(^ommelina.l cxliii. commelinace.*: (clakke). 5J> 



branch ; intemodes 1-2^ in, long. Leaves 4 by I in., linear, acuminate,, 

 acute. Spathe scarcely exserted from the leaf -sheath, J— | by 1 in., 

 very acute, curved, hairy ; margins hardly connate at the base. Petals 

 blue, f by f in., exclusive of the claw. Capsule small, ;>-seeded, the 

 dorsal cell smaller, indehiscent. Seeds ^jy in. in diam., globose (some- 

 what tetrahedral), smooth, brown. 



Wile Iiand. British Soinaliland : Golis Kan.ifo, Miss Edith Cole ! 



Separate expanded flowers have been carefully dried ; tliey must be unusually 

 large and bright. The stamens, barren and fertile, are just as those of C. nvdiflora, 

 Linn, (and numerous other si)ecies), but larger, 



62. C. Livingstoni, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 190. 

 Nearly glabrous, or somewhat hairy. Stems 1-2 ft. long, sometimes 

 robust, suberect from a stout base, straggling, branched ; intemodes 

 2-5 in. long. Leaves 5| by J in., lanceolate, narrowed at either end. 

 Peduncles 1 (or 2, rarely 3, close together) at the end of a branch, hardly 

 longer than the leaf -sheaths. Spathes attaining 1 by 1^ in., shortly 

 acuminate, acute, nearly glabrous; , margins connate for \-\ in. at 

 the base. Petals blue. Capsule J in. long, obovoid compressed, 2- 

 seeded. Seeds \ in. long, ellipsoid, brown, smooth. — Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 

 11 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 420. 



Nile ]bancl. British East Africa : Witu : Mkanumbi, G^re^or^r .' Rabai Hills, 

 near Mombasa, Taylor. 



Mozaxul). I>lst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; near Vicente, Scott ! Lower Zambesi ; 

 between Lupata and Sena, KirJc ! between Lupata and Tete, Kirk ! Tete, Kirl- ! 

 near Sena, KirJc ! Lower Shire Valley ; near the foot of Morambala Mountain, Kirk ! 

 Matabeleland, Elliott ! 



Also in South Africa. 



G3. C. Zenkeri, C. B. Clarke. Sparsely hairy. Stems csespitose 

 from a stout base, up to 12 in. long, branched, decumbent and rooting 

 at the lower nodes ; intemodes up to o in. long but mostly short. 

 Leaves 2 by l-l:j in., ovate, shortly acute, suddenly narrowed at the 

 base, sessile. Peduncles solitary, few, scattered, exserted 0-J in. from 

 the leaf-sheaths. Spathes ^-f by 1 in., hardly acute, minutely pubes- 

 cent or glabrate ; margins very shortly connate at the base. Petals 

 blue when dry. Capsule V in. long, quadrate, compressed, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds nearly \ in. long, ellipsoid, smooth. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker ^' Staudt, 432 ! 



Distributed from Berlin Herbarium as C. a-thiopica, C. B. Clarke ; but it is not 

 that species. 



64. C. aethiopica, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 189. 

 Nearly glabrous. Stems 8-14 in. long, suberect, caespitose, thick at 

 the base; intemodes 1-2J in. long. Leaves 3J by |-1 in., broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate, naiTowed at the base into a very short pseudo-petiole. 

 Peduncles solitary or 2 at the end of a branch, hardly longer than the 

 leaf-sheath. Spathes f by 1 in., acute, hardly acuminate, sparsely 



