544 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
ramis simplicibus approximatis folio parvo fultis y. inferiori- 
bus ex axillis foliorum caulinorum superiorum natis, supremo 
6-8 poll. longo, ceteris brevioribus; rhachis flexuosa, pu- 
bescens. Spathe 5-6-lin. longe, acute, membranacez, ci- 
liatze, costatze, ad quemquam flexuram sessiles, in rhachin arcte 
reflexee. Flores intra spatham sepius 4-5, bracteis parvis inter- 
mixtis, e basi spathæ prominentes. Sepala angusta, circa 3 lin. 
longa, extus pilosula, carinata et apice fere cucullata. Petala 
consistentia ita tenui ut formam laminz in speciminibus siccis 
haud rite observare potui. Stamina petalis æquilonga. 
Ovarium breve, glabrum. Stylus calyce duplo saltem lon- 
gior, apice bis terve involutus, summo apice stigmatosus, 
brevissime bifidus et leviter dilatatus. Capsula nitidula, 
ovata, compressa, obtusissima, 2 lin. longa. 
Pauisota, Reichb., gen. nov. 
Flores subirregulares. Sepala ovata, obtusa, impari parum ma- 
jore. Petala sessilia, sepalis subsimilia iisque paullo lon- 
giora. Stamina fertilia 3, petalis opposita, difformia ; duo 
brevia, filamentis filiformibus anthera oblonga vix longiori- 
bus; tertium longius, filamento crasso anthera ovata pluries 
longiore ; sterilia 2 (v. rarius 3?) brevia, ananthera, pilis 
longis articulatis dense barbata. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, 
loculis biseriatim 5-6-ovulatis. Stylus apice simplex sub- 
penicillato-stigmatosus. 
1. Palisota thyrsiflora, Benth.—Commelyna ambigua, Pal. % 
Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. 1. p. 26. t. 15.—Cape Palmas, Grand 
Bassa and Fernando Po, Vogel; Benin. : 
Caulis basi decumbens, dein adscendens, ramosus, 2-6-pedalis, 
glaber v. barbato-villosus. Folia conferta, nunc semipedalia, 
nune sepius pedalia v. longiora, oblonga, acuminata, basim 
petiolum brevem angustata, crassiuscula, supra glabra v. rarius 
medium et basin versus barbata v. hirta; subtus pallida, hirtella, 
costa media uti petioli vaginzeque breves late pilis longis dense 
barbata. Thyrsi terminales, solitarii v. in axillis superiori- 
bus pauci, folia subæquantes, floribundi, basi bracteis non- 
