Aneilema. | CXLIII, COMMELINACEX (CLARKE), 73 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 431 partly; K. Schum. in Engl, 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. <Aneilemu, sp. n. 1., T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile, 
Append. 650. Lamprodithyros lanceolatus, Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. 
F]. Aethiop. 211, 295. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; near Tabora, 3800 ft., 
Speke § Grant! Mininga, Speke § Grant, 165! British Central Africa: North 
Nyasaland, Whyte ! 
This has not the elongate leaves of 4. lanceolatum, and the panicle is different ; 
but it is closely allied to it. 
21. A. gracile, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228, exel. 
syn. Sparingly hairy or glabrate. Stems 10—12 in. long, slender, often- 
divided. Leaves attaining 2} by 4 in. Panicle terminal, peduncled, 
2} in. long, 2 in. wide at the base, } in. wide at the top; lowest bracts 
¢ in. long, lanceolate; cymes short, with few empty bracts. Sepals 
zo in. long, glabrate. Petals small, bluish-purple (Barter). Capsule 
¢ in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, shoulders rounded at the top.—Durand & 
‘Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 430, excl. syn. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, in cultivated soils, Barter, 1474! 
This may be only a variety of 4. lanceolatum, var. evolutior ; it is much more 
glabrous, slenderer, with smaller leaves and smaller panicle. But in the shape of the 
panicle, the flowers and the capsules, it agrees perfectly ; and comes from the same 
locality. 
22. A. pedunculosum, ('. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 
em 
228, excl. var. y. Weak, trailing and rooting, sparsely hairy. Stems 
6-24 in. long, often branched. Leaves 2 by ? in., elliptic or ovate, 
acuminate, when mature nearly glabrous. Inflorescences dense, small, 
q-14 by 3-3 in.; peduncle terminal, sometimes few-flowered, freauently 
on short lateral branches, 1-4 in. long; axis of inflorescence with small 
crisped hairs. Sepals hardly ;, in. long, minutely pubescent or glabrate. 
Petals very small, blue. Fertile stamens usually 3; filaments slightly 
hairy. Capsule } by } in., thin, shining, pale, the shoulders rounded at 
the top ; usually 2-celled, with 2 pale stony seeds on each cell.—Oliver 
‘in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. 
Afr. v. 431; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. A. leiocaule, 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7266! Wilson, 139! 
Toru; Wimi River, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7335! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6500-9000 ft., Johnston, 
175! Volkens, 1486! Rovuma River, Kirk! Portuguese East Africa: Lower 
Zambesi ; Shiramba, Kirk, 265! British Central Africa: Zambesi Valley ; Boruma, 
Menyharth, 610! Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 212! 
23. A. Clarkei, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 430, t. BA, fig. 
7-12. Sparingly hairy. Stems (portions seen) up to 14 in. long, trailing, 
rooting, with long nodes and many branches. Leaves somewhat poly- 
morphic, upper (as some lower) 1 by } in., ovate-elliptic, tip triangular 
obtuse or almost rounded ; on the same stem are other leaves 13 by 
