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The scape is 12-18 inches high, and, as Eoxb. states, "leafless, 

 invested at each of the remote joints with a small solitary sheath." 

 The leaves Eoxburgh states to appear after the flowering is 

 completed ; but they are often simultaneous at Dacca* The seeds 

 are peculiarly columnar, and unlike those of all the other 

 Bengal Anilemas by the absence of punctulation or reticu- 

 lation. 



A. Lourerii, Hance, in Seeman's ' Journal of Botany,' 1868, 

 p. 250, is diff'erent, not merely by the stamens, but by the seeds. 



The plant distributed from Kew as A, scapiflorv/m is referred, 

 in this paper, to A. Tierlaceum ; it is, at all events, quite unlike 



ipifl 



ijpiflorum^ Wight 



2. Anilema herbaceum, Kunth, I, c. p. 66.— Commelyna herbacea, 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind. i. p. 175, & t. 1770 in Calc. Herfi- Anilema lineo- 

 latum, Hasskarl in Plant. Junghuhn. p. 146.— A. elatum, Dalzell in 

 Hook, Journ. Botany, iii. p. 137— A. latifolium, Wight, Icones, 

 t. 2072. 



Suberectum, robustum. Panicula subterminalis. Stamina 3 (ranssime 

 2) perfecta. Semina 9-15 (ad 21 ex Rxb.), punctata, subrugosa. 



a GENUiNA. Foha subglabra, fere semper utrinque angustata, saepe 

 albo-marginata. Panicula elongata, raniis robustis. Capsulse magnse, 

 margaritaceo-chartacese. (Hue synon. citata referunt.) 



/3. DiVERGENS (scAPiFLORUM, Hk. 8f TA.). Foha lineari-lanceolata, 

 basi vix angustata, plus minus pubescentia. Panicula quam m 

 a multo tenuior, ssepe depressa subcorymbosa. Capsulse minores, vix 



margantaceae. 



y. visciDA. FoUa lanceolata, utrinque angustata, pubescentia. Ochrese 



vix ullse. Panicula viscida, pedicelhs ceraceo-albis. 

 Uah. in montibus commune, Himalaya ad 500-8000 ped. alt. ; Khasiya 



500-5000 ped. alt. ; i3 in coUibus Khasiya ad 6000 

 y ad radices coUium Khasiya. 



The typical plant, a. genuina.has the stems somewhat thickened 

 at the joinings ; it is a well-marked plant, and I feel pretty sure 

 of the synonym adduced of Dalzell from his description only. 

 Of A. lineolatum, Hasskarl, I have seen autborized Java speci- 

 mens, and there can be no mistake. 



/3. divergens is the plant distributed by Hook. & Th. for A. scapi" 

 Jlorum, AVight, to which it bears no resemblance ; but I think it is 

 very probably a good species. I have placed it as a variety, from 

 my inability to seize on tangible distinctions. The leaves in a 

 are not always definitely narrowed at the base. The bracteol® 

 at the base of the pedicels in /3 are often linear ; but they vary, 



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and are sometimes as short ovate as in a. 



