28 CXLIII, COMMELINACEH (CLARKE). | Palisota. 
Species, The 12 following endemic in Tropical Africa. 
*MONOSTICHOS.—Seeds 3-1 in each cell, superposed in one row (fruit not knowm 
in P, Mannii). 
Pedicels not articulated at the base. 
Stems nearly scapose ; all the leaves, except those 
near the base, much reduced, bract-like. 
Ovary glabrous. 
Bracts prominently exserted from the in- 
florescence . : - : c 1. P. bracteosa. 
Bracts concealed by the inflorescence 2. P. Mannii. 
Ovary with scattered long hairs . : . 38. PB. Barteri. 
Stems elongate, with long nodes, the upper leaves 
fully developed, appearing opposite or whorled. 
Inflorescence dense; pedicels hardly 4 in. long. 
Stems stout ; leaves 3-8 in. wide 4. P. Schweinfurthii. 
Stems weak ; leaves 1-3 in. wide 5. P. preussiana, 
Inflorescence loose ; pedicels }—} in. long 6. P. laxiflora. 
Pedicels articulated at the base, many early falling 
off. (Stems elongate with apparently-whorled 
leaves.) 
Inflorescence 2-6 in. long, 50-150-flowered . 7. P. ambigua. 
Inflorescence 1 in. long ; buds minute . . 8. P. micrantha, 
**DisticHos.—Seeds 5-8 in each cell, in two vertical rows or irregularly disposed. 
(Pedicels in all very short, articulated, many of the lower cadacous, so that the 
peduncle appears covered with knots below the small cyme.) 
Peduncles 3-1 in. long . . . : ° - 9. P. thyrsiflora. 
Peduncles 0—;4, in. long “ ° ° ° - 10. P. prionostachys. 
1. P. bracteosa, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 133. 
Young parts shaggy with fulvous or greyish hair. Stems 1-8 in. long, 
with leaves only near the base. Leaves 12-18 by 3-4} in., elliptic-lan- 
ceolate or somewhat obovate, acuminate at either end, whe: mature 
often nearly glabrate (even on the midrib beneath), except at the densely 
hairy margins. Stems }{-} in. in diam.; upper leaves few, 1-2} in. long, 
lanceolate, bract-like, not sheathing. Inflorescence 1-34 by 3-1} in., 
most dense, with 50-300 flowers; bracts in the upper part of the panicle 
4-} in. long, broadly lanceolate, shaggy, exserted from the panicle; 
pedicels 0-4 in. long, persistent. Ovary glabrous, the dorsal cell as a 
rule l-ovuled. Berry } in. long, ellipsoid, apiculate, bright scarlet, 
5-seeded. Seeds trapezoid, nearly smooth, not greatly flattened.— 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 422; Hua in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 
xli. p. liv. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Samu Country, Scott-Elliot, 5933! Litveria, 
cultivated specimen! Cameroons: Efulen, Bates, 446! 
Lower Guinea. Isle of St. Thomas; 3000-4500 ft., Moller in Fl, Afr. 
Exsice. Conimbric., 111! 
The peduncles are all simple ; in Moller n. 111 there are three from one root. 
The petiole, as in other species of Palisota, is very variable—1-6 in. long. 
