Aneilen. | CXLIII. COMMELINACEE (CLARKE). 65 
Panicle small, Capsule depressed, as broad as long. Durand & Schinz, Consp, FL. 
Afr. v. 432. A. simplex, Kunth, Enum. iv. 71 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 547, 
Commelixa simplex, Vahl, Enum. ii.177; Thonn in Schamacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl, 22. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Accra, Dow! 
This may represent a distinct species, but the material is small, 
2. A. equinoctiale, Kunth, Enum. iv. 72. Hairy, sometimes 
hispid or viscous. Stems 2-8 ft. long. Leaves often 4 by 1 in., some- 
times 7 by 1} in., elliptic or lanceolate, the lower attenuated, the upper 
often ovate at the base. Panicle terminal, often 5 by 2-3 in., rigid, 
loose ; the cyme-peduncles in distant false-whorls or less often alternate ; 
bracts at their base 1—} in. long, oblong; empty bracts on the lower 
part of the cyme-peduncles hardly } in. long, ovate or obovate; pedicels 
4-2 in. long. Sepals } in. long and upwards, oblong, not acute. Petals 
yellow, blue, mauve, or lilac. Fertile stamens 2 or 3. Capsule } by 
$ in., 2-celled with a dorsal small or imperfect cell sometimes added, 
truncate at the top, the two upper angles acute or minutely horned ; 
seeds 3-5 in each cell, pale, stony.—C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 
ili, 221, incl. all the vars., and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 12; Oliver in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. FI. 
Afr. vy. 429, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 270; Schoenl. in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. ii. iv. 65; Durand & De Wild. in Comptes-rendus Soe. bot. 
Belg. xxxvi. 87; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136; Rendle in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 430, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 52, and 
in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 79; Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 120; 
Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 80. A. adherens, Kunth, Enum. iv. 
72. A. tacazzeanum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 343, not of Hochst. 
Commelina equinoctialis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 65, t. 38. Lamprodithyros 
equinoctialis, Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 211. ZL. adherens, 
Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 211.  Amelina Wallichii, 
C. B. Clarke, Comm. et Cyrt. Beng. t. 26. 
Upper Guinea. Ashanti: Dumassi, Cummins, 19! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 
Lagos, Punch! Old Calabar River, Mann, 2338! Cameroons : Efulen, Bates, 376. 
Nile Land. British East Afiica: Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7263! Ukamba ; 
Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2641! Taita: Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston!  Ribe, 
near Mombasa, Wakefield! Nyika Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield! Fimbine, 
near Rabai, Taylor ! 
Lower Guinea. Loango: Chinchocho, Soyaux, 19! Landana, Du Parguet. 
French Congo: Brazzaville, Brazza, 313, Thollon, 957, Dybowski. Lower Congo : 
Lukungu, Hens, a,272! Bingila, Dupuis ! Congo, Smith, 52! 58! Burton! Angola: 
30 miles inland to Bembe, Monteiro! Golungo Alto ; banks of the River Delamboa, 
Welwitsch, 6605 ! 
South Central. Monbuttu: near Bongwa, Schweinfurth, ser. iii, 215! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Grandidier, 28. German East Africa: Usambara ; 
Lutindi, Holst, 3451! Tanga, Holst, 2107! Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston! Por- 
tnguese East Africa: Beira Railway, Hon, Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 5! Lower Zambesi ; near 
Sena, Kirk! Tete Hill, Kirk! Shupanga, Kirk! Shamo, near the mouth of the 
River Shire, Kirk ! Morambala Mountain, 2000 ft., Kirk! British Central Africa: 
North Nyasaland and Upper Loangwe River, Nicholson! Nyasaland: Nyika Platean, 
6000-7000 ft., Whute! Mount Mlanje, Whyte, 131! Mount Zomba and vicinity, 
2500-3500 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Shire Highlands, 
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