Aueilema.] cxliii. commelixace.« (clakke). 05 



Panicle small. Capsule depressocl, ;is broad jis loii^. Dnran 1 &. Scliiiiz, Cons'). Fl, 

 Afr. V. 432. A. simplex, Kunth, Eniini. iv. 71 ; Jk-ntli. in Hook. Xi;^er Fl. 547. 

 Commelina simplex, Valil, Knnni. ii. 177; Thonu. in Schninatlier, Heskr. (xiiin. 11. 22. 

 Upper Guinea. Gold Const : Accra, i)on..' 

 This may ro]>resent a distinct species, but the material is small. 



2. A. sequinoctiale, Kunth, Enum. iv. 72. Hairy, sometimes 

 hispid or viscous. Stems '2-'f> ft. long. Leaves often 4 by 1 in., some- 

 times 7 by \l in., elliptic or lanceolate, the lower attenuated, the upper 

 often ovate at the base. Panicle terminal, often 5 by '2-'A in., rigid, 

 loose ; the cyme-peduncles in distant false-whorls or less often alternate ; 

 bracts at their base J-.\ in. long, oblong ; empty bracts on the lower 

 part of the cyme-peduncles hardly ^ in. long, ovate or obovate ; pedicels 

 ^— f in. long. Sepals -|- in. long and upwards, oblong, not acute. Petals 

 yellow, blue, mauve, or lilac. Fertile stamens 2 or ?>. Capsule \ by 

 ^ in., 2-celled with a dorsal small or imperfect cell sometimes added, 

 truncate at the top, the two upper angles acute or minutely horned ; 

 seeds o-5 in each cell, pale, stony. — C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 iii. 221, inch all the vars., and in Dyer, Fl, Cap. vii. 12; Oliver in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352 ; Durand c^- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 429, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 270 ; Schoenl. in Engl, tl- Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. ii. iv. GT) ; Durand &: De Wild, in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. 

 Belg. xxxvi. 87; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 13(1 ; Rendle in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 430, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 52, and 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 79 ; Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 1 20; 

 Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 80. A. adhcerens, Kunth, Enum. iv. 

 72. A. tacazzeanum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl, Abyss, ii. 343, not of Hochst. 

 Commelina cequinoctialis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 65, t. 38. Lamprodithyros 

 cequinociialis, Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 211. L. adh(vrens, 

 Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. El. Aethiop, 211. Amelina Wallichii, 

 C, B. Clarke, Comm. et Cyrt, Beng. t. 20, 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Dumassi, Cummins, 19 ! Western Lagos, Rowland ! 

 Lagos, Punch! Old Calabar River, Mann, 2338! Cameroons : Efalen, Bates, 37G. 



HTlle I.and. British East Afiica : Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7263! Uk.nnba ; 

 Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2641! Taita : Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., J"o//«A-/'c'n / Ribe, 

 near Mombasa, WaJcefield ! Nyika Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield! Finibine, 

 near Rabai, Taylor ! 



Kower Guinea. Loango : Chinchocho, Soyaiix, 19 ! L-andana, Du Parqvet^ 

 French Congo : Brazzaville, Brazza, 313, Thollon, 957, Di/loicsJci. Lower Congo : 

 Lukungu, Hens, A, 272 ! Bingila, Dupuis ! Congo, Smith, 52 ! 58 ! Burton ! Angola : 

 30 miles iidand to Bembe, Monteiro ! Golungo Alto ; banks of the River Delamhoa, 

 Wehvitsch, 6605 I 



Soutb Central. Monbuttu : near Bongwa, Schtceinfurth, ser, iii. 2151 



nXozam'ba Slst. Znnziha-r, Grandidier, 28. German East Africa : Usan.bara; 

 Lutindi, Hoist, 3451 ! Tanga, Hoist, 2107 ! Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston ! Por- 

 tngoese East Africa: Beira Railway, Hon. Mrs. Eveh/n Cecil, 5 ! Lower Zambesi ; near 

 Sena, Kiric ! Tete Hill, KirJc ! Shupanga, Kirk ! Shamo, near the mouth of the 

 River Shire, Kirk ! Morambala Mountain, 2000 ft., Kirk ! British Central Africa : 

 North Nyasaland and Upper Loangwe River, Nicholson ! Nyasaland : Nyika Plateau, 

 GOOO-7000 it., Whvte ! Mount Mlanje, JFhyte,lSl\ Mount Zomla and vicinity, 

 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Shire Highland-, 



