Comiiielincc] cxliii. commelinace^ (clarke). 47 



C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. I.e. — i.e., ]iOrd's plant from Hor Tamanib, near 

 Suakin ; in this : Leaves up to 5 by 1 in. Peduncles 1 in. long, stout, pubescent. 

 .Spathes 2\ in. long, pubescent. 



25. C. krebsiana, Kimih^ Euum. iv. 40. Leaves hairy on both 

 surfaces when mature ; otherwise as C. africana. — 0. B. Clarke in Dyer, 

 Fl. Cap. vii. 10. C. africana^ var. hrehs'mua^ C. B. Clarke in DC. 

 Monogr. Phan. iii. 164; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 154 ; Durand k 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 428 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 76. 

 6*. karooica, var. BarhercE^ Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Kat. Par. i. 119 ? 



Upper Guinea. * Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 1-199 ! 



Nile Z.and. Eritrea: Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 367! British East 

 Africa : White Nile, at the inouth of the Bahr el Gebel, Schweinfurth, 1132 ! 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in thickets between Catete and 

 Quilanga, WelivitscJi, 6635 ! and between Pungo Andongo and the River Cuanza, 

 Welwitsch, 6640 ! 



Mozamb. Slst. British Central Africa : Niomkolo Island, in Lake Tangan- 

 yika, Carson ! Matabeleland, Mliott ! Gold-fields, Baines ! 



Also in Extratropical South Africa. 



The plant of Baines is hispid, and altogether like the C. krebsiana of the 

 Kalahari. The leaves in Schweinfurth, 1132, are softer with shorter denser hair, and 

 may indicate an additional species. 



Var. j8 vUlosior, C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 10. Leaves elliptic, 2 by | in. 

 Whole plant softly hairy, not hispid. — C. harhata, var. /3 villosior, C. B. Clarke in 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 167, not of Lara. ; Hua in Bull. Mns. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 119. 

 C. africana^ vat. polyclada, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 165 ; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Wehv. ii. 76. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in cultivated fields near LopoUo, Welicitsch, 

 6581! 



XHozamb. Bist. Rhodesia : Leshumo Valley, south of the Zambesi, Holub ! 



Frequent in Extratropical South Africa. 



2^. C. cordifolia, A.Rich. Tent-. Fl. Abyss, ii. o41. Leaves oval- 

 oblong acute, sessile, sub cordate at the base, with soft hairs on both sur- 

 faces. Peduncles exceeding 1 J in. in length ; spathes very large, cordate- 

 oblong, acute, simply folded, hairy, ciliate on the margins. Flowers 

 yellow. — Schweinf . Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan. iii 165 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 425 ; K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135. 



IVile ^and. Abyssinia: Tigre; Adowa, Quart in-Dillon. Somaliland, Mrs. 

 Lort-PJdllijps ! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usagara (ex K. Schumann). 



No authentic example has been seen : the description above is condensed from 

 A. Richard, from which there can be little doubt that Mrs. Lort-Phillips' plant 

 belongs to the species ; in this : Leaves 3 by 1§ in., distinctly cordate at the base. 

 Peduncles exceeding 2 in. long, hairy. Spathe 1-1:^ in. long, 1^ in. broad. Capsule 

 perfecting 1 seed in an indehiscent deciduous cell. Tliis is a strongly marked species. 

 — K. Schumann's may have been C. Buchanani (the following species). 



27. C. Buchanani, G. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous. Straggling, the 

 internodes up to 4-() in. long. Leaves 4 by |-1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, 



