CLX. OOMMELINACEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 367 
Cymes solitary, included in a spathe. Ovary 3-celled, cells 
FZovued. . . . . . . . .. a . 2. COMMELINA. 
Cymes naked, panicled, rarely in a spathe . . . . . . . 3. ANEILEMA, 
Tribe ITI. TRADECANTIE X. Capsule loculicidal. Stamens 6 perfect. 
Cymes capitate. Petals free . . . . .. .. . . « 4 FORRESTI. 
ymes from imbricating bracts, scorpioid or 1-few-fld. Corolla 
tubular below. . . . . . e... s. o. s. 5. . . 5. CYANOTIS. 
es scorpioid, panicled or spicate. Stem twining . . . 6. STREPTOLIRION. 
Flowers panicled. Stem erect e... s. ew s. s. s. ee 7. FLoscopA. 
1. POLLIA, Thumb. 
Large herbs. Leaves lanceolate. Cymes in à terminal panicle. Sepals 
9. Petals smaller, subequal, obovate. Stamens 6, or3 with 3 staminodes, 
filaments naked; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-00 -ovuled. 
F, rut globose or ovoid, fragile, blue. Seeds smooth.—Species about 14, 
- Asiatic and Australian. 
l. P. Aclisia, Hassk. Commel. Ind. 55; tall, robust, panicle erect 
lax-fid., stamens 6 perfect, fruit subglobose, cells many-seeded. Clarke 
Monogr. 123; Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 32. P. indica B, Clarke in Journ. 
an. Soc. Bot. xi. 451. Aclisia No. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Tropica EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 2-3000 ft.; Bhotan, 
Grifith, Kunasa Mrs., SILHET, AssaM, BURMA:—DISTRIB. Java, Tonkin, ` — 
stout, erect. Leaves 8-12 by 23-34 in., narrowed into a broad petiole, 
neeolate or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, glabrous or scaberulous, margins 
bee: Peduncle short, stout, villous; panicle rigid, pubescent; bracts oblong ; 
ve acute, amplexicaul, Sepals membranous and petals white. Seeds brown, 
"iepel and angled. Fruit 3 in. diam., bright blue, shining. 
2. P thyrsifior ; icle short dense-fld., 
. a, Endl. Gen. 1029; panicle sho | 
jamens 6 perfect, fruit. ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. Hassk. in Plant. 
due 150, & Comm. Ind. 57; Clarke Comm. & Oyrt. Beng. t. 33; Monogr. 
"s P. glaucescens, Teysm. & Binnend. in Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxiv. 305. 
pi descantia thyrsiflora, Blume Enum. i. 6. Lamprocarpus thyrsiflorus, 
m € Schultes f. Syst. vii., Addend. 1726. 
UTH ANDAMAN Istanps, Kurz.— DisTRIB. Malay Islands. 
Stem Stout, erect, creeping below ; sheaths pubescent. Leaves 10-12 by 24-3) 
» Oblanceolate, narrowed into a 1-2 in. petiole, glabrous, margins erisped. 
le stout and ovoid panicle pubescent; bracts ovate; branches closely 
3 flowers crowded, Fruit yellow-brown or blue, smooth, dorsally com- 
in, 
sca 
pressed 
^ 3. P. Sorzogonensis, Endl. Gen. 1029; leaves lanceolate, panicle 
void Peduncled, branches alternate, stamens 3 perfect, fruit globose, cells 
sony veeded, Miquel FI. Ind. Bat. iii. 541; Clarke Monogr. 126. Aclisia 
Tad frend, E. Meyer Fé Prosl Rel. Haenk. i. 138, t. 25; Hask. Comm. 
Eastery HIMALAYA ; Sikkim and Bhotan, and southward to BURMA, MALACCA 
and Cxyrox . H 
-—Distris. Malay Islands, China, New Caledonia. . 
Stout, erect, viscid. "Tv eaves 6-10 by 2-3 in., subsessile or shortly-petioled, 
