10 COMMELINACE® (Clarke). [Commelina. 
Var. A, lancispatha (C. B. fion chee at she there the typical C. africana!; spathes 
; capsule usually L-seeded 
ong é 
R. y, Barbers (C. B. Clarke) spathes ova ie wept acute, not much ARES 
h faleat eon seatt 
larger, l-seeded, or more often 3-seed ed, i nterior pi the ove yon 
rudimentary, the upper 2-3 — pare clog, ‘tronaly reticulated. C. karooica, 
var. B Barberx, C. B. Clarke in DC. Mon i, 166, 
SoutH Ais : without meters patie ! Hiss ! Kitching ! Var. y, Zeyher, 
728! 
Coast Recion : Cape Div. ; near Cape feeb gay bic Tab ble Mt., Harvey, 
860! chi 315! Devils mountain, Rehm ! Simon’s Bay, Wri ght ! 
Uitenhage Div., Zeyher! Algoa Bay, aan ax. ea B, Alexandria Div. ; 
gp viel Rat, 2500-3500 i, Drege, 8779 ! 
ar. B, Graaff ain Pg ft., Bolus, 377! ries, 
Dir., "Burchell, 2685 ! Albert Div., Cooper, 58 6 partly ! and 588 partly! Var. 
Colesberg Div.; Carolus Poort, ’ Burchell, 2753! Albert Div., Cooper, 386 
partly ! 1380! 
Ae ReGion: Transvaal; Hooge Veld, Rehmann, 6860! (capsule per 
fecting 4 seeds). Var. 8, Transvaal; Potchefstroom Dist., hapa 251! 
Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., Galpin, 1231! Var. y, Vaal Riv Barber ! 
Griqualand West, Bowker, 12! Or range Free State ; Orange Biren, Bu eo ! Wolve 
Kop, Burke ! Transvaal ; Streyd poort, Rehmann, 5392 | (leaves linenr). 
ASTERN REGION: Natal, Cooper, 3324! Var. 8, Transkei, 3000 ft., Baur, 
85! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 4300 ft., Se , 1799! hig Tnanda, 
shear aie Var. % Kaffraria, Baur! Draken sberg, Coope 3321! Natal; 
a, Wood, 409a! Zaai Laager, 3800 ft., Wood, 3486! ci without precise 
Sat, plate dre ! Gerrai rd, 1439! 
Distributed gs Africa: Var. y endemic. 
ee n. 6860 is, in other eat a typical C. africana ; but each capsule 
(several ain ones satiated) perfects 2 short one es — ated seeds in each 
‘anterior cell, while the dorsal cell is very small and e 
5. C. krebsiana (Kunth, Enum. iv. 40); leaves neEi with large, 
white, many-celled hairs on both surfaces; otherwise as C. african 
(typical form). C. africana, var. krebsiana, C. B. Clarke in DC. 
Hh ili, 164. 
R, 8, villosior (C, B, Gerke) hairs similar to those in C. krebsiana type, bu oo 
ate more numerous, giving the plant a soft strigose, not hispid es Dy 
ance ; leaves ovate, 9 by 5 lines. ©. barbata, var. B villosior, OC. B. Clarke in DC. 
Monogr. iii. 167, not of Lam. C. africana, var. y polyclada, C. B. Clark oe DC. 
Monogr. iv, 165. There is also included her Boe er 965, Gerrard, 1842) a form 
in which the leaves are oblong, attaining 3 ie 3 in 
South AFRIcA: without locality, Drége, 3505! 
Coast ete se Var. 8, Bathurst Div. ; between Theopolis and Port Alfred, 
oe 4038 
LAHARI polis : Griqualand West; between Knegts Fontein and Klip 
Veein, Burchell, 2612! a, Pilgrim’ s Rest, Greenstock! Var. 8, Orange 
Free State, Cooper, 96 
Eastern REGION : Natal, Gerrard, 1440! Var. 8, Natal, Gerrard, 1842! 
Sutherland! 
Also in South-East Trop. Africa. 
6. C. karooica (C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. i we 166, excl. Var. f) ; 
leaves linear-oblong, nearly glabrous ; corolla yellow, larger than in 
C. africana ; filaments } in. long ; capsule rag usually perfecting 
8 seeds, larger than the capsule of C. africana type ; otherwise 
nearly as C. africana 
