b'J cxLiii. coMMELiNACEiE (clarke). [CoinQmlina 



38. C. demissa, C. B. Clarke. Pubescent. Stem 1 ft. long, 

 branched, with internodes 1-'^) in. long; leaves 8J by i in., narrowly- 

 oblong, attenuated at either end, when mature hairy on both faces. 

 Peduncles scattered, exserted 0-^ in. from the leaf-sheath. Spathes 

 J-§ in. long, ovate, acute, considerably smaller than in any other species 

 of the C. latifolia group, hairy, with obscure longitudinal purple veins, 

 margins free at the base. Petals blue when dry. Capsule scarcely i in. 

 long, square, 4-seeded. Seeds small, globose, dark brown, smooth. 



XWCozaznb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasalantl ; Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Whyiel 



i^)9. C. madagascarica, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 

 174. Very nearly glabrous. Stem 15 in. long, much branched, with 

 internodes 2-3 in. long. Leaves 2-2 J in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 except for a dilatation (not always present) at the very base. Peduncles 

 scattered, near the end of the branches, exserted \ to J in. from the 

 leaf-sheaths. Spathes J-| in. long, ovate, acute, not acuminate ; 

 margins nearly free to the base. Capsule (in Scott- Elliot, 7588) i in. 

 long, 4-seeded. Seeds globose, smooth, brown. — Durand k Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 426. C. latifolia, var. angustifolia, Schweinf. 

 (MS.?). 



KTile Iiand. Eritrea; Ambelaco. near Maldi, 6500 ft., ScJiweinfnrfh, 131! 

 British East Africa : Riuvenzori ; Kasamaga, 6300 It., ScoH-ElUot, 7588! 



Frequent in Madagascar. 



This difPers from C. latifolia, A. Rich., not only in the narrow leaves but in the 

 spathes, which are very much smaller. 



40. C. huillensis, C. B. Clarke in DC. Mouoyr. Phan. iii. 175. 

 Stemless, or very nearly so; roots thick. Leaves 4-10 by \-^ in., 

 dilated at the base, hairy. Peduncles radical, 4-7 in. long, shaggy 

 towards the top. Spathes 1-1 1 by ]| in., very broadly ovate, shaggy, 

 with triangular tip ; margins free. Cymes 2, with stout pedicels, 

 the upper with numerous blue flowers. Capsules not ripe, nearly 

 square, J in. long, 4-seeded. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 425 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 78. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between Lopollo and Nene, 3800-5500 ft., 

 Wehvitsch, 6585 ! 



41. C. Carsoni, C. B. Clarke. Hairy, the leaf -sheaths and 

 spathes shaggy. Stems 1 ft. high, branched, suberect at the base, with 

 internodes 2-4^ in. long. Leaves 2 in. long, curved, narrowly lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, except near the base, where there is a dilata- 

 tion sometimes J in. wide at the top of the leaf-sheath. Peduncles 

 solitary towards the ends of the branches, erect, exserted 1-2 in. from 

 the leaf -sheath. Spathes j in. long, broadly ovate, acute, not acumi- 

 nate; margins free to the base, or very nearly so. Capsule small, 

 nearly quadrate, 4-seeded. Seeds subglobose, brown, nearly smooth. 



Mtozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa,: Tanganyika Plateau, at Fwambo, 

 Carson ! 



