378 CLX. COMMELINACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Aneilema, 
18. A. canaliculatum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 197 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 254. A. nummularium, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 535. Commelina 
spirata, Linn. Mant. 176. C. bracteolata, Lamk. Encycl. ii. 69. C. nana, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 173; ed. Wall. & Carey, i. 176. C. pumila, Herb. Royle. 
Dichæspermum repens, Hassk. (not of Wight). 
Throughout INDIA, in pastures, &c., from the Upper Gangetic plain to Chittagong 
and Travancore. CEYLON, common.—DIsTRIB. Malay Islands, China. 
Dwarf, tufted, prostrate, branches ascending 6-10 in. Leaves glabrous puberu- 
lous or ciliate, from oblong to ovate-lanceolate, subacute or acuminate ; base 
amplexicaul. Cymes terminal and axillary; branches short, divaricate, few-fd.; 
bracts ovate, persistent, Flowers blue. Stamens 3, staminodes 3; filaments of both 
naked or bearded. Capsule 3 in., acutely trigonous. Seeds straw-colrd. 
c. Stem leafy. Cymes 1-3-fld. axillary. 
12. A. pauciflorum, Wight, Ic. t. 2077; slender, diffuse, creeping, 
leaves small flat ovate, peduncles 1-3-fld. axillary, capsule lanceolate, 
pedicel decurved, cells 4—6-seeded, seeds cubical nearly smooth. Clarke 
Monogr. 907.  Dichzspermum aurantiacum, Hass. in Herb. Zoll. 
No. 3312. 
MALABAR and TRAVANCORE, Wight (Kew distrib. 1179).—DISTRIB. Macassar. 
Tufted; stems 4-6 in. Leaves 3-1 by 4-2 in., sessile, acuminate, glabrous Z 
sparsely hairy, base rounded or cordate. Peduncles and pedicels slender. Sep "dy 
linear. Stamens 3, staminodes 3, filaments all naked. Capsule 4 in. obtusely 
3-gonous. Seeds black, farinose. 
13. A. versicolor, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136; stem 
slender branched hispid, leaves flat oblong-lanceolate-acuminate, p unc : 
short 1l-fid., pedicel capillary, capsule oblong or lanceolate acute e 
cells 5-7-seeded, seeds cubical. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 253; Clar 
Monogr. 208. 
The Concan and Matwan, Stocks, Dalzell, Ritchie. ded 
Root fibrous; stem 6-10 in. Leaves 1-2 by 3-3 in., rather distant, base To the 
or cuneate, upper spathe-like, complicate and recurved. Peduncles with " 
pedicel 4—2 in. Petals ochreous yellow, blueish in withering, Stamens 3, m s 
faintly bearded; staminodes 3. Capsule 1-4 in., obtusely 3.angled. #6 
yellowish brown. ' 
14. A. triquetrum, Wall. Cat. 5220; stem slender elongate, lear” 
linear-lanceolate flat, peduncle 1-fld., pedicel rather stout, capsule oblong 
acute, cells 3-5-seeded, seeds smooth farinose. Clarke Monogr. 208. 
SILHET, Wallich.—Distris. China. 
Stem 12-18 in. Leaves 1-2 in., rather thick, spreading and 
obtuse. Petals blue?. Stamens 3, filaments strongly bearded ; 
Capsule X in. Seeds truncate at each end. 
recurved, base 
staminodes 9. 
** Cells of ovary 2-ovuled, of capsule 2-seeded (3-seeded in A. nudi- 
florum, var. compressa). 
15. A. nudiflorum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in note) ; branches decumbeni 
rooting, leaves linear or lanceolate, sheath bearded, panicle subtermi " 
short, cymes at the ends of the branches few-fld., capsule broadly oblong e 
subglobose, seeds rugose and pitted. Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng: t. A 
Monogr. 210; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 253; Wall. Cat. 5224 (excl. ^ 
Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 99. A. radicans, Don Prodr. 45 (in part). 
