414 MR. C. B. OLAEKE OK 



species does he describe the capsule or seeds ; and he states 

 of C, hengalensis, " Capsula 3-locularis, loculo uno iminore, omni- 

 bus dispermis." I should very much like to see a specimen of 

 (7. lengalensis (or of any other species of Commelyna) which ex- 

 hibits a 6-seeded capsule. 



G. ccelesfiSj cultivated at Darjeeling, has spread mvich from 

 gardens at an altitude of from 7000 to 8000 feet, and looks as 

 if it could maintain itself. 



Sect. I. b. 



4. Commelyna kurzii, n.sp. 



Folia anguste knceolata, cum spathls villosa-hirsuta. Spathae com- 

 plicatae (at breves subcucullatse), subterminales aggregatse. Semina 



3, lajvia. 



Rajmahl 



Several capsules are commonly perfect on each spathe. 



5. Commelyna rajmahlensis, n. sp. 



Subglabra. Folia oblonga. Spatlise complicatse, sparsse. Semina 3, 

 Isevia. 



Hab. in collibus Rajmahl ad 500 ped. alt. 



One capsule Is commonly perfected on each spathe. 



This species, with the preceding, was discovered by Mr. Kurz 

 in the Eajmahl Hills, and, from the character of the section 

 viz. "3-seeded 3-celled capsules with one closed cell," can hardly 

 be mistaken for any thing else. It is, however, quite possible 

 that the present plant (C. Bajmahlensis) is Avhat Dr. Wight has 

 figured (Icones, t. 2067) as Heterocarpus glaher. It is not un- 

 likely that two out of three ovules are sometimes aborted (as in 

 my C salicifolia /3. monospermd)^ or that Dr. Wight may not 

 have had perfect specimens. 



Sect. II. 



6. Commelyna oBLiauA, Dow,— C. polyspatha, Wight, Icones, 

 t. 2066. — C. paleata, HassJcarl in Plantce JunghuhniancB ^ p. 139- 

 C, communis, Roxb. Flor. Lid. i. p. 171 ; Roxb. t. 1018, in Calc. Herb. 



Folia elliptico-lanceolata. Spathai cueuUatae turbinatae (at plus minus 

 secundjE et uno latere producto-acutae), subterminales aggregatse. 

 Semina 3 aut 2 laevia. 



Var. ot, GENUINA. Semina 3. Spathse cum fohis subglabrse. 



Var. /3. visciDA. Semina 3. Spathae rubro-viscido-pilosce. Imo 

 tota planta viscosissima manibus haerens. 



