A ponogeion. | - CLIII, NAIADACEH (BENNETT). 217 
stout, dense-flowered ; floral bracts 2, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, 
pale lilac. Stamens 6-8, Follicles 3~8.—Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 
6399; Engl. Jahrb. viii. 272; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
493; A. Bennett in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. ii. 94. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in marshy places and boggy 
meadows between Condo and Quisonde, between Pungo Andongo and Quisonde, and 
between Quibinde and Quitage, plentiful, Welwitsch, 3012! 
Also in South Africa, 
2. A. subconjugatus, Schumacher &: Thonning, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 
183. Bulb subrotund and truncate. Leaves long petioled 3 petioles 
semiterete below, terete above; blade 5-12 in. long, 14-1? in. broad, 
elongate-oblong, obtuse, cordate at the base, often speckled with brown 
below. Spikes bifid, 1-14 in. long. Bracts 2, subovate, obtuse, 
yellowish. Stamens 6, unequal. Carpels 8-5, usually 4, ovoid, com- 
pressed, tapering into a short style ; ovules 10-12. Seeds 5-8, oblong, 
angular,—A, Heudelotii, Engl. in Engl, Jahrb. viii. 271; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 492.° Ouvirandra Heudelotii, Kunth, 
‘Enum. iii. 593 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 528. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 433! Perrottet, 1009. Guinea, 
Thonning ! 
3. A. Holubii, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1470. Leaves oblong- 
elliptic, 44-6 by 2-3 in., apex shortly semi-obtuse, base rounded, 
cordate, 7—9-veined, veining obscure; petioles elongated. Peduncle 
thick, tapering upwards; spike bifid, 2}-3} in. long, dense-flowered ; 
flowers hermaphrodite; bracts 2, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse. 
Stamens about 6. Follicles oblong, terete, with a beak } as long as 
the ovary.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl, Afr. v. 492; A. Bennett 
in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44. 
Mozamb. Dist. Bechuanaland: Eastern Bamanguata Territory, at Henrys 
Pan, Holub, 1036-1039! 
Also in South Africa. 
4. A. kraussianum, Hochst. ex Krauss in Flora, 1845, 343. 
Leaves long-petioled, floating, oblong, 7-9-nerved, acute, base sub- 
cordate; median nerve 3-cleft. Peduncles long, tapering upwards ; 
Spike bifid; branches 3-14 in. long, not more than 2} lin. in diam., 
dense-flowered; flowers whitish. Stamens generally 6; anthers 
yellowish. Ovaries 3-5 (rarely 6). Follicles globose, with a thickened 
short beak.—Krauss, Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 172 ; A. Bennett in 
Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44. 4. leptostachyos, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei 
Pilanzengeogr. Documente, 165; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 158; 
Engl. Jahrb. viii. 270, A. abyssinica, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 
93, not of Hochst. 
Mile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2645 | 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in ponds near the River Cuanza, 
near Sansamanda and elsewhere, Welwitsch, 8011! 
Also in South Africa. 
