176 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. COMMELINA., 
mill., minute pubescentia. Spathæ 2 '/,-3 cent., ciliatæ, longitudina- 
liter striatæ obscurius transversim striatulæ. Racemus inferior 1 cent., 
superior 3-5-florus. Capsulæ oblongæ, paullo compressæ, acutæ. 
Semina nigro-fusca, scabride foveolata. — Species incertæ sedis, 
habitu valde distincta. Capsule plures visæ, omnes 4-sperme ; præ- 
terea valvula dorsalis carinata sub-bifida evadit, ideoque species 
quamvis luteo-flora vix in Sect. Heterocarpo militare potest. 
Angola; in prov. Huilla et Cabonda, alt. 1500 met. (Welwitsch 
nn. 6586, 6627, 6632, 6637, 6638, 6639 ; herb. Mus. Paris. sine nomine 
collect.). 
61. €. capitata (Benth.! in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 541); diffusa, 
robusta, glabriuscula ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ; spathis complicatis 
vix cucullatis, subcapitatis, ovatis acutis, brevibus, transversin stria- 
tulis; capsula complanata, oblonga ; seminibus 4, cylindricis, 2 '/? 
mill., grosse remotiuscule foveolatis. 
Rami fere glabri. Folia longa 8 cent., lata 4 cent. (interdum minora 
angustiora), acuminata, basi inzequaliter rhomboidea, glabra aut sca- 
bride villosa, marginibus vaginarum sæpe rufo-barbatis. Pedunculi 
vix */, cent. Spathe 1 +/,-2 */, cent., latæ, acute neque acuminat®, 
basi rotundatæ, margine glabræ vel rufo-ciliatæ. Racemi inferioris 
stipes 1'/,-2 cent., superioris capsule 2-3. Flores lutei (ex notula 
Welwitsch in n. 6647). Capsula in circumscriptione elongata subquá- 
drata, aut clavata, in medio haud constricta, apice obtusa. Semina 
cinereo-straminea. 
Sierra Leone (Afzelius ; Smeathman ; A Senegal (Perottet 
1. 772). Niger flumen ; Cap Palmas (Vogel). Fernando Po (Mann 
1. 91). Cameroons (Rabe rue) Angola, alt. 1000 met. (Welwitsch 
n. 6647). — Antilles (exempl. fruct. opt. in herb. Candoll. et in herb- 
Delessert sine nomine collect.). 
62. C. longicapsa; foliis anguste obovato-lanceolatis, fere gla- 
bris ; spathis ovato-rotundatis, capitatis, subsessilibus, terminalibus : 
cub oblonga, subquadrata, compressa, 4-sperma ; seminibus cylin- 
dricis, levibus. 
Caulis robustus, fere glaber. Folia longa 15 cent., lata 4 '/ cent., 
obtusa brevissime acuta, basi attenuata, petiolo 1-2 cent. ne te 
vagine late, striatæ, glabræ ore pubescente. Spathæ 2 '/, cent., 
acute. Racemi robusti. Corolla in sicco cærulea. Capsula long? 
6-8 mill., lata 3-4 mill., basi stipitata, apice subemarginata. — Folia 
