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laxa, ad divisionem quamque minute bracteata; ramulis patentibus, floribus parvis', fructibus lu- 
cidis, perigonii interni foliola paullo excedentibus 2-locularihus, abortu l-locularibus ; seminibus in 
loculis binis superpositis, nunc solitariis, bina superposita referentibus. 
Bei Togodele im Scliohoslande, bl. u. fr. (Ehrenberg.) 
Obs. De genere vide Hsskl. Peters Reise !I. 529; Flor. (B. Z.) 1863. 388: — huc quoque pertinent Aneilema 
rimlare A. Ricb. (Wlp. Ann. IIL 657. 1); — A. hirtum A. Rich.~ (Wlp. 1. c. 2); — et sequentes species 
(Wlp, 1. c. 658. 3. 4): 
941. C14r.) Laiiiprodithyros lanceolatus Hsskl. 
Herbae erectae humiles scabro-puhendae, simplices (?), basi nudae, apice foliosae; vaginis 
fuscis densis hirsutis; foliis basi in petiolum attenuatis lanceolatis acuminatis, utrinque dense pilo- 
sulis, praeprimis autem in nervis valde prominulis pilis majoribus rigidioribus conspersis; pannicula 
brevi densa, foliis summis breviori; pedunculo basi vagina spathacea aphylla involuto; perigonii 
foliolis externis puberulis dein glabratis; filamentis fertilibus binis longioribus barbatis; capsula 
lucida, pilis minutis apice hamulatis conspersa. 
Am oberen weissen Nil, 1861, bl. u, fr. (v. Harnier.) 
Obs. Aneilema lanceolatum Bnth, Wlp, Ann. III. 658. 4? -- Lamprodithyros aequinoctialis Hsskl, (^Aneilema 
Knth. En. IV. 72. 37) differt: foliis ovato-lanceolatis (glabris?), pannicula pauciflora, capsulae apice 4-cuspidatae, 
loculis 3-spermis(?); -- L. adhaerens Hsskl. {^Aneilema Knth. 1. c. 38): pilis uncinatis adhaerentibus, foliis 
subtus molliter pubescentibus, panniculis longiuscule pedunculatis, filamentis imberbibus, germine 3-loculari(?); 
— L. Tacameanus Hsskl. (Pet, Reis. II. 531. Flor, [B. Z.] 1863. 390; Aneilema Hochst. Wlp. Ann. HI. 
658. 3): foliis latioribus, basi rotundatis, vaginis laxis minus dense pilosis, rigidius ciliatis, inflorescentia lon- 
gius pedunculata, laxiori, majori. 
(15.) Lamprodithyros Tacazzeanus Hsskl. 
(^— Commelina [Aneilema} Tacazzeana Hoclist. ; in valle fluvii Tacazze (i. e. fluvius) prope 
Djeladjeranne (Abyssiniae), 18. Aug. 1840; Un. ilin, 1844 no. 1729. — et 1. Aug. 1840; 
Un. it. 1844 no. 1660. 
•Adn. Cf. Hsskl. in Peters Reis. II, 531. 
(16.) Zygomenes abyssloica Hsskl 
(= Commelina hirsuta Hochst. Un. it. 1840. Schinip. it. abyssin. no. 14, in collibus fruticosis 
prov. Adouae [6000' ait.], ubi Burko appellatur. Un, it. 1844. Schimp. it. abyss. no. 1556, 
in montibus Djeladjeranne 1. Aug. 1841. Cyanotis hirsuta C. A. Mey. Observ. bot. 
1841 p. 7. Steud. in berb. [FranquevilleJ. Cyanotis abyssinica Knth. Hrb. Berol. [ex horto 
berol.]. W. Schimp. 1854. no. 584 in herb. De Cand. Cyanotis abyssinica A. Rich. in 
prov. Adowa 25. Aug. 1839 et in prov. Schire [supra 4000' ait.] Abyssiniae legerunt 
Quartin-Dillon et Petit [herb. (Rich.) Franquev.]. In prov. Amhara prope Gondar [inter 
6400 et 8000'] Rochet d’Hericourt [1845?].) 
Diagn. reform. cf. Wlp. Ann. IIL 661. Herbae, radice tuberosa tunicata globosa suffultae, hirsutae 
aut glabratae, erectae [2 — 22'9 simplices aut ramosae; ramis erectis aut patentibus ; foliis oblique in vaginas 
decurrentibus, longis gramineis, linearibus aut lanceolato-linearibus acutis; vaginis Ing.) basi inflatis, 
hirtis nunc glabratis, ciliatis; spatha oblongo-lanceolata acuminata complicata; floribus 5 — 77 sessilibus erectis 
in spica spathae nervo medio basi adnata dispositis; bracteis tot quot flores, imbricatis , oblique insertis, in- 
aequilateris , falcatis, acuminatis ; perigonii foliolis externis ovali-lanceolatis acutis concavis, internis corol- 
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