Anubias barteri Schott

LEAVES: Stem creeping and rooting, 2-3 lin. thick, glabrous. Leaves erect, variable, glabrous above; petiole 2-11 in. long, slender, its sheath 1-11/2 in. long, dilated at the base; blade 23/4-8 in. long, 11/4-4 in. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded, subtruncate or more or less cordate-hastate at the base; basal lobes often unequal, short and rounded or deltoid, obtuse; veins numerous, parallel, curved, ascending; midrib and primary veins minutely, but distinctly, puberulous beneath. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 2 1/2-7 in. (or more ?) long, slender, glabrous. Spathe 1-1 1/4 in. long, about 5 lin. broad, oblong, subulate-pointed, expanded nearly to the base when in flower, convolute when in fruit, glabrous, green. Spadix 1-1 1/4 in. long, slender, cylindric; female part 21/2-6 lin. long. Ovary depressed-globose; style short; stigma discoid.