88 CXLIII. COMMELINACEE (CLARKE). | Floscopa. 
long, dense ; pedicels 0-3, in. Calyx pubescent, purple (Schweinfurth). 
Corolla yellow (Schweinfurth). Capsule small; seeds minute, obscurely 
ribbed. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Borgu; near the town of Fakun, in swamps, 
Barter, 760! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Agada, near Jur Ghattas, Sehwein- 
furth, 2537! Abu Guroon’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 4286! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 3000-6000 ft., Tangan- 
yika Plateau, at Fort Hill, Whyte ! 
Imperfectly known species. 
9. F. paucifiora, (. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous, except the in 
florescence and the mouths of the leaf-sheaths. Portions of stems 
seen up to 10 in. long, slender, nearly undivided. Leaves up to 2} by 
4-1 in., narrowly lanceolate, sessile. Inflorescence terminal, attaining 
1} by # in. at most, very loose, open, with at most 20 flowers (in some 
cases the inflorescence is a small cyme of 6 flowers). Flowers very 
small. Sepals rusty sticky-pubescent. Capsule small, shining white, 
probably 2-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone ; Samu, Scott-Elliot, 5030! 
From the rusty hairy sepals this must be a Floscopa ; and, if a Floscopa, it must 
be a new species, unless it is a depauperated state of F. glomerata ; but the species is 
founded on very slender material. 
10. FP. Elliottii, C. B. Clarke. Annual, nearly glabrous, except 
the inflorescence. Stems erect, 24 in. long, branched. Leaves 1 by 
4-1 in., ovate-oblong, sessile, sheaths very short. Panicle terminal, 
subdichotomous, of few very long loose cymes (many 2 in. long); 
bracteoles minute or 0; pedicels0—4, in. Capsule small, of the genus. 
Seeds with strong ribs radiating from the embryostega. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: in marshes near Kitchom, Scarcies River, 
Scott-Elliot, 4340 ! 
OrDER CXLIV. RAPATEACEZR. (By N. E. Brown.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite, regular. Perianth-segments 6, all petaloid 
and connate below into a long slender tube, or in 2 series; the 3 outer 
forming a calyx, connate at the base into a short hyaline tube or quite 
free, paleaceous or slightly rigid; the 3 inner petaloid, connate into a 
tube below. Stamens 6, inserted in the throat of the corolla-tube; 
filaments short ; anthers 4-celled, the cells confluent above and opening 
by one. introrse oblique pore at the apex. Ovary superior, obtuse, 
retuse or 3-lobed, perfectly or imperfectly 3-celled ; style terminal or 
arising between the lobes of the ovary. Ovules 1-8 in each cell of the 
ovary, erect from the base, or laterally affixed to the axis, anatropous. 
Capsule 3-valved, with the valves septiferous along the middle, or by 
abortion 1-celled and 1-seeded. Seeds ovoid, oblong or subglobose ; testa 
rather thick, smooth or minutely reticulate-striate, sometimes produced 
