Commelina. | COMMELINACE® (Clarke). 1l 
KaLawaRi Re@ion: Griqualand West; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1929! 
between Griqua ange and Riet Fontein, Burchell, 1988! 1999! Oran nge Free 
State; Mud River Drift, Rehmann, 3577! Bechuanaland, Holub ! Transvaal ; 
Matiba, Holub, 1496 ! 1497 ! 
EasTERN Region: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 4098! 
7, C. eckloniana (Kunth, Enum. iv. 57) ; stem 12-18 in. long, 
diffuse ; leaves narrow lanceolate with weak eas hairs ; spathes 
itn peduncled, obliquely funnel-shaped ; corolla blue ; capsule 
papery, square, dorsal cell very small empty or 0; seeds 4, globose, 
smooth, 
SoutH AFRICA: withont orcas > ag 
KALAHARI ReGion: Transvaal; Bosch Veld, Rehmann, 4997 ! 
HastERN REGION: Natal, Sanderson ! Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro ! 
8. ©. Gerrardi (C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr, iii. 183); stem 
points, hispid; petals blue or white ; capsule with 3 globose seeds ; 
dorsal cell tough, indehiscent, tubercular-scabrous. x. angustifolia, 
Hassk. in Peters’ Mossamb. 528, not of Mich 
South AFrica: without nn Gill! 
CENTRAL ReEGion: Albert chee 588 ! 
Eastern Reeion: Natal, patito , 1838! Sanderson ! 
Also in South-East Trop. Africa. 
9. C. albescens (Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ee: rag stem 
often 2 ft. long; leaves narrow lanceolate, up to 5 b early 
glabrous ; spathes 1-3 close together, oblique funnel- shaped wks sid 
or hooked point, hispid ; petals blue or white ; capsule membranous, 
with 3 ellipsoid, trigonous, smooth, puberulous, ‘largish seeds. Hook f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 373. 
Katanari Region: Transvaal; Barberton, Galpin, 599! 1188. 
‘ Distributed throughout Africa, and extends by Arabia and Beloochistan to 
ind. 
10. C. Livingstoni (C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. iii. 190, includ- 
ing Var. 8); stem 1 ft. long, diffuse ; leaves er nearly glabrous or 
more or less villous or shaggy ; spat es 1-3, together, hers 
funnel-shaped, with short acute or hooked poi wut hteped petals blue 
or white, ‘‘pale pinkish” (Galpin) ; ee membranous, 2-celled, 
2-seeded ; ; seeds large, ellipsoid, smoot 
SoutH AFrRiIca: without oor at feel 1729 
Katawart Reeion: Bechuanaland; Hamapery, near Kuruman, Burchell, 
515! Transvaal, MeLe Hb olus, 5796 ! Bosch Veld, Ronin, 4866! 
! a in Rees 
Barberton, 2900 ft., Galpin, net Pilgrim’s Rest, Greenst tock ! Mooi River, 
Burks, 8 339! Apies River, Burke 
EastERN eS Natal; Bae Wood, 369! 409! and without precise 
focality. Sander. 
Also in South-East Trop. Africa. 
