78 • XIV. COMMELINACE.E. [Conimelina 



11. C. huilleiisis Welw. ex 0. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 175; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 4:25. 



HuiLLA. — Spathes very large, veined with purple ; flowers azure- 

 blue. Rather damp pastures, dry in winter, between Lopollo and 

 Nene, but not elsewhere, Apr. 1860. No. 6585. 



12. C. spectabilis 0. B. Clarke, I.e.; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 428. 

 HuiLLA. — Flowers sky-blue. Woods near the river Monino growing 



with Gloriosa simplex. Feb. and Apr. 18G0. Xo. 6594. 



Var. ramosa C. B. Clarke, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e. 



PuxGO AxDriNGo. — Shoots appressed to the earth, nodes rooting, 

 more or less villous, ascending in the flowering stage. Flowers not 

 sky-blue but bright dark blue. Grassy places in sandy marshes 

 between Quibanga and Guinga. In fl. Jan. 1857. No. 6629- 



13. C.WelwitschiiC.B. Clarke, ?.c.; Durand & Schinz, ^.c, p. 429. 

 PuNGO And(in'(;o. — A perennial herb with tuberous root, caespitose, 



stems generally purplish. Sepals concave, the two anterior orbiculate- 

 ovate, deflexed, the posterior ovate, erect ; anterior petal sessile, broadly 

 ovate-acuminate, reflexed ; posterior petals orbiculate-spathulate long- 

 clawed, margin undulate and repand-dentate or irregularly crenate. 

 Sepals and anterior petal dull violet-green ; posterior petals bright 

 sulphur-yellow. Filaments of the three sterile stamens erect, of the 

 fertile declinate. Two fertile anthers regular, the third on the anterior 

 margin of a petaloid connective. Sterile anthers deep sulphur-coloured. 

 Style declinate, stigma slightly capitulate, a little longer than the 

 stamens. Very plentiful, widely caespitose on the slopes of the 

 volcanic rocks of the praesidium. In fl. and fr. Dec. 1856 and Jan. 

 1857. No. 6627- Flowers bright yellow. Damp rocks of Cabonda 

 on the prajsidium, Jan. 1857. Nos. 6632, 6637. Flowers bright 

 yellow, spathes marked with dark purple lines. Cazella, 1^ Oct. 1856. 

 No. 6638. A glaucous-green ascending herb, with deep bright yellow 

 flowers. Plentiful in rocks and damp pastures throughout the whole 

 district. In fl. Feb. 1857. No. 6639. 



HuiLLA. — A herb with bulbous-tuberous rhizome, tubers moniliform, 

 erect, 5 to J ft. high, herbaceous-green, stem flattened and like the 

 leaf-sheaths pilose, flowers yellow. Sepals greenish-purple, upper 

 petals roundly spathulate, yellow, anterior greenish-purple, concave. 

 Plentiful in sparsely grassed pastures at Humpata, Jan. 1860. 

 No. 6586. 



14. C. capitata Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora p. 541 (1849) ; 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 176 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 424. 



PuNGO And<jngo. — Flowers yellow, spathes ciliate with long tawny 

 golden hairs. Shady woods of Barranco de Pedra Songue, but not 

 seen elsewhere. In fl. Feb. 1857. No. 6647. 



15. C. aspera Don ex Benth., I.e., p. 542 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., 

 p. 180 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 423. 



HuiLLA. — Among crops of PeniciUuria near Humpata, Jan. 1860. 

 No. 6592. 



16. C. firma Wehv. ex C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



C. aspera ya,i: Jirma C. B. Clarke, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e. 

 PuNGO Anuoxgo. — A narrowly erect or ascending, firm, succulent, 

 blood-red-purple herb ; flowers dark blue. Panda woods between 



