do cxLiii. COMMELINACE^ (clarke). [Comiiielina. 



white-hispid ; margins shortly connate at the base. Flowers deep bhie 

 {Schioeinfurth). Capsule \ in. long, 2-seeded. Seeds ^ in. long, sub- 

 globose, smooth. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 189. 



MTile ^and. British East Africa : Jnr ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2027 ! 

 Kursliooli- All's Seriba, SchweivfurtJi, 1601 ! 



This may prove to be only a 2-seecled form of C. hracteosa / it has larger leave.s, 

 smaller capsule and seeds. More material of both species is desirable. 



05. C. pyrrhoblepharis, JIassk. in Schtoehif. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 209, 29;"). Stems 2 ft. long (at least), rooting freely by stout roots 

 from the lower nodes ; internodes up to 4 in. long, robust, glabrate. 

 Leaves attaining 5 J by 2 in., broadly elliptic, acuminate, when mature 

 minutely pubescent, unequally and rather suddenly narrowed at the base 

 into a quasi-petiole 0-^ in. long ; leaf-sheaths often with long rufous 

 hairs at the moufh. Spathes 2 or 'A, near together at the ends of the 

 branches, hardly exserted from the leaf-sheaths, |-J in. long, very 

 broadly ovate, shortly acute, slightly hairy ; margins connate at the 

 base for t in. Flowers blue. Capsule small, 2-seeded. Seeds ^V in. 

 long, round-ellipsoid, smooth. — C. B. Clar-ke in DC. Monogr. Phan, iii. 

 1 90 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 1 ;j5 ; Durand &, Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 427. C. acumhiata, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. <>:», 

 name only, not of H. B. K. C. saltiana, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 

 ii. 402. 



utile X.and. Abyssinia: Lotho, 7000-8000 ft., /S'c7mw^er, 591 ! 1591! Mount 

 Sholoda, 6700 ft., Schimper, 341 ; Adowa, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit. Gondar, Eochet 

 d' Hericourt ! and without ])recise locality, Ploioden ! 



Hasskarl does not describe the capsule, nor does he cite the number of Schimi)er 

 he had, 8o far as his description goes of the large leaves with red hairs at the mouth 

 of the leaf-sheaths and turbinate clustered spathes, his plant might have been the large 

 state of C. henghalensis, which Schimper, 1591, closely resembles. The species really 

 stands on the assumption that Plowden's examples (which contained one capsule) ai'O 

 truly conspecific with Schimper, 1591. 



6C. C. obscura, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. loo. Hairy, 

 small. Stems 4-G in. long, weak, branched, annual, rooting at the 

 lower nodes ; internodes 1-1 ^ in. long. Leaves IJ by J in., elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acute, when mature hairy on both surfaces ; leaf-sheaths 

 with long spreading red hairs. Spathes J- J in. long, solitary, on very 

 short peduncles, ovate, hardly acute. Petals blue or rarely violet 

 {K. /Schumann). Capsule J in. long, quadrate, 2-seeded. Seeds sub- 

 globose, somewhat wrinkled. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 5000 ft., 

 Volkens, 2267 ! 633 ! 



K. Schumaini has referred this ]»lant to the Section Dissecocarpns, but 1 tind 

 oidy 2 seeds to the capsule. 



Tmj)erfecthj known ^jyecies. 



G7. C. grossa, 0. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous. Stems 6-10 in. 

 long, erect, bearing 1 or 2 leaves and 1 peduncle. Leaves up to 14 by 



