74 XIV. COMMELINACEA. [Pollia 
XIV. COMMELINACEA. 
1. POLLIA Thunb.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 846. 
1. P. Mannii C. B. Clarke in DC. Mon. Phan. iii. p. 124 
(1881); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p, 421. 
CazeENGo.—An erect herb, 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers not seen ; fruit a 
deep shining metallic blue. Lofty woods of Muxatilo, but not plentiful. 
Ripe fr. middle of June 1855. No. 6604 (in part). 
2. P. condensata C. B. Clarke, J.c.; Durand & Schinz, J.c. 
CazENGo.—An erect herb 2to 3 ft. high. Flowers not seen ; fruita 
deep shining metallic blue. Lofty woods of Muxailo, but not plentiful. 
In ripe fr. middle of June 1855. No. 6604 (in part). 
2. PALISOTA Reichenb.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 847. 
1. P. Schweinfurthii C, B. Clarke in DC. Mon. Phan. iii. p. 132 
(1881); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 422. 
Istanp oF St. THomas.—A perennial almost frutescent herb, 4 to 
6 ft. high; stem fleshy, branched, leafy chiefly at the top ; flowers 
white; berries scarlet, as big as a pea, soft, slightly succulent, 
‘indehiscent, each of the three loculi 2-, 3-, more rarely 4-seeded. 
Seeds thick, peltate, many furrowed. Plentiful in the more lofty thick 
woods of Fazenda do Monte Caffé. In fl. and fr. Dec. 1860. No. 6602. 
At about 2000 ft. high, in the more lofty primitive woods. Dec. and 
Jan. 1861. Cou, Carp. 1043. 
GoLuNGo ALTo.—A perennial herb, stem 3 to 7, more rarely 9 ft., 
succulent, leaves arranged in a palmiform way at the top of the stem. 
Flowers dull violet. Berries pea-like, scarlet. On banks of streams 
in the deep shade of primitive woods, always growing with Scitamineze 
and Piperacee. In fl. Dec. 1855; in fr. Feb. 1856. Quilombo- 
‘Quiacatubia Feb. 1855. No. 6599. No. 66030 (no notes). A fine plant ; 
stem 6 to 9 ft., or sometimes higher, 1} in. thick at the base, solid, 
juicy. Berries scarlet, 3- to 6-seeded, as big as a pea. Mata de 
‘Quisuculo, 28 April 1856, and June 1857. Conn, Carp. 126. 
Pungo Anponco.—Flowers white, otherwise does not seem different 
‘from the species collected in Golungo Alto. Shady valleys between the 
higher rocks. In fl. Jan. 1857. No. 6603. 
8. COMMELINA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 847. 
1. C. nudiflora L. Sp. Pl. i. p. 41 (1753); C. B. Clarke in DC. 
Mon. Phan. iii. p. 144 (1881); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 
v. p. 427, 
Conco.—Bright green, sublucent, with deep blue flowers, and pro- 
cumbent stems rooting freely at the nodes. By streams between 
Ambriz and Mosul and at Quilombo de Mosul. End of Nov. 1853. 
“No. 6623. 
IcoLo E Benco. — An annual decumbent herb with ascending 
branches ; flowers rather small, blue. Sheaths smooth. Wet places 
by the river Bengo near S. Antonio. In fl. Dec. 1853. No. 6617. 
An annual or in damp places sometimes perennial herb, with prostrate 
elongated stems, often rooting at the nodes, sometimes ascending-erect 
among herbs orshrubs. Flowers plentiful, deep dark blue or sky-blue, 
