Floscopa. | CXLIII. COMMELINACE& (CLARKE). 87 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1175. Dithyrocarpus glomeratus, Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 78. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in wooded marshes at Sobato de 
Quibanga and near Quilunga, Welwitsch, 6631! Huilla ; in Lake Ivantala, about the 
mouth of the River Moambo, growing 4-10 ft. high, in deep water, Welwitsch, 6590 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : on an island at Victoria Falls, Kirk / 
Nyasaland ; Zomba, Whyte ! 
Frequent in South extratropical Africa and the Mascarene Islands. 
I doubt if this species can be kept distinct from F. rivularis. 
5. F. axillaris, (. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 268. Nearly 
glabrous, except the inflorescence. Appears to be an annual. Base 
of stem procumbent, rooting copiously from many nodes, whence 
spring clusters of weak stems 2-5 in. long, obliquely erect, very leafy. 
Leaves 3-1 in. long, elliptic or lanceolate, acute. Panicles terminal, 
and terminal on short axillary branches, pubescent. Ultimate branches 
of the inflorescence nearly 1 in. long, with numerous small flowers. 
Pedicels hardly ,4, in. long; bracts at their base ;'; in. long, ovate. 
Capsule and seeds of the genus.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 436. F. aquatica, Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 122 (from 
description). Polygala axillaris, Poir. Encycl. v. 489. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet,771! Sierra Leone, Smeathman! Afzelius! 
Guinea, Smith ! 
6. F. Schweinfurthii, (. 2B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 
269. A thinly hairy annual. Stems 6-8 in. high, erect, repeatedly 
branched from the base. Leaves 2 by ? in., ovate-lanceolate, sessile. 
Panicles terminal, more or less leafy, 1-2} in. in diam.; cymes often 
1-1} in. long, villous, dense with flowers; pedicels 0—} in. long. 
Capsule small, ;', in. long; seeds radiately ribbed.—Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. F]. Afr. v. 436. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Bongo; Sabbi, Schweinfurth, 2648! Kulongo, 
Schweinfurth, 2672! 
7. F. tuberculata, (. B. Clarke. A thinly hairy annual. Stems 
6-8 in. high, erect, undivided. Leaves 24 by $—% in., oblong, sessile. 
Panicles terminal, 2 in. long and broad, not leafy, rusty-hispid. Cymes 
1} in. long and upwards, dense; pedicels very short. Capsule ;'y in. long ; 
seeds apparently coarsely tubercled, the radiating ribs being interrupted 
by few deep depressions. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau at 
Fort Hill, Whyte ! 
A close ally of F, Schweinfurthii. 
8. F. flavida,(. B.Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 269. A slightly 
hairy, weak annual. Stem 14-5 in. long, erect, frequently branched 
from the base. Leaves up to 24 by } in. and linear-lanceolate in the 
Niger plant, or 24 by } in. and lanceolate in the Djur examples, sessile. 
Panicles terminal, slender, of few cymes, not leafy; cymes 4-1} in. 
