Aneilema.] CLX. COMMELINACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 377 
effuse, bracts marcescent, capsule ellipsoid or subglobosely trigonous, cells 
d-4seeded, seeds smooth. Hassk. Pl. Jung. 146, Commelin. Ind. 36; 
Clarke Comm. & Oyrt. Beng.t.15. A. elatum, Kunth l.c. 70; Dalz. in 
Hook. Journ. Bot. 1857, 137 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 254. A. latitolium, 
Wight Ie.t.2072. A. herbaceum, Wall. Cat. 5293 ; Clarke Monogr. 204; in 
Journ, Linn. Soc. Bot. xi. 448 (var. a). Commelina herbacea, Roa. Fl. Ind. 
1175, Ed. Wall. & Carey i. 179. C. lineolata, Blume Enum. i. 3. C. 
elata, Vahl Enum. ii. 178. Tinantia? lineolata, Hassk. Pl. Jav. 98. 
nonostachys herbacea, Hassk. mss. 
TROPICAL INDIA; from Sikkim, Bhotan and the Khasia hills, alt. 2-4000 ft., 
hi TA, Western Ghats from the Concan to Travancore.—DisTRiB. Malay 
ands, 
Root of slender tubers. Stem erect, stout. Leaves 4-12 by 1-1} in., margins 
scabrous or smooth often crisped, base cuneate rounded or cordate, upper ovate- 
lanceolate, Panicle stout, glabrous, branches spreading and ascending ; bracts 
marcescent in fruit. Petals blue. Stamens 2-3 with 2 or 3 staminodes, filaments 
Lil, Capsule X in. diam., mucronate. Seeds reticulate, glandular- 
rulous, 
9. A. esculentum, Wall. Cat. 5208; root tuberous, stem subsolitary, 
leaves linear complicate, panicle glabrous spreading, bracts oblong or the 
lower 1-2 foliaceous, capsule ellipsoid, cells 3-5-seeded. Clarke Monogr. 
. PA. melanostictum, Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1869, 167. Com- 
melina esculenta, Heyne mss. 
qu lapnas; in rice fields, Heyne, Wight. CEYLON, Walker.—DisTnIB. Australia, 
Root of clavate tubers, crown with imbricating scarious scales. Stem with 
Prostrate suckers. Leaves 3-4 in., recurved, obtuse, almost glabrous. Panicle with 
Anke branches; bracts oblong, persistent. Stamens 3 fertile, staminodes 3, 
aments bearded, Capsule 4 in. Seeds dark brown, obscurely scabrid or pitted.— 
Tobably the same as the Australian A. gramineum, Br. 
10. A. dimorphum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 138; root 
fibrous, stems many, leaves linear-oblong flat, bracts ovate, panicle very 
“ort and broad, capsule ellipsoid or oblong, cells 3-5-seeded, seeds smooth. 
Dale. & Gibs. Bomb. Kl. 354; Clarke Monogr. 208. A. paniculatum, 
Wight Te. t. 2075. A. scapiflorum, 8, Thwaites Enum. 322 (not of Wight). 
nudiflorum, Mig. in Pl. Hohenack. Exsice. No. 144 (not of Br.).—An- 
“ema, sp, Mig. ] e. n. 134, 
alt The Deccan PENINSULA ; from the Concan southward, Wight, &c. CEYLON, 
. ft., Thwaites. , 
obl tem slender, branched at the base, 6-12 in. Leaves 1-2} by j-i in., from 
ong to ovate-lanceolate, base rounded or cordate, mouth of sheath ciliate. 
mde sparingly dichotomously branched, few-fld.; bracts small, cucullate, 
Alan tent, Petals blue. Stamens 3, fertile, filaments bearded; staminodes 3, 
fraus Daked. Capsule A in., triquetrous, acute. Seeds black, with brown 
above. ceous lines, — Wight figures all the filaments bearded, but describes them as 
1l. A. Spiratum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in mote); root fibrous, stem 
= shed decumbent, leaves small sessile flat oblong, base obtuse or cordate 
lobo ed, Panicle small leafy below, bracts ovate, capsule oblong or sub- 
i ne, cells 3-7-seeded, seeds smooth or minutely scaberulous. Clarke 
in PP 207. A. nanum, Kunth Enum. v. iv. 65; Wight Ic. t. 2077 ; Hassk. 
l Jungh. i41; Thwaites Enum. 322; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 
