Aneilema.] cxliii. coMMELixACEiE (clarke). 61) 



dense, minutely or scarcely pubescent; primary axis well marked; 

 primary branches having in their lower half many approximated small 

 ovate empty bracts (as in A. beniniense and many other species). 

 <Japsule ;V by i in., linear-oblong, obtuse, 2-celled, papery, shining; 

 seeds y>-^) in each cell. 



STile Iiand. Somaliland, Donaldson Smith ! 



Tins species resembles the Australian A. acuminatum, II. Uv. ; it has a umch 

 denser inflorescence and a longer capsule. On the same day, Donaldson Smith also 

 collected his 346, which has a looser inflorescence and a smaller capsule (in which 

 a 1-seeded third cell is sometimes present), and is vei'y near A. acumiuatnm, R. Br., 

 under which possibly both plants may be hei'eafter placed. 



9. A. ovato-oblongum, Beaav. Fl. Otvar. ii. 71, t. 104, %. 1. 

 Very sparingly hairy. Stem 1-2 ft. long, trailing, rooting near the 

 base. Leaves '2h by 1 in., elliptic, acuminate. Panicle 2 by Ij in., 

 with 8-18 primary branches often falsely whorled, slender, nearly 

 glabrous ; bracts at their base minute. Flowers very small, pale lilac 

 or white. Sepals less than -J in. long, thin, ovate, concave. Fertile 

 stamens (at least often) o ; filaments slightly hairy. Capsule iV~5 ^^• 

 long, shining, thin, quadrate, the upper shoulders rounded, normally 

 4-seeded. Seeds pale, stony. — Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl, 04.J ; C. B. 

 Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 226 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. v. 4:31, and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 270; Durand & De Wild, in 

 Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. S7 ; Schoenl. in EngJ. &: Prantl, 

 PHanzeniam. ii. iv. 6."); Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 121. A. 

 bracteolatiuii, R. Br. in Bowditch, Mission to Ashantee, 444. Coui- 

 melina umhrosa, Vahl, Enum. ii. 179; Thonn. in Schumacher, Beskr. 

 Ouin. PI. 2:>. C. ovato-obloiiga, Roem. & Schultes, Mant. i. Add. i. :>76. 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Berria, in dense forest, Scot t-HU lot, 5424 ! 

 Liberia; Cape Palmas, ^M-se^Z .' Dahomey: Lake Porto Nova, ^'(?«7(///, 14 I Ciold 

 Coast, Burton Sf Cameron ! Ft-rnando Po, Vogel, 143 1 Milne .' Cauieroor.s, Freuss, 



3yo ! 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda ;. Sibange Farm, <S'o^«i<a;, 336 ! and without 

 precise locality, Tedlie ! French Congo: Ogowe River, 2V/,o/Zou, 266 bis ; Brazza- 

 ville, Dyhowfiki. Loango ; Chinchocho, Soyaux, lQ*d\ Ijuwdnha, F/iil I ijj-s. Lower 

 Congo : Hingila, DujJiiis- ! 



Also in Tropical South America. 



Var. /3 nigriladu, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227. Leaves 6 by 2 in. 

 Panicle hardly peduncled, much overtopped by the leaves; its main nxis and the 

 sepals minutely pubescent. Empty bracts at the base of the cymes numerous, close 

 together. 



Upper Guineaa Niger Territory : Nupe ; Jeba, on the Quorra (Niger), 

 Barter ! 



10. A. somaliense, C. B. Clarke. Sparingly pubescent. Upper 

 leaves 2^7 by \\ in., ovate, acute; base sessile on the leaf-sheath, 

 rounded. Peduncle to the panicle ;> in. long, terminal ; panicle 1 J by 

 ] \ in., main axis straight ; cyme-peduncles about 24, spreading, 

 scattered, not whorled, bracts at their base less than -J in. long, ovate. 

 Sepals \-}r in. long, concave, nearly glabrous. Petals small, white. 



