Commelina. | CLX. COMMELINACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 371 
. 7. C. hirsuta, Clarke Monogr. 163 ; dwarf, hirsute or glabrate, leaves 
linear-lanceolate, spathes long-peduncled ovate-cordate:or lanceolate com- 
plicate, capsule with the lateral cells empty, dorsal adnate to the ellipsoid 
smooth seed. C. nilagirica, Steud. im Hohenack Pl. Ezsicc. p. 1916 (in 
part). Heterocarpus hirsutus, Wight Ic. t. 2067. 
Te pos PENINSULA; Belgaum, Ritchie; Nilghiri hills ascending to 6000 ft. 
ight, de, 
Stem 6-12 in., erect, branched from the base. Leaves 2-3 by 1-4 in., acute or 
acuminate, more or less hirsute on both surfaces. Spathes 3-1 in., hirsute or 
lous, acuminate, base cordate, peduncle 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, drying blue. 
Capsule with the lateral valves linear, dorsal ellipsoid, subrugose. 
8. C. glabra, Clarke Monogr. 163; nearly glabrous, leaves small 
sessile narrowly oblong obtuse, spathes peduncled ovate-lanceolate com- 
Pacate, capsule with the lateral cells linear empty, dorsal globose 
membranous, seed free globose. Heterocarpus glaber, Wight Ic. t. 2067. 
The SOUTHERN Deccan PENINSULA ; on low hills, Wight, de, . 
rooting at the lower nodes, branched, slender, pubescent on one side. 
Leaves 14-9 by $-3 in., glabrous, margins of the sheaths villous. Spathes 3-1 in., 
onger than their peduncle, glabrous pubescent or ciliate, acuminate, base deeply 
cordate ; peduncle scaberulous. Flowers small, orange-yellow. 
9. C. Forskalei, Vahl Enum. ii. 172; glabrate, leaves sessile 
narrowly oblong obtuse, spathes ovate or orbicular shortly peduncled 
complicate or hooded acute, capsule with the lateral cells 0-1-seeded, 
rsal striate, seeds subglobose smooth. Clarke Monogr. 168; Hassk. in 
rg Beitr. FI. Æthiop. 208. € faleata, Hassk. in Peter's Mossamb. 
trop” Deccan PENINSULA; in the Concan, Jacquemont, &c.—DisTRIB. Afric. 
Stem diffuse, rooting at the nodes. Leares 1-2 by $-i in. narrowed at the 
Se, margins often undulate. Spathes } in., broader than long, often hispid, base 
Leute, or broadly truncate. Petals blue. Seeds lead-colrd., appendage 0.— 
555 suckers bear deformed capsules that ripen underground. 
Sect. IIT. Dissrcocarrus, Clarke. Capsule 2-celled, rarely with a 
dorsal cell which is empty or contains an imperfect seed; lateral cells 1-2- 
Flowers blue or white. 
Í 2 C. clavata, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 5, Monogr. 171, t. 2, 
ov ; 8 abrous or puberulous, leaves ovate or lanceolate, spathes pedune ec 
Mole anceolate acuminate complicate, seeds terete faintly reticulate. G 
GN Thwaites Enum. 321 (in part). C. nilagirica, Steud. Pl. 
yo auek, No. 1316 (in part). C. nov. sp. Miquel Plant. Exsice. Hohenack. 
66. CG communis, Wall. Cat. 8978 L. (in part). l 
Selm PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards, ascending to 6000 ft. in the 
8t 1S, CEYLON common.— DrsTRIR. Java. l2. ate, base 
rye, 18 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 3-3 by 3-3 m., acuminate, ase 
base wed. | Spathes 1-1} in., glabrous or pubescent, shorter than their p uncle 
obl ; cymes on long capillary pedicels. Petals lilac. Capsutes y 
"ee DE-quadrate, constricted in the middle. Seeds 4, nearly black, two lowe, 
end cette t ten ossibly a variety of C. nudiflora, differing in the absent or empty 
9t the capsule, 
— = Hohenackeri, Clarke 1.c.; leaves oblong subacute, spathes smaller tip 
Nilghiris (Hohenack. No. 1066). 
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