')() cxLiii. COMMELINACE.E (clarke). [Commeliiia. 



Not seen. The above condensed from the description by Hua, who says the 

 s])ecies belongs to the Section Tritht/rocarpus. 



52. C. aspera, Benth. in Hook. Xig<ir Fl. 542. Hairy. Stem 4-0 

 in. long ; internodes up to 1 J in. long. Leaves up to 3 by :| in., linear 

 or linear- lanceolate. Spathes in a terminal head, J in. by J in., ovate, 

 acuminate, much curved ; margins shortly connate at the base. Capsule 

 small. 3-celled, papery, :'>-seeded. Seeds -^ in. long, globose or very 

 shortly ellipsoid, smooth. — C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 180 ; 

 Diuand k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 42?>; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 W'elw. ii. 78. 



Upper Guinea, (rold Coast : Accra, Bon ! Niger Territory : at the Con- 

 fluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, Vogel I 



53. C. xuenseusis, Schvjeinf. in Bull. Herh. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 

 57. Leaves 4-5, by J in., narrowly linear, rough hairy on the upper 

 surface. Spathes 2 or ''^ clustered at the end of the branches, J in. long, 

 shortly lanceolate, hispid, striate ; margins united at the base for i in. 

 Capsule J in. in diam. ; cells 3, equal, thin, smooth, all dehiscing. Seeds 

 1 in each cell, globose, J in. in diam., smooth, sculptured on either side 

 of the hilum by 4 transverse wrinkles. 



Wile Zfand. Eritrea : below Gelebj 4SOO-5500 ft., Schweinfurth, 1414, 1434 ; 

 Ansel)ji, near Keren, iiteudner, 1417. 



Not seen ; the above condensed from Scliweinfurtl/s description. 



54. C. firma, Hendle in Cat. Afr. Fl. Welw. ii. 78. Hairy. Stems 

 12-18 in. long, robust ; internodes up to 3 in. long. Leaves 3-4 by J 

 in., oblong, when mature hairy on both surfaces. Spathes clustered, 

 often many in a terminal head. Seeds ^ in. long. Otherwise nearly as 

 C. aspera. — C. aspera, var. i^firma^ C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 iii. 180. Cyanotis hirsnta, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 162, 



Iffile Iband* British East Africa : Unyoro ; Ukidi Forest, Speke ^ Grant ! 



Ibower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft, ; Pando woods, 

 between Calundo and Mangue, TFieZifiY^c^, 6644 ! in shady woods around Pedras de 

 <¥uinga and Mangue, IVeliritscJi, 6645 ! 



Flowers dark blue [Wehcitach), as they probably are in C. aspera. This is 

 a4togetlier a much stonter jdant than C. aspera, with longer capsule and seeds. 



55. C. Vogelii, ('.. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Fhan. iii. 189. 

 Sparingly hairy. Stems 1-2 ft. long ; internodes 2—5 in. long. Leaves 

 4 J by 1^ in,, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base. Spathes 

 mostly in clusters of 2 or 3 at the end of the branches, J-§ by j in., 

 broadly ovate, very shortly acuminate, pubescent, margins shortly 

 connate at the base. Flowers white {Vogel). Capsule small, papery, 

 3-seeded, or sometimes 2-seeded (the dorsal cell being suppressed). Seeds 

 yV-jo in. long, subglobose, more or less angular. — Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect, Fl. Afr. v. 42.S ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135 ; 

 Hua in Bull, Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 120. C. stdcata, Benth. in Hook. 

 Niger Fl. 541, not of Wilid. 



Upper Guinea. Seneg^ambia, Heudelot, 476 ! Senegal, Bellamy, 2. Lagos 

 Millen, 77 ! lioivland ! Fernando Po : in woods, Vogel, 261 ! 



