AneilemaJ] cxliii. coMMELiNACEit (clarke). 71 



IJ^G. A. tetraspermum, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 1?»0. Lam- 

 p^odithyros Petersii^ Hassk. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 529. 



nXozaxnb. Dlst. German East Afric;\: Usainbara ; Tanga, Yolkens, 1751 

 Stuhlmann, 6062, 645S. Portuguese E:ist Africa : Zambesi Delta ; mouth of llie 

 River Melambe, Kirk ! Mozambique, iu damp places, Peters ! 



15. A. Schweinfurthii, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monofjr. Phan. iii. 

 227. Minutely pubescent Koots thick. Stems S-14 in., with few 

 oblong leaves, 1-2 in. long; erect from a short rhizome (not annual). 

 Leaves on a barren stem 4J by ^ in., oblong-linear. Panicle in fruit 

 li ^^J f in-, very dense, pubescent ; lowest bracts to the cyme-peduncles 

 ■J in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles yV in. long, obovate. Sepals y\^ in. 

 long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule nearly ;| in. long, white, 

 2-celled, 4-sceded. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 432 ; Durand 

 k De Wild, in Bull. Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvii. 128; K. Schum. in Engl, 

 PH. Ost-Afr. C. 130 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227.- Larajrt^odithyro^ 

 (jracilis, Kotschy & Peyr. PI. Tinn. 47, t. 23, fig. A ; Kanitz in Flora, 

 'l8(iS, 513; Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295. 



Nile Z<and. British East Africa: .lur; Jur Cfhattas, ScJitveinfurth, 1332! 

 ser. iii, 214 ! Bongo ; Gir, Schtveinfurth, 1886 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Tanganyika, De Beerst I 



10. A. Welwitschii, C. B. Clarke in DC. Mono<jr. Phan. iii. 221). 

 Minutely grey pubescent. Stems ciespitose on a bundle of thick roots 

 clavate and subtuberous at their extremities. Fertile stems 10-10 in. 

 long, rather robust, little divided, with many fully developed leaves. 

 Leaves 3 by |-1 in., oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, tip obtuse. 

 Peduncle 2-4 in. long, terminal, with often a sheath or nearly obsolete 

 leaf in the middle. Panicle in fruit 1 by J in., even in fruit very dense ; 

 flowers blue [Wehvitsch). Capsule i by ^ in., quadrate-oblong, shining, 

 thinly crustaceous, 4-seeded. — Durand ct Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 432 ; Bendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 79. 



JmOWBT Guinea. Angola: Huilla; edges of woods, Lake IviuitnLi, 3800-5500 ft., 

 Weltc il sc?i, 6o96\ GolungoAlto; marshy places between C;itumba :ind Ohai, Wef- 

 witscli, 6597 ! 



The leaves in 6596 are considerably broader th:in in 6597 ; but no ojie lins 

 doubted their being one species. I think this may be only a state o^ A. Schiveiv- 

 ftirfhii. 



17. A. soudanicum, C. B. Clarke. Hispid, especially the stems 

 and leaf-sheaths. Stems 15 in. long, branched throughout their length, 

 at the base erect, with the lowest leaves reduced to pale brown scales ; 

 roots thick. Leaves up to 3^ by J- J in., linear-lanceolate. Panicle 

 terminal, peduncled, H by |-1 in., dense, thinly hairy ; lowest bracts 

 \-\ in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles hardly ^ in. long, ovate. Sepals ^ in. 

 long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. Capsule ' in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, 

 rounded on the shoulders. — A. lauceolatinn, var. p evolutur partly. 



