Anubias gilletii De Wild. & T.Durand

Rhizome creeping, prostrate and rooting, ± 1/2 cm thick. LEAVES:densely foliated, sometimes producing a ± 20 cm long stolon.Petiole slender, 6-40 cm long, at the base sheathed. Glabrous, half to 2 1/2 x as long as the leaf-blade. Leaf-blade shortly rounded, auriculate, subcordate or hastate at the base, widest below the middle, glabrous or puberulous below, thinly coriaceous or chartaceous. Lobes up to 13 cm long. Middle lobe 7-25 1/2 cm long, 2-13 cm broad, 1.7-2.7 x as long as broad, oblong-elongate, acute-acuminate. Many prominent lateral nerves with 1-3 less prominent nerves between them, some of which unite before the margin, with many slender, transverse veinlets between them. Lateral nerves at the margin anastomosing in 2-3 marginal nerves. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle glabrous or sparsely puberulous, 0.4-1.5 x as long as the petiole, 5-22 cm long. Spathe oblong-ovate, spreading when flowering, after flowering closing again, subacute or very short acuminate, small (1-3 cm long, 1/2—1 cm wide), green or pinkish white. Spadix shortly stiped, 1 -2 1/2 cm long, ± as long as the spathe. When flowering spadix entirely exserted. male part equalling or up to twice as long as the female part. female flowers scattered, few, less than 20(-30) (14 in type). Pistils subglobose with a short style. Stigma pink, discoid. male flowers with 3-5 stamens, numerous, thick. Thecae ovate-elliptic, placed on the edge of the synandrium. Seeds and berries observed only once (Bogner 720). INFRUCTESCENCE: Berries depressed-globose. Seeds ca 1 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm broad; 2.3-3 x as long as broad. Dark brown with many whitish spots on them when dried.