428 MESSRS. MANN AND WENDLAND ON THE 
communi latissime ovata acuta concava cum bracteis communibus collateralibus confluente suffulti, 
in parte superiore solum masculi confertissimi suborthostichi circ. 17 sessiles primum tomento fusco 
obtecti deinde glabri.—M Asc. in basi spadicis seu cum fcemineis conjuncti breviter pedicellati, bractea 
minima sepe obsoleta suffulti. Perianthium exterius triphyllum, phyllis oblongo-lanceolatis, con- 
cavis, dorso carinatis, membranaceis 11-2" longis; interius tripartitum, laciniis ovali-ellipticis, rigidis, 
crassis 3-4" longis. Flores masculi in apice spadicis basilaribus dimidio majores ; perianthii ext. phyllis 
lineari-spathulatis, intus canaliculatis, dorso carinatis, apice obtusis, incurvis, inferne membranaceis 
superne coriaceis ; interioris laciniis obovato-rotundatis, apice mucrone incurvo, concavis, crassis, sub- 
corneis, 5" longis, testaceis, foliatione valvata. Stamina plurima, 25 aut plura, inclusa; filamentis 
brevissimis e corpusculo crasso hemispherico enatis; antheris linearibus connectivo percurrente, 
extrorsis, basi affixis,  Rudimentum germinis nullum.—F«w. bractea late ovata acuta suffulti, circ. 
15 in spadice, Perianthium exterius triphyllum aut tripartitum, phyllis late ovatis, incrassatis, acutis, : 
subcarinatis, concavis, margine ciliato-lepidotis deinde glabris, foliatione convoluta 5" longa; interius 
3-phyllum, phyllis ovatis, abrupte acuminatis, concavis, basi foliatione convoluta, tibus, apicem 
versus valde incrassatis foliatione valvata, phyllis exterioribus æquilongis vel paulum superantibus. 
Staminodia 6 vel 9 lanceolata, minima, ima basi germinis. Germen uniloculare, oviforme, ellipsoideum, 
phyllis perianthii int. brevius; stigmate magno suberecto in latere ventrali paulum decrescente; 
ovulo basi affixo. Fructus drupaceus, 11" in diametro, monococcus, oblique depressus, oviformi-glo- 
bosus, stigmatum cicatrice laterali verticem versus; epicarpio brunneo tenui nitidulo; mesocarpio 
fibroso fibris tenuissimis; endocarpio tenuissimo lapideo, extus membrana medullosa brunnea tecto. 
Semen ei generis Phytelephantis affine sed minus depressum, oviformi-globosum, pollicem longum 
et vix 3" altum, hilo paulum excentrico magis ad extremitatem superiorem versus, e quo fasciculi 
vasorum plures ramosissimi et valde anastomosantes versus embryonis situm currentes radiatim 
oriuntur. Albumen magnum, durissimum, zequabile, lacteum. Embryon dorsali-verticale, hilo op- 
positum. 
Hab. In swampy places near the river Gaboon, from Point Clara upwards (no. 1046). 
This highly interesting genus is, I think, one of the finest discoveries among the 
numerous novelties which my friend G. Mann gathered in West Africa, for which cause 
I will not let the occasion escape of putting his name to the only species. Highly inter- 
esting and of much habitual beauty, I deplore sincerely the failure of the attempt to 
introduce it into European gardens, where it would become a great ornament in our 
stoves.—H. W. 
Puate XXXVIII. C. View of plant, showing its habit. 
Prate XL. A. Fig. 1. Spathe; fig. 2. Spadix in fruit; fig. 3. do. in flower; fig. 4. Fruit with portion 
of pericarp removed ; fig. 5. Seed cut open, showing the embryo; all of nat. size: fig. 6. Ovary; 
fig. 7. Vertical section of do.; fig. 8. Petal of female fl.; fig. 9. Female fl. ; fig. 10. Sepal of do.; 
fig. 11. Male fl.; all magnified. 
Genus 3. Pucxix, L. 
PHGNIX SPINOSA, Thonning; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. p. 275. 
Hab, On the banks of the river Nun (Mann, no. 528). 
