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Hab. Common іп moist dips of Ukidi forest, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! also Abyssinia 
and Guinea. . 
[Found at 23° N. lat. in November, when it was in flower and about 10 inches high.—J. А. G.] 
2. CYANOTIS LONGIFOLIA, Benth. Flor. Nigr. 543; Walp. Ann. iii. 661. 
Hab. Tura country, alt. 88000 feet, Col. Grant! Also Guinea. 
[Found at 6° S. lat., alt. 3800 feet; in flower during December.—J. А. б.) 
8. COMMELYNA LATIFOLIA, Hochst.; Walp. Ann. iii. 656; App. Speke’s Journ. 650. 
Hab, Common in rich soil, Col. Grant. (No specimen.) 
[Lies flat on the ground, sending up branches from its jointed stem, whence suckers are formed. Stem 
round, hairy, full of watery fluid, with lines of green along its length. The general calyx or envelope 
contains three blue flowers surrounded by a watery jelly; after flowering, the envelope closes till the 
seeds are developed. The seed-vessel is six-celled ; namely, three round cells are above three others; 
seeds four to six, roundish and oblong. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Common where the soil is 
rich or by water.—J. A. G.] 
4. COMMELYNA COMMUNIS, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. iv. 36. 
Hab. Zanzibar, Col. Grant! (Commelyna по. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 650.) 
[Grows in moderately moist places in the island of Zanzibar, where it was flowering in September: 
Flower sky-blue, delicate, and within a sheath; decumbent stem. The leaves are cooked and eaten by 
the natives.—J. A. G.] 
5. COMMELYNA NIGRITANA, Benth.; Walp. Ann. iii. 657. 
Hab. Common in wet soil, Kazeh, Col. Grant! (Commelyna no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 650.) 
[15 to 20 inches high, with chocolate-coloured flowers; found in black soil at 5° 5! S. lat., alt. 3600 
feet. Common also near moisture.—J. A. G.] : 
6. LAMPRODITHYROS RIVULARIS, Hassk., in Schweinf. Beitr. 211.—Aneilema rivulare, 
A. Rich.; Walp. Ann. iii. 657. d 
Hab, Common in bogs, Ukidi, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! (Dithyrocarpus, sp., App. Speke’s 
Journ. 650.) Also Abyssinian. 
‚ [Common in bogs at 22° N. lat. ; flowers (lilac colour) in November.—J. А. G.] 
7. ÅNEILEMA TACCAZEANA, A. Rich.; Walp. Ann. iii. 658.—Lamprodithyros taccazeana, 
Hassk., in Schweinf. Beitr. 211. 
Hab. Moist places, Mininga, April 1861, Col. Grant! (Aneilema no. 1, App. Speke's 
Journ. 650.) Also Abyssinian and very near the Guinea 4. lanceolatum, Benth. 
[Plant 10 to 20 inches high, near moist sandy ground, at 5° S. lat. and other localities. Flowers 
during April.—J. А. G.] 
S. ANEILEMA LONGIFOLIA, Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 204; Kunth, Enum. iv. 71. 
Hab. In swamps, Tura country, Col. Grant! (Aneilema no. 2, — Speke's Journ. 650.) 
Also Zanzibar, Zambesi-land, and Natal. 
[Plant 15 inches high in the swamps at 6° S. lat., at 3800 feet altitude; flowers in December.—J. A. G.] 
FLAGELLARIACEZ. 
1. FLAGELLARIA INDICA, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. iii. 370; App. Speke's Journ. 650. 
Hab. Banks of M'geta river, Col. Grant. Spread through tropics of Old World. 
(The tips of its leaves are tendrils by which the plant ascends to the tops of the tallest trees; the stem 
is an inch thick. — M'geta river, 7° 20! S. lat., in the month of October, when in seed.—J. А. б.) 
