillorum ovarium depresso-globosum, 

 Stigma 2-lobum, sessile. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Ober-Guinea-Zone: Gold-Küste, Kwabu 

 (Johnson n. 643. — Herb. Kew). 



21. A. Stuhlmannii (Engl.) Engl, et Gehrm. — Hydrosme Stuhlmannii in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (I904) 152. — Tuber 2 — 3 dm diametiens. Folii petiolus 

 2 — 2,5 m longus, 4 cm crassus viridis longitudinaliter albo-striatus, lamina fere 3 m 

 diametiens, trisecta, segmentis I. dichotomis, ad dichotomiam usque pinnatisectis, utrinque 

 segmentis 2 — 3 oblongis longe acuminatis 8 — 9 cm longis, 4 cm latis cum maioribus 

 2,3 dm longis, 7 — 8 cm latis alternantibus ; omnibus costae superne decurrentibus ; seg- 

 mentis II. \ — 1,2 m longis bipinnatisectis, segmentis KI. infimis fere 3 dm longis, \ dm 

 latis, oblongo-lanceolatis, basi in costae alam 1,5 — 2 cm latam transeuntibus, cum 

 duplo minoribus alternantibus, segmentis III. superioribus pinnatisectis, segmentis ultimis 

 majoribus 1,5 — 2 dm longis, minoribus 8 — 9 cm longis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 basi in costae alam 2 — 3 cm longam, latissimam transeuntibus; segmentis omnibus 

 multinerviis, nervis lateralibus numerosis parallelis in nervum collectivum a margine 

 remotiusculum conjunctis. Pedunculus circ. 1,1 m longus, basi 2,5 — 3 cm crassus. 

 Spathae 5 dm longae in tubum 1 dm longum convolutae lamina oblonga acuminata, mar- 

 gine undulato- plicata, purpurascens, tubus intus inferne purpureus et dense fibrillosus. 

 Spadicis quam spatha ^/^-plo longioris inflorescentia feminea 8 cm longa, 2 cm crassa, 

 mascula 4 cm longa, 2 cm crassa, appendix 7 dm longa inferiore parte 3 cm crassa 

 laevis. Flores masculi 2 — 3-andri, stamina 1,5 mm lata, \ mm longa sessijia, thecae 

 obovoideae, rimula apicaU reniformi dehiscentes. Pistilla paullum distanlia, ovarium 

 3,5 — 4 mm longum et crassum subglobosum, 2 — 3-loculare, loculis Ovulum crassum 

 anatropum sessile gerentibus, stilus brevissimus vix 1 mm longus stigmatibus 2 — 3 

 crassis late triangularibus 2 mm longis coronatus. — Fig. 2 8. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz, Zone Ost-Usambara: Unterhalb Lungusa 

 im Schluchtenwald des Sigi, 150 m ü. d. M. (A. Engler, Reise nach Ostafrika n. 400. — 

 Blatt Sept. 1902. — Herb. Berlin); im Schluchtenwald bei Amani, 700 m ü. d. M. 

 (B. L. Inst. Amani n. 333 [leg. Warnecke]. — Blütenstand März 190 3. — Herb. 

 Berlin); Kwamkujofälle bei Amani (B. L. Inst. Amani n. 1672 [leg. Braun]. — Blüten- 

 stand April 190 8. — Herb. Berlin). 



22. A. flavovirens N. E. Brown in Th. Djer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 153. — 

 Folii petiolus circ. 6 dm longus, lamina 4,5—6 dm diametiens, pluries partita, segmentis 

 terminalibus 7,5 — 9 cm longis, 3,5 cm latis, ceteris minoribus, oblongis, elliptico-ob- 

 longis vel elliptico-obovatis, abrupte cuspidato-acuminatis, basi secus costas decurrentibus. 

 Pedunculus 6 — 7,5 dm longus, viridis. Spathae 1 — 1,6 dm longae, erectae, extus pallide 

 viridis, albido-viridi-marginatae, intus flavescenti-viridis, basi purpurascenlis, convolutae 

 tubus 3 — 6 cm longus, intus papilloso-verrucosus, lamina 6 — 10 cm longa, ovata, obtusa 

 vel obtuse acuminata, recurvato- vel undulato-marginata. Spadicis 0,5 — 0,7 cm stipitati 

 quam spatha circ. quarta vel tertia parte longioris inflorescentia feminea \ — 2,5 cm 

 longa, mascula 2,5—3,2 cm longa, supra circ. 1,8 cm crassa, appendix 1,5 — 2 dm 

 longa, circ. 2,5 cm crassa, apicem versus attenuata, obtusa, flavescens. Stamina con- 

 ferta, flavescentia. Pistilla laxe disposita vel minus conferta; ovarium subglobosum, 

 viride, stigma sessile bifidum. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz. Ober-Guinea-Zone: Goldküste, in einem 

 Tale bei Aburi (Johnson n. 25. — Herb. Kew); Kwabu (Johnson n. 644. — 

 Herb. Kew). 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 23 C. 6 



