5S cxLiii. coMMELiNACE^ (clarke). [Commelina. 



C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 184 ; Durand & Schinz, Con- 

 spect. Fl. Afr. v. 423; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 373 ; Martelli, Fl. 

 Bogos. 88 ; Rendle in Journ. Linn. See. xxx. 429 ; Hua in Bull. Mus. 

 Hist. Nat. Par. i. 120 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135, partly. 

 C.multicaulis, Hochst. in Schimper, Exsic. 1242. C. schimperiana^ Hochst. 

 in Schimper, Exsic. 2268. 



Vpper Guinea. Cape Verde Isles: Brava, Lowe I Senegal, Bellamy, 573, 

 Daliomey, Burton ! 



Wile Iiand. Eritrea: Keren; 4800 ft., Beccari, 297! Abyssinia: Jaja, 

 Schimper, 1242 ! Agow district ; on mount«ins near Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 

 2268 ! SoraaliliUid ; Ahl Mountains, Hildebrandt, 1473 ! Wagga Mountains, Mrs. 

 Lort. Phillips ! Boobi, James ^ Thrupp ! Witu, Gregory. Dadaro, 3700 ft., 

 Lord Delamere ! 



Also in Socotra, Arabia, and Scinde. 



nCozaml). Slst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mlanji, 6000 ft., Whyte, 

 112 ! . 



59. C. sphaerosperma, C. B. Clarke. Thinly and obscurely hairy. 

 Stems 18 in. long, branched; internodes 2-4 in. long. Leaves 4-5 by 

 |-1 in., narrowly lanceolate, narrowed at the base, when mature ob- 

 scurely pubescent on the surfaces or glabrate. Spathes 2-4 together at 

 the ends of the branches, §-f by 1 in., shortly acuminate, acute, not 

 much curved ; margins connate for i in. at the base. Petals blue when 

 dry. Capsule J in. long, obovoid, trigonous, 3-celled, 3-seeded, dorsal 

 cell indehiscent. Seeds of the ventral cells ~ in. long, globose or sub- 

 cuboid, black-brown, smooth. — C. Gerrardi, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan. iii. 183, as to Trop. Afr. examples. C. albescens, K. Schum. in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 135, partly; Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. iv. 52. 



Mozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; at the mouth of 

 the River Melambe, KirJc ! Lower Zambesi ; between Lupata and Tete, KirTc ! 

 opposite Sena, Kirk ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba, 2500-3500 ft., 

 Whyte ! 



60. C. opulens, C. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous. Stems 4-6 in. 

 long, decumbent, rooting at the base, densely leafy in the upper half 

 with very short internodes. Leaves 4 by J in., narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, not narrowed on the leaf -sheath. Upper branches for 2 in. 

 clothed with numerous subsessile spathes. Spathes | in. long, ovate, 

 shortly acuininate, acute ; margins connate at the base. Capsule \-\ in. 

 long, obovoid, 3-celled, 3-seeded, the dorsal cell smaller, indehiscent and 

 sometimes sterile. Seeds j3^ in. long, very shortly ellipsoid (subglobose), 

 smooth. — C. aspera, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 180, partly ; 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 78. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., among crops of Penicillariay 

 near Humpati«, Welwitsch, 6592 ! 



BSozaxnb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Kondowe to Karonga, 

 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! 



61. C. venusta, C. B. Clarke. Sparsely hairy. Branches 10 in. 

 long, undivided, with 1-3 approximated spathes at the end of each 



