86 CXLIU. COMMELINACEH (CLARKE). | Floscopa. 
2. EF. Mannii, (’. B. Clarke in DC Monogr. Phan. iii. 268. Frag- 
ments of stems 4-7 in. long, undivided, rooting from the lower nodes, 
glabrate. Leaves 24 by 13 in., elliptic, when mature nearly glabrous, 
the leaf-sheaths shaggy ; tip shortly triangular, not acuminate ; base 
triangular on a quasi-petiole }—} in. long. Panicle terminal, 1} in. 
long and broad, thin, subdichotomously branched, sparingly pubescent, 
much overtopped by the upper leaves ; cymes small, with small flowers 
and capsules.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect, Fl. Afr. v. 436. 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Corisco Bay, in wet places, Mann, 1867 ! 
This looks very unlike the other species of the genus, but the ripe capsules aud 
seeds are those of Floscopa. 
3. F. rivularis, (. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 267, incl. 
var. 3. Stems 1-2 ft. long,rather robust, glabrate, not or scarcely divided, 
decumbent and rooting at the base. Leaves 2-4 by 4—3 in., oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, glabrate, sessile on the sheaths. Panicle 1-2} in. 
long, dense, with much brown hair, exserted above the uppermost 
leaves. Capsule ;4,-} in. long. Seeds of the genus, conical depressed, 
with ribs radiating from the embryostega, sometimes densely covered 
with white circular short-stalked glandular discs (which wear off more 
or less), sometimes black, with reticulated hexagonal cells, and no (or 
few) glands.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 436; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr, 157 (incl. var. /3); K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. 
Ost-Afr. C. 137; Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 122. Anedlema 
rivulare, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 342. Lamprodithyros rivularis, 
Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 211, 295; Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxix. 163. Dithyrocarpus sp., T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile, 
Append. 650. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shireh; near Kouaieta, Quartin-Dillon! by the 
Addo-Hohot stream, in the valley of the River Mareb, Quartin-Dillon! Wojerat 
district, Quartin-Dillon! Begemeder ; Senka Berr, on the River Reb, and Plains 
of Dembea, north of Lake Tana, 6000-8000 ft., Schimper, 1226! British East 
Africa: Bongo ; between Dugu and Daggudu, Schweinfurth, 2099! Dugguda, 
Schweinfurth, 2269! Dar Fertit: Nguggu (? Nduggu), Schweinfurth, ser. iil., 212! 
Ukidi (Unyoro), Speke g Grant ! Ukamba, 5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6918! 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Bellamy, 193 (ex Hua). 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: Masai Highlands and Region c* the 
Great Lakes, up to 8000 ft. (ex K. Schumann); Wadiboma (? Kwadiboma), Fischers 
597! British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Carson, 39! Nutt! 
Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft, Whyte ! Masuka 
Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! 
Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 333! Zomba, 5000 ft., Kirk! and without precise 
locality, Buchanan, 818! 
4. F. glomerata, Hassk. Commel. Ind. 166. Seeds without 
radiating ribs from the embryostega; otherwise as /. rivularis.— 
C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 267, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vil- 
15; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 436; K. Schum. in Engl. 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 137; Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 93s 
and in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 80. Tradescantia glomerata, Roem. & 
