72 exLiii. coMMELiNACE^ (clarke). [Aneileiua. 



C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 4:M partly. 



Upper Cruinea. Cameroons : Musgu ; on the Fellata Hills, Vogel, 101 ! 



18, A, Whytei, C. B. Clarke. Upper portions of stems 10 in. 

 long, rather slender, pubescent, not rarely branched. Leaves 2 J by J in., 

 lanceolate, when mature hairy, especially beneath. Panicle 1 by | in., 

 dense, with long spreading white hairs ; lower bracts minute or ; many 

 of the lower pedicels sterile, terminated by a black glandular knob (the 

 rudimentary flow^er). Sepals y^ in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. 

 Capsule hardly \ in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded. — A. hirtum, C. B. Clarke 

 in J)C. Monogr. Phan. iii. 228 partly (i.e. by confusion), not of A. Rich, 

 (which see at p. 74 .>eq.). 



Mozaznb. Dist. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Whyte ! 



The description of A. Jtirtum in DC. Monogr. Phnn. iii. 228 is grounded on the 

 assumption that the plant here described was the A. hirtum of A. Richard (which I 

 now believe to have been a Floscopa). 



10. A. lanceolatum, Benth. in Hook. Xiger Fl. 54 G. Sparingly 

 pubescent. Stems up to 15 in. long, occasionally divided, weak, decum- 

 bent at the base. Leaves up to 6 by ^ in., narrowly lanceolate. Panicle 

 terminal, peduncled, up to 1;|^ by 1 in. (but usually much smaller), dense, 

 minutely pubescent ; lowest bracts -—q in. long, ovate ; bracts to the 

 cyme-peduncles yV in. long, obovate. Sepals -^ in. long, glabrate. 

 Petals small, blue. Capsule i in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, shoulders 

 rounded at the top. — C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227 ; 

 Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 431. A. rhodosjyermum, K. Schum. 

 in Zenker, Exsicc. 1110. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Lower Niger ; Stirling Hill, Vogel ! Ansell ! 

 Quorra, Vor/el ! Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1110 ! 



Var. /3 evoluiior, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227 partly. Stems stout. 

 Leaves up to 10 by \ in., linear or scarcely linear-lanceolate, very hairy or with 

 sparse hn\^ hairs. Panicle 4 in. long, 2 in. wide at the base, 1 in. wide at the top ; 

 branches very numerous, lower in false whorls. Lower part of cymes represented 

 often by numerous approxiuiate empty bracts ^^ in. long. Flowers and capsules as 

 of lanceolatum, but slightly larger. 



Upper Guinea. Western Lagos : Eruwa, Rowland J Niger Territory : Nupe, 

 Barter, 1018! 1117 ! 



The base of the stem and roots are not shown : it seems probable that the stem 

 may be erect, with thickened roots ; and, if so, near Welwitschii. It, however, recalls 

 A. lanceolatum, Benth., by the very long narrow leaves. 



20. A, Spekei, (7. -6. C7arA;e. Rather thinly hairy. Stems 15-24 in. 

 long, often branching ; base decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 4 

 by |-1 in., rather broadly lanceolate, hardly acute. Panicle 2 by J in., 

 terminal, peduncled, dense, sparingly pubescent ; lowest bracts minute, 

 cyme-branches short. Sepals y^^ in. long, glabrate. Petals small, blue. 

 Capsule -1- in. long, 2-celled, 4-seeded, rounded on the shoulders. — 

 A. tacazzeantim, Baker in Trans. Linn Soc. xxix. IGo, not of Hochst. 

 A. lanceolatum, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 227 partly ; 



