Aneiktn'c] cxliii. commelinace.e (clarke). G7 



whorls, the bracts at their base I in. long, elliptic ; one or two of the 

 lower cyme-peduncles supported sometimes by a leaf 2 J in. long. Cyme- 

 peduncles glabrate ; several of the lower bracteoles empty, J- J in. long, 

 ovate; pedicels in fruit J-| in. long. Sepals nearly | in. long, narrowly 

 elliptic, glabrate. Capsule 4 in. long, truncate, with acute angles at the 

 top ; seeds 2-1 in each cell. 



IVXozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; 2000-6000 ft., Kondowe 

 to Karonga, JF/it/te, 337 ! 



This species is close to the small examples of A. (squuiociiaie, but has broader 

 •sepals, and not more than 2 seeds to each cell of the capsule. 



5. A. angolense, C. B. Clarke. Sparsely hairy. Stems 2J-3 ft. 

 long, with long internodes, and branches from most axils. Leaves 3 by 

 J in., broadly ovate, acute, narrowed at the base almost into a quasi- 

 petiole ; the uppermost large and folded. Inflorescence sessile on the 

 upper leaves, and shorter than they, of several lax panicles (i.e. of one 

 panicle divided at the very base) ;" an axillary panicle is added in one 

 example. Bracts very small; no ovate small empty bracts seen. Pedicels 

 of the fruit J in. long. Flowers green, the lower petal yellowish 

 {Welwitsch). Capsule i by J in., papery, shining, 2-ceIled, 4-seeded. 

 — A. Ehrenbergii, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 70, 



XiOiver Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; in woods on the mountains of Alto 

 Queta, 1000-2400 ft., Welwitsch, 6610 ! 



A description of this plant is given in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 230, where it is 

 supposed that it may be Lamprodithyros Ehrenhergii, Hassle., an Abyssinian plant, 

 which probably differs, cfr. No. 27 below. 



Var. magis-lutea^ C. B. Clarke. Stems slenderer, 6-14 in. long. Leaves smaller, 

 attaining 2^^ by 1^ in. Panicle depauperated, lax, few-tiowered. Sepals green 

 {Welwitsch). Petals 2 yellow, 1 green or yellow {Welwitsch). — A. ijedunculoston, 

 var. lutea, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 431 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 79. 



Kow^er Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; 2400-3800 ft., in shade on the 

 rocky heights of Pedras de Guinga, Welwitsch, 6630 ! on the rocks of the Prajsidium, 

 Welwitsch, 6649 ! 



The habitat, the colour of the flowers twice noted by Welwitsch, the lax panicle, 

 the tendency to produce short branches from the leaf axils all tend to show that this 

 plant is nearer to A. angolense than to^. peduncidosuni. 



0. A. Johnstonii, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 185. 

 Thinly hairy. Stems 18 in. long, not rarely branched. Leaves up to 

 4 by |-f in., lanceolate. Panicle terminal, peduncled, 3^ by 1 j in., 

 open, nearly glabrous, erect ; cyme-peduncles in apparently distant 

 whorls ; bracts hardly \ in. long ; pedicels attaining J- J in. ; bracteoles 

 scarcely y^^ in. long, ovate or obovate. Sepals J in. long, roundly 

 elliptic, obtuse. Petals 2, yellow^ the odd one a brown-yellow. 

 Capsule i by ^ in., broadly ellipsoid, very obtuse at the top, but with- 

 out horns at the corners; seeds usually 2 in each cell. — Aneilema, cfr. 

 lanceolatum^ Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Lower slopes, 2000- 

 3000 ft., Johnston ! below Marangn, 2600 ft., Volkens, 2146 ! Usambara ; Pare 



