Coinnielina,] cxliii. coMMELiNACEiE (clarke). $7 



JaO-wer Guinea. Angola ; Cxuiiigoiigue, Herb. Paris ! 



XMozamb. Slst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland (ex K. Schumann) 



56. C. Bainesii, C. B. Clarke in DC Monoyr. Phan. iii. 184. 

 Hairy. Stems 1 ft. long ; internodes 2-8 in. long. Leaves 6 by § in., 

 narrowly lanceolate, narrowed at the base, with wavy margins, when 

 mature hairy on both surfaces. Peduncles few, scattered towards the 

 end of the branches, exsex'ted 0-J in. from the leaf-sheaths. Spathes 

 I by I in., obtuse or with a very short point, hairy ; margins shortly 

 connate at the base. Capsule small, obovoid, trigonous, 8-seeded ; dorsal 

 cell similar, indehiscent. Seeds yV in. in diam., globose, brown, smooth. 

 — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. A'>^ ; Kendle in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. ii. 79. C. hracteosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135, 

 partly. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, 3300 ft. ; in thickets near Ponte 

 de Luxillo, Welioitsch, 6636 ! by streams on the Prsesidium near Fonte de Cazella, 

 Welwitsch, 6641 ! in woods near Condo, Welwitsch, 6643 ! 



IMCozamb. l>ist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 2600 ft., 

 Volkens, 2147 ! British Central Africa : Mjfttabeleland ; Kiver Mangwe, Baines ! 



Var. ^ glahrata,^e\\A\e in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 52. More glabrous. 

 Mature leaves glabrate ; sheaths more or less hairy. Spathes more eiserted on 

 l)eduncles up to f in. long, sparsely hispid or glabrous. — Rendle in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXX. 429. C. angustifolia, Hassk. in Peters, Keise Mosamb. Bot. 528, and in 

 Flora, 1863, 388, not of Michaux. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : province of Kios de Sena, Peters ; 

 Makua; Namuli Mountains, Last I British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount 

 Mhuiji, Whyte! Zomba Plains, 2500-3000 ft., Whyte ! and ^\^thout precise locality, 

 Buchanan, 508 ! 1374 ! 



All the examples of this variety j8 have dried brown, unlike the typical C. Bainesii, 

 which is greyish, and might be esteemed specifically distinct. 



57. C. lagosensis, C. B, Clarke. Stems 2 ft. or more long, weak, 

 branching, prostrate, rooting at many nodes ; internodes 1-3 in. long. 

 Leaves 2\ by 1 in., broadly elliptic, shortly acute, obscurely hairy when 

 mature on both surfaces, suddenly narrowed at the base into a very 

 short quasi-petiole. Peduncles few, scattered, exserted 0-J in. from 

 the leaf-sheath. Spathes | by f in., tip obtuse or depressed triangular, 

 pubescent ; margins shortly connate at the base. Capsule small, ob- 

 ovoid, trigonous, 3-celled, 3-seeded ; dorsal cell indehiscent. Seeds -^^ in. 

 in diam., globose, brown, smooth. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos, Millen, 21 ! 



58. C.albescenSy Hassk. in Schiceinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 210, 295. 

 Nearly glabrous. Rhizome woody, knotted, with thick roots. Stems 

 8-20 in. long, branched; internodes 2-3 in. long. Leaves 4 by ^ in., 

 narrowed at both ends. Spathes clustered at the end of the branches, 

 usually 2 or 3 together, h in. long, funnel-shaped, very much curved, 

 acute ; margins connate "for \ in. at the base. Capsule 1 in. long, 

 3-celled, 3-seeded, the dorsal cell smaller and indehiscent. Seeds of the 

 ventral cells J in. long, ellipsoid, flattened, brown, nearly smooth. — 



