Anedlema. | CXLIII. COMMELINACE& (CLARKE). ca 
136. A. tetraspermum, K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 136. Lam- 
prodithyros Petersii, Hassk. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 529. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Tanga, Volkens, 175! 
Stuhlmann, 6062, 6458. Portuguese Eust Africa: Zambesi Delta; mouth of the 
River Melambe, K7rk / Mozambique, in damp places, Peters / 
15. A. Schweinfurthii, ('. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 
227. Minutely pubescent. Roots thick. Stems 8-14 in., with few 
oblong leaves, 1-2 in. long; erect from a short rhizome (not annual), 
Leaves ona barren stem 44 by } in., oblong-linear. Panicle in fruit 
1} by ? in., very dense, pubescent ; lowest bracts to the cyme-peduncles 
4 in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles ;1; in. long, obovate. Sepals 35 in. 
long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule nearly } in. long, white, 
2-celled, 4-sceded.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 432 ; Durand 
& De Wild. in Bull. Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvii. 128; K. Schum. in Engl. 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 186; DC. Monogr. Phan, iii, 227. Lamprodithyreos 
gracilis, Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 47, t. 23, fig. A; Kanitz in Flora, 
1868, 513; Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1832! 
ser. iii, 214! Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, 1886! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Tanganyika, De Beerst! 
16. A. Welwitschii, (. B. Clarke i DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 229. 
Minutely grey pubescent. Stems czespitose on a bundle of thick roots 
clavate and subtuberous at their extremities. Fertile stems 10-16 in. 
long, rather robust, little divided, with many fully developed leaves. 
Leaves 3 by }-1 in., oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, tip obtuse. 
Peduncle 2—4 in. long, terminal, with often a sheath or nearly obsolete 
leaf in the middle. Panicle in fruit 1 by ? in., even in fruit very dense ; 
flowers blue (Welwitsch). Capsule 4 by } in., quadrate-oblong, shining, 
thinly crustaceous, 4-seeded.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
432; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 79. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; edges of woods, Lake Ivantala, 3800-5500 ft., 
Welwitsch, 6596! Golungo Alto; marshy places between Catumba and Ohai, Wel- 
witsch, 6597 ! : 
The leaves in 6596 are considerably broader than in 6597 ; but no one has 
doubted their being one species. I think this may be only a state of A. Schwein- 
Surthii, 
17. A. soudanicum, (’. B. Clarke. Hispid, especially the stems 
and leaf-sheaths. Stems 15 in. long, branched throughout their lengtb, 
at the base erect, with the lowest leaves reduced to pale brown scales ; 
roots thick. Leaves up to 34 by 4-4 in., linear-lanceolate. Panicle 
terminal, peduncled, 1} by #-1 in., dense, thinly hairy ; lowest bracts 
3—} in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles hardly } in. long, ovate. Sepals } in. 
long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule + in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, 
? 
i2 < OP: 
reunded on the shoulders.—Ad. lanceolatum, var. /3 evoluticr partly, 
