Culcasia. 299 
= 2cm lata. Spadix breviter stipitatus, inflorescentia feminea pauciflora quam mascula 
. duplo breviore et paullo tenuiore.  Ovaria subglobosa, stigmate late reniformi vel fere 
orbieulari 2 mm lato coronata. Flores masculi plerumque diandri, staminibus longitudine 
sua latioribus, thecis lineari-oblongis. —- Fig. T. 
1 un: Im liehten Wald zwischen Victoria und Bimbia (Preuss n. 1161 — 
Herb. Berlin); Ambas-Bay (Mann n. 781 — Herb. Kew). — Lebend im kón. botan. 
EU zu Berlin, Roy. Gard. Kew. 
: . C. Dinklagei Engl. in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 418; N. E. Brown 
m n Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 177. — Caudiculus brevis, crassiuseulus (5— 
. 6 mm; repens, demum eq internodiis brevibus. Foliorum setius quam lamina 
.3—4-plo brevior, 6—7 em longus, vagina 4—5 cm longa ad medium usque vel ultra 
medium vaginatus, supra canalieulatus, geniculo longiuseulo leviter compresso instructus, 
lamina oblique lanceolata, uno latere latior, apice breviter excavato instructa, basi acuta, 
: 2—3 dm longa, 7—12 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. numerosis cum BEE? inter- 
 jeetis arcualim ar a atque cum venis tenuibus reticulatis (in sieco) subtus 
. prominentibus. Pedunculus quam spatha oblongo-lanceolata, 6 em longa, 1,5 cm lata 
. brevior. Spatha demum destructa. Baccae subglobosae magnae, 2,5 em diamelientes, 
3—4-spermae, tesla tenui pallide brunnea. Semina oblique ovoidea, rarius solitaria 
hemisphaerica. — Fig. 83 J—L. 
j Kamerun: Groß-Batanga, auf feuchtem, tiefschattigem Waldboden (Dinklage n. 
. 899, 1276 — fruchtend Juli— Oct. — Herb. Berlin 
Nota. Haec species ab omnibus baccis magnis jlobosis differt. 
5. C. Mannii (Hook. f.) Engl. Gartenfl. (1887) 84; in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. 
(4893) 447; in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 3. 116, Nachtr. zu II—IV. 58; Durand 
et Schinz, DP FI. Afr. V. (1895) 4TA: N. E. Brown in Th. Dyer, Fl. vids Afr. VIU. 
(1901) 179. — Aglaonema Mannü Hook. f. in Bot. Magaz. (1869) t. 5760; Engl. 
in DC. e Phan. I. (1879) 442. — Caulis 3—5 dm altus, usque 1,5 cm crassus. 
. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina circ. duplo triplove brevior, 0, 15--1 dm "longus, ad 9/, 
longitudinis vaginatus, vagina apice haud auriculata, lamina subcoriacea, supra laete 
Viridis, subtus pallidior, striolis parvis indistinetis instructa, nervis saturatius viridibus, 
lliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 2 dm et ultra longa, 0,8—1 dm lata, nervis latera- 
libus I. utrinque circ. 6—7 arcuatim adscendentibus, venis remote reticulatis. Pedun- 
culus 4—85 cm longus. Spatha oblonga, 5 em itih, 2,5 cm lata, breviter acuminata, 
. basi convoluta, superne expansa, intus alba, extus basi viridescens. Spadix quam spatha 
T fire. 1/, vier, stipite cire. 1 cm longo, EEE feminea pauciflora quam mascula 
tire. triplo breviore. Ovaria uM 3-locularia, rubra, stigmate orbiculari parvo albo 
A Flores masculi triandri; stamina subprismatica, antheris obovatis. Baccae 
Kamerun: Viktoria-Berge (Mann — R. Gard. Kew, Bot. Gart. Berlin etc.) ; 
Mungo, in dunklen Urwäldern (Buchholz n. 94, 134 — Herb. Berlin). 
6. C. lanceolata Engl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 419; N. E. Brown 
Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VII. (1901) 175. — Caudiculus tenuis repens vel scandens, 
nternodiis brevibus. Foliorum peliolus circ. 2 em longus, quam lamina 5—6- -plo 
brevior, ad medium usque vaginatus, profunde canaliculatus, lamina tenuis, striolis pellu- 
cidis longis numerosis instructa, lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, d em longa, 
‚»—2,5 em lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque. 4—5 patentibus , proeul a margine con- 
Peduneulus brevis 4 cm longus. Spatha conchiformis, circ. 1,5 cm longa, 6— 
mm lata. varia semiglobosa, stigmate orbieulari disciformi coronata, unilocularia, 
ovulo fere horizontali p spectante. Baccae subglobosae, cire. 5 mm diamet. 
Kamerun: An Bäumen im Urwald von Lokundje bei Lolodorf, um 500 m (Staudt 
3); bei Campo (Dinklage — fruchtend im Febr.). 
. C. parviflora N. E. Brown in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIM. (1901) 176. — 
ieulus alte (4—58 m) scandens, internodiis 2,5—4 cm longis. Foliorum patentium 
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