72 €XLUII, COMMELINACEE (CLARKE). [| Aneilema. 
C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr, Phan, iii. 227; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 431 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Musgu; on the Fellata Hills, Vogel, 101! 
18. A. Whytei, (. B. Clarke. Upper portions of stems 10 in, 
long, rather slender, pubescent, not rarely branched. Leaves 2} by 3 in., 
lanceolate, when mature hairy, especially beneath. Panicle 1 by ? in, 
dense, with long spreading white hairs; lower bracts minute or 0; many 
of the lower pedicels sterile, terminated by a black glandular knob (the 
rudimentary flower). Sepals ;, in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. 
Capsule hardly 1 in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded.—A. hirtum, C. B. Clarke 
in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228 partly (i.e. by confusion), not of A.Rich. 
(which see at p. 74 seq.). 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: North Nyasaland, Whyte ! 
The description of A. hirtum in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228 is grounded on the 
assumption that the plant here described was the 4. hirtum of A. Richard (which I 
now believe to have been a Floscopa). 
19. A.lanceolatum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 546. Sparingly 
pubescent. Stems up to 15 in. long, occasionally divided, weak, decum- 
bent at the base. Leaves up to 6 by 3 in., narrowly lanceolate. Panicle 
terminal, peduncled, up to 14 by 1 in. (but usually much smaller), dense, 
minutely pubescent ; lowest bracts ;15 in. long, ovate; bracts to the 
cyme-peduncles ;1; in. long, obovate. Sepals 5} 
;'9 in. long, glabrate. 
Petals small, blue. Capsule + in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, shoulders 
rounded at the top.—C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227; 
Durand «& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 431. A. rhodospermum, K, Schum. 
in Zenker, Exsice. 1110. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Lower Niger; Stirling Hill, Vogel! Ansell! 
Quorra, Vogel! Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1110! 
Var. 8 evolutior, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii, 227 partly. Stems stout. 
Leaves up to 10 by 3 in., linear or scarcely linear-lanceolate, very hairy or with 
sparse long hairs. Panicle 4 in. long, 2 in, wide at the base, 1 in. wide at the top; 
branches very numerous, lower in false whorls. Lower part of cymes represented 
often by numerous approximate empty bracts 34, in. long. 
: Flowers and capsules as 
of laxceolatum, but slightly larger. 
Upper Guinea. Western Lagos: Eruwa, Rowland ! 
Foe ne ae Niger Territory: Nupe, 
The base of the stem and roots are not shown : it seems probable that the stem 
may be erect, with thickened roots ; and, if so, near Welwitschii. 1t, however, recalls 
A, lanceolatum, Benth., by the very long narrow leaves. 
20, A. Spekei, (. B. Clarke. Rather thinly hairy. Stems 15—2+ in. 
long, often branching ; base decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves + 
by }-1 in., rather broadly lanceolate, hardly acute. Panicle 2 by } in., 
terminal, peduncled, dense, sparingly pubescent ; lowest bracts minute, 
cyme-branches short. Sepals ;'5 in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. 
Capsule + in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, rounded on the shoulders.— 
A. tucuzzeanum, Baker in Trans. Linn Soc. xxix. 163, not of Hochst. 
A, lanceolatum, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227 partly ; 
