Aponogeton.] cliii. naiadace^ (bennett). 217 



fitout, dense-flowered ; floral bracts 2, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, 

 pale lilac. Stamens 6-8. Follicles 8-8. — Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 

 6399-; Engl. Jahrb. viii. 272; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 493; A. Bennett in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44; E-endle in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. ii. 94. 



JmO-wct Guinea. Angola: Poingo Andongo ; in marshy places and boggy 

 meadows between Condo and Quisonde, between Pungo Andongo and Quisonde, and 

 between Quibinde and Quitage, plentiful, Welwitsch, 3012 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



2. A. subconjugatus, Schumacher d- Thonninc/, Beskr. Guin. PI. 

 183. Bulb subrotund and truncate. Leaves long petioled ; petioles 

 semiterete below, terete above; blade 5-12 in. long, IJ-IJ in. broad, 

 elongate-oblong, obtuse, cordate at the base, often speckled with brown 

 below. Spikes bifid, 1-1 J in. long. Bracts 2, subovate, obtuse, 

 yellowish. Stamens G, unequal. Carpels 3—5, usually 4, ovoid, com- 

 pressed, tapering into a short style; ovules 10—12. Seeds 5-8, oblong, 

 angular. — A. Heudelotii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. viii. 271 ; Durand k 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 492. Ouvirandra Ueudelotii, Kunth, 

 Enum. iii. 593 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 528. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 433 ! Perrottet, 1009. Guinea, 

 Thonning ! 



3. A. Holubii, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1470. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic, 4J-G by 2-3 in., apex shortly semi-obtuse, base rounded, 

 cordate, 7-9-veined, veining obscure ; petioles elongated. Peduncle 

 thick, tapering upwards ; spike bifid, 2J-3J in. long, dense-flowered ; 

 flowers hermaphrodite; bracts 2, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse. 

 Stamens about 6. Follicles oblong, terete, with a beak J as long as 

 the ovary. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 492 ; A. Bennett 

 in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44. 



IMEozamb. Dist. Bechuanalaud : Eastern Bamanguata Territory, at Henrys 

 Pan, Holub, 1036-1039 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



4. A. kraussianum, Hochst. ex Krauss in Flora, 1845, 343. 

 Leaves long-petioled, floating, oblong, 7-9-nerved, acute, base sub- 

 •cordate; median nerve 3-clett. Peduncles long, tapering upwards; 

 spike bifid; branches |-1J in. long, not more than 2J lin. in diam., 

 dense-flowered ; flowers whitish. Stamens generally 6 ; anthers 

 yellowish. Ovaries 3-5 (rarely 6). Follicles globose, with a thickened 

 short beak. — Krauss, Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 172; A. Bennett in 

 Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 44. A. leptostachyos, E. Meyer in Dr^ge, Zwei 

 Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 105 ; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc.xxix. 158 ; 

 Engl. Jahrb. viii. 270. A. abyssinica, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 53, not of Hochst. 



wrile Xiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Eildehrandt, 2645 ! 

 Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in ponds near the Kiver CuanzA, 

 near Sansamanda and elsewhere, Welwitsch, 8011 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



