Aneilenia.] cxliii, coMMELiNAOEiE (clarke). 73 



Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 481 partly ; K. Schuin. in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. A^ieilema, sp. n. 1., T. Thorns, in Speke, Nile, 

 Append. GoO. Lcmiprodithyros lanceolatios, Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 211, 205. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Gennan East Africa: Unyaniwezi ; near Tabora, 3800 ft., 

 Speke S^ Grant ! Miiiiiij^a, Speke cf Grant, 165! British Central Africa : North 

 Nyasalaiid, Whyte ! 



This has not the elongate leaves of A. lanceolatum, and the panicle is different ; 

 but it is closely allied to it. 



21. A. gracile, C. B. Clcirke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. '2'2>^, excl. 

 syn. Sparingly hairy or glabrate. Stems 10-12 in: long, slender, often 

 divided. Leaves attaining '2\ by J in. Panicle terminal, peduncled, 

 2J in. long, f in. wide at the base, J in. wide at the top ; lowe.st bracts 

 i in. long, lanceolate; cymes short, with few empty bracts. Sepals 

 j^ in. long, glabrate. Petals small, bluish-purple {Barter). Capsule 

 i in. long, 2-celled, -l-seeded, shoulders rounded at the top. — Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 430, excl. syn. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nnpe, in cultivated soils. Barter, 1474 I 

 This may be only a variety of A. lanceolatum, var. evolu/iur • it is much more 

 glabrous, slenderer, with smaller leaves and smaller panicle. Hut in the shape of the 

 panicle, the tiowers and the capsules, it agrees perfectly ; and comes Irom the same 

 locality. 



22. A. pedunculosum, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 

 228, excl. var. y. Weak, trailing and rooting, sparsely hairy. Stems 

 6-24 in. long, often branched. Leaves 2 by J in., elliptic or ovate, 

 acuminate, when mature nearly glabrous. Inflorescences dense, small, 

 |-1^ by J-f in. ; peduncle terminal, sometimes few- flowered, freouently 

 on short lateral branches, 1-4 in. long ; axis of inflorescence with smaU 

 crisped hairs. Sepals hardly y\^ in. long, minutely pubescent or glabrate. 

 Petals very small, blue. Fertile stamens usually 3 ; filaments slightly 

 hairy. Capsule i by i in., thin, shining, pale, the shoulders rounded at 

 the top ; usually 2-celled, with 2 pale stony seeds on each cell. — Oliver 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352 ; Durand k Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 431; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. A. leiocaitle, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 136. 



TTile land. British East Africa: Uganda, Scott- Elliot, 7266! JFi/son, 139! 

 Torn; Wimi River, 6000 it., Scott-Elliot, 7335 ! 



nxozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6500-9000 it., Johnston, 

 175! Volkens, 1436! Rovuma River, Kirk! Portuguese East Africa: Lower 

 Zambesi ; Shiramba, Kirk, 265 ! British Central Africa : Zambesi Valley ; Borunoa, 

 Menyharth, 610! Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 212! 



23. A. Clarkei, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 430^ t. "dA./gg. 

 7-12. Sparingly hairy. Stems (portions seen) up to 14 in. long, trailing, 

 rooting, with long nodes and many branches. Leaves somewhat poly- 

 morphic, upper (as some lower) 1 by J in., ovate-elliptic, tip triangular 

 obtuse or almost rounded; on the i-ame stem are other leaves IJ by 



