Vommeline. | CXLIII, COMMELINACEH (CLARKE). 35 
ttt Dissecocarpus.—Capsule normally perfecting 4 seeds, in the two ventral cells ; 
the dorsal cell quite rudimentary or absent, only by accident perfecting a seed. 
Capsule quadrate or oblong, usually constricted between the seeds which are 
prominent as 4 knobs or elevations from without. 
{Spathes scattered. 
Seeds smooth or wrinkled or pitted. 
Capsule longer than broad; seeds _ cylindvic- 
ellipsoid. 
Spathe ovate, very broad at the base, 
Spathes 3—# in. long ; : : . 81. C. Kotschy. 
Spathes 1 in. long or more : : . 32. C. imberbis. 
Spathe elliptic-acuminate ; : : . 33. C. Petersii. 
Capsule nearly square ; seeds globose. 
Leaves oblong to ovate. 
Mature leaves glabrous or very nearly so. 
Upper leaves rounded, eared or cana 
at the base : c . B4. C. latifolia. 
Upper leaves cuneate at the base, ‘quasi: 
petioled . 5 : . 35. C. cuneata. 
Mature leaves hairy on both surfaces. 
Spathes 2 in. long, striate : . 86. C. spectabilis. 
Spathes 1 in. long, not striate, box n- ‘ 
purple. . 8%. C: Cecile. 
Leaves linear or lineage heentite: ona dilated 
at the very base. 
Margins of the spathe free at the base. 
Spathes 3—% in. long. 
Whole plant hairy. : : . 38. C. demissa. 
Nearly glabrous : : : . 39. C. madayascariea. 
Spathes 1 in. long or more. 
Plant nearly stemless ; : . 40. C. huillensis. 
Plant with a leafy stem. 
Scabrous or glabrate; seeds small, 
globose. . 41. C. Carsont. 
Shaggy; seeds ellipsoid, rather large . 42. C. Welwitschii. 
Margins of the spathe united at the base 
(very shortly so in C, subcucullata). 
Spathes very shortly united at the margin 48. C. subcucullata, 
Spathes unitedat the margin for}-}in, . 44. C. newrophylla. 
Seeds echinate . . . 45. C, echinosperma, 
| {Spathes approximated at the ends of the branches, apparently i in heads. 
Leaves sessile, oblique, unequal at the base. 
Flowers yellow (or white) : seeds large, cylindric 46. C. capitata. 
Flowers blue ; seeds small, subglobose . 47. C. rufociliata. 
Leaves with a long quasi-petiole . - . » 48. C, longicapsa. 
**Monoon.—Ovules 1 in each ventral cell of the ovary, 1 or 0 in the dorsal cell. 
} Trithyrocarpus. —Capsule with 3 similar 1-ovuled dehiscent cells, thin and papery 
when ripe. The third dorsal cell is frequently smaller and sometimes barren 
or wanting. 
Spathes solitary, none in clusters, 
Leaves linear. 5 : - “ . . 49. C. umbellata. 
Leaves elliptic . : : : ; : . 50. C, bracteosa. 
Leaves lanceolate ° . . 51. C. guineensis. 
Spathes (or most of them) approximated i in clusters. 
Leaves linear. 
