546 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
2. Aneilema Beninense, Kunth, Enum. p. 73.—Commelyna 
Beninensis, Pal. Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. 2. p. 49. t. 87; 
glabrum v. scabro-puberulum, foliis brevipetiolatis ovatis v. 
ovato-lanceolatis, panicula densa, sepalis glabris, petalo im- 
pari ceteris minore sessili, staminibus 3 fertilibus inzequalibus, 
2 sterilibus, filamentis omnibus subimberbibus, capsulis bilo- 
cularibus, loculis trispermis.—Cape Palmas, Ansell ; Grand 
Bassa, Vogel—. sessilifolium, vaginis elongatis, petiolis 
brevissimis.— Fernando Po, Vogel. 
8. Aneilema lanceolatum, Benth.; scabro-puberulum, foliis 
breve petiolatis anguste lanceolatis, panieula brevi densa, 
sepalis glabris, petalo impari ezteris minore sessili, stami- 
nibus fertilibus 3 inzqualibus, filamentis 2 longioribus apice 
barbulatis,3 sterilibus, capsulis bilocularibus, loculis dispermis. 
—On the Quorra, at Stirling, Ansell, Vogel. 
Culmi basi decumbentes, radicantes, apice adscendentes, 1-2- 
pedales. Folia 2-5 poll. longa, 2-7 lin. lata, acutiuscula, 
basi vulgo ciliata. Panicula pedunculata, ovata, vix pollicaris, 
ceterum ei A. Beninensi similis. 
The above three species, with A. umbrosum, Vahl, from 
Guinea, (judging from Thonning’s description), and A. 
Dràgeanum, Kunth, from South Africa, constitute, as suggested 
by Kunth, a distinct group, either generic or sectional, to which 
the following character may be assigned. ; 
Flores irregulares, abortu ovarii superiorum cujusve pedunculi 
polygami. Sepala 3, impari latiore concavo. Petala 3, im- 
pari sessili, 2 unguiculatis tenuioribus. Stamina 3 fertilia, 
filamentis 2 lateralibus longioribus apice barbulatis, tertio 
glabro ; sterilia 2 v. 3 brevia glabra, anthera parva vacua. 
Ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo 2 v. 3 super- 
positis. Stylus simplex. Capsula elliptica, compressa; ob- 
tusa, nitida, loculicide bivalvis. Semina angulata, rugosa-— 
Herbe African. Panicule simplices v. rarius subramos®, 
pedunculate. Bracice parvee, membranace:e, concava. B e- 
dunculi potentes, unilateraliter pluriflori, bracteolis parvis 
orbiculatis persistentibus, floribus pedicellatis. 
