88 CXLIII. COMMELINACE^ (CLARKE). [FloSCOJXl, 



long, dense ; pedicels O-tt^ in. Calyx pubescent, purple {Schweinfurth). 

 Corolla yellow {Schivehifiirth). Capsule small ; seeds minute, obscurely- 

 ribbed. 



Upper Cruinea. Niger Territory : Borgu ; .near the town of Faknn, in swamps. 

 Barter, 760 ! 



Kile X>and. British East Africa : Jur ; Agada, i;ear Jur Ghattas, ScJnvein- 

 furth, 2537 ! Abu Guroon's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 4286 ! 



nXozamb. lllst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 3000-6000 ft., Tangan- 

 yika Plateau, at Fort Hill, Whyte !' 



Imperfectlij knovjn species. 



9. P. paucifiora, C. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous, except the in 

 florescence and the mouths of the leaf-sheaths. Portions of stems 

 seen up to 10 in. long, slender, nearly undivided. Leaves up to 2\ by 

 J-J in., narrowly lanceolate, sessile. Inflorescence terminal, attaining 

 1 J by § in. at most', very loose, open, with at most 20 flowers (in some 

 cases the inflorescence is a small cyme of 6 flowers). Flowers very 

 small. Sepals rusty sticky-pubescent. Capsule small, shining white, 

 probably 2-seeded. 



Upper CrUinea. Sierra Leone ; Samu, Scott-JEUiot, 5030! 



From the rusty hairy sepals this must be a Floscopa ; and, if a Floscopa, it must 

 be a new species, unless it is a depauperated state of F. glomerata • but the species is 

 founded on very slender material. 



10. P. EUiottiiy C. B. Clarke. Annual, nearly glabrous, except 

 the inflorescence. Stems erect, 2-4 in. long, branched. Leaves 1 by 

 \-\ in., ovate-oblong, sessile, sheaths very short. Panicle terminal, 

 subdichotomous, of few very long loose cymes (many 2 in. long); 

 bracteoles minute or ; pedicels O-.i^ in. Capsule small, of the genus. 

 Seeds with strong ribs radiating from the embryostega. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : in marshes near Kitchom, Scarcies River, 

 Scott-Elliot, 4340 ! 



Order CXLIV. EAPATEACE^. (By N. E. Brown.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite, regular. Perianth-segments 6, all petaloid 

 and connate below into a long slender tube, or in 2 series ; the 3 outer 

 forming a calyx, connate at the base into a short hyaline tube or quite 

 free, paleaceous or slightly rigid ; the 3 inner petaloid, connate into a 

 tube below. Stamens G, inserted in the throat of the corolla-tube ; 

 filaments short ; anthers 4-celled, the cells confluent above and opening 

 by one introrse oblique pore at the apex. Ovary superior, obtuse, 

 retuse or 3-lobed, perfectly or imperfectly 3-celled ; style terminal or 

 arising between the lobes of the ovary. Ovules 1-8 in each cell of the 

 ovary, erect from the base, or laterally affixed to the axis, anatropous. 

 Capsule 3-valved, with the valves septiferous along the middle, or by 

 abortion 1 -celled and 1 -seeded. Seeds ovoid; oblong or subglobose ; testa 

 rather thick, smooth or minutely reticulate-striate, sometimes produced 



