D6 CXLIII. COMMELINACEE (CLARKE). [ Commelina. 
Not seen, The above condensed from the description by Hua, who says the 
species belongs to the Section Trithyrocarpus. 
52. C. aspera, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 542. Hairy. Stem 4-6 
in. long; internodes up to 1} in. long. Leaves up to 3 by q in., linear 
or linear-lanceolate. Spathes in a terminal head, } in. by } in., ovate, 
acuminate, much curved ; margins shortly connate at the base. Capsule 
small, 3-celled, papery, 3-seeded. Seeds 3/5 in. long, globose or very 
shortly ellipsoid, smooth.—C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 1. 180; 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 423; Rendle in Cat. Afr. FL 
Welw. ii. 78. 
Upper Guinea. (told Coast: Accra, Don! Niger Territory: at the Con- 
fluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, Vogel ! 
53. GC. mensensis, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 
57. Leaves 4-5 by } in., narrowly linear, rough hairy on the upper 
surface. Spathes 2 or 3 clustered at the end of the branches, } in. long, 
shortly lanceolate, hispid, striate; margins united at the base for } in. 
Capsule } in. in diam. ; cells 3, equal, thin, smooth, all dehiscing. Seeds 
lin each cell, globose, } in. in diam., smooth, sculptured on either side 
of the hilum by 4 transverse wrinkles. 
_ Nile Land. Eritrea : below Geleb, 4800-5500 ft., Schweinfurth, 1414, 1434 ; 
Anseba, near Keren, Stewdner, 1417. 
Not seen; the above condensed from Schweinfurth’s description. 
54. C. firma, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii, 78. Hairy. Stems 
12-18 in. long, robust ; internodes up to 3 in. long. Leaves 3-4 by 4 
in., oblong, when mature hairy on both surfaces. Spathes ciustered, 
often many in a terminal head. Seeds}in.long. Otherwise nearly as 
C’. aspera,—C. aspera, var. (3 firma, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 
iii. 180. Cyanotis hirsuta, Baker in Trans. Lim. Soc. xxix. 162. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Unyoro; Ukidi Forest, Speke § Grant ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft.; Pando woods, 
between Calundo and Mangue, Welwitsch, 6644! in shady woods around Pedras de 
Guinga and Mangue, Welwitsch, 6645 ! 
Flowers dark blue (Welwitsch), as they probably are in C. aspera. This is 
altogether a inuch stouter plant than C. aspera, with longer capsule and seeds. 
55. ©. Wogelii, (. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan, iii. 189. 
Sparingly hairy. Stems 1-2 ft.long ; internodes 2—5 in.long. Leaves 
4} by 1} in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base. Spathes 
mostly in clusters of 2 or 3 at the end of the branches, }—2 by ? in. 
broadly ovate, very shortly acuminate, pubescent, margins shortly 
connate at the base. Flowers white (Vogel). Capsule small, papery, 
3-seeded, or sometimes 2-seeded (the dorsal cell being suppressed). Seeds 
tz-yo in. long, subglobose, more or less angular.—Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 428; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135; 
Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 120, C. suleata, Benth. in Hook. 
Niger Fl. 541, not of Willd. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 476! Senegal, Bellamy, 2. Lagos 
Millen, 77! Rowland! Fernando Po: in woods, Vogel, 261! 
