98 MR. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE BOTANICAL RESULTS 
5-7 cm. lat.; venis circa 7-jugis (angulam 60° cum costa facient- 
ibus) cum venulis utrinque prominulis; petiolis hirsutis sub folia 
et in pulvinu incrassatis etiam lignosis 2-6 cm. long. 
Racemi tenues 2-4 em. fere a basi floriferi sparse hirsuti; 
bracteis parvis ovatis; bracteolis 2 minutis; pedicellis 1 mm. ; 
floris ¢ calycis lobis 4 membranaceis oblongis obtusis 1-2 mm. ; 
disci glandulis 5 liberis; filamentis petala superantibus ; antheris 
introrsis rotundatis; ovarii rudimento hirsuto; floris 9 calycis 
campanulati lobis 4 ovatis obovatisve 1-2 mm.; disco annulari 
ciliato ; ovario 2-loculari ovoideo ; stylis brevibus apice breviter 
hispidis ; fructu maturo rubro purpureove 15 mm. long. et 12 
mm. lat., glandulis calciferis ornato; pericarpio coriaceo ; colu- 
mella colorata persistente ; seminibus duris sepe abortu solitariis 
6 mm. long. et 4 mm. lat.; ala vel pulpo siccato reticulato- 
venoso 3 mm. lat. cinctis. 
Ceteris (cf. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2, p. 465) ramulis 
annuis foliosis flores ferentibus diversa. 
A climbing-shrub common in bush by rivers, Wallia, Jan. 31, 
no. 4746, Sasseni, Jan. 14, no. 4548, both on Scarcies River ; 
Luseniya, Samu Country, Dec. 20, no. 4035; near Kahreni, 
Limba, no. 5813; by the Niger, Farana, March 26, no. 5311. 
ANTIARIS TOXICARIA, Lesch., var. AFRICANA, S. Ell. 
A tall tree with milky juice; stem hairy ; leaves obovate or 
oblong acuminate subserrate, margin unequal and rounded or 
subcordate at base. 
Near Lagos, Moloney, Oct. 1883! Tree 20 ft., Nupe on Niger 
Expedition, Barter 1102 & 1129! Small tree resembling Antiaris 
toxicaria, Idda, Barter 1674! Am Baginze, 28 May, Niam- 
niam land, Schweinfurth 3826! Tree abounding in a pleasant 
milky juice, Fernando Po, 6/57, Barter! A very tall tree near 
Kukuna, Scarcies River, Jan., Scott Elliot no. 5892. 
COMMELINACER. 
Commetina Exniorit, C. B. Clarke et A. B. Rendle, sp. nov- 
Glaber aut sparse pubescens, foliis 2-4-uncialibus, elliptico- 
lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, parum pilosis ; pedunculis 
axillaribus 6 lin., sparse pubescentibus ; spathis complicatis ovato- 
lanceolatis, nec cucullatis ; marginibus basi pilosis haud connatis, 
interne hispidis externe glabris nisi basi venis sparse hispidulis ; 
seminibus 5, levibus. 
