Aneilema.] OLX. COMMELINACEE. (J.D. Hooker.) 379 
dandrum, Ham., and A. debile, Wall., Wall. Cat. 5210, 5215. A. nudi- 
caule and A. minutum, Kunth Enum. iv. 67, 661. A. foliosum, Hassk. in 
Pl. Jungh, 144, Commelin. Ind. 32. A. diversifolium, Hassk. l.c, 142, A. 
Junghuhnianum, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 119, 538, Suppl. 609. A. lancifolia, 
Grif. Notul. iii. 236. A. trichocolea, Schauer Pl. Meyer, 448. Commelina 
mudiflora, Linn. Mant. 177 (not of Sp. PL); Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 173; Reichd. 
le. Exot. t. 136. C. nudicaulis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 17, t. 8. C. diandra, 
Aen, mss, Q. radicans, Spreng. Syst. Cur. post. 25. PO. minuta, 
Blume Enum. 34. Tradescantia malabariea, Linn. Mant. 962.— Rheede 
Hort. Mal, ix. t. 63, x. t. 19. 
Throughout Inpra; from the N.W. Himalaya ascending to 6000 ft. eastwards 
and south wards to the Khasia hills, Burma, the Deccan, Travancore and CEYLoN.— 
ISTRIB, China, Malay Islands. o. 
Stem and branches slender, diffuse, complicate or not. Leaves 2-5 by }-} in., 
glabrous or hairy, or subvillous. Panicles rarely axillary, branches elongate, scarred ; 
flowers pedicelled, clustered; bracts deciduous.  Pefals small, blue or purplish. 
‘amens 3 fertile, 3 sterile, filaments of fertile or all bearded. Capsule 1 in., acute 
at both ends 
Var, com ressa, Clarke l. c. 211; petals rosy, cells of capsule often 3-seeded. 
A. compres, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Thot. 1851, 138; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
ezet. Sun 1 —The Concan, Dalzell. 
Var, ter minalie, Clarke le. ; stem stouter, leaves broader, sometimes 6 by 3 in., 
free more elongate, capsules larger, seeds less rugose or almost smooth. A. nudi- 
wea var. rigidior, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 377. A. terminale, Wight Ic. t. 2076. A. 
loriforme, Hassk. in Pl. Jungh. 143. Prionostachys terminalis, Hassk. mss,— 
ws hills, Malabar, Ceylon, China. Wight’s figure represents the capsule as 
l6. A. sinicum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 659; stem elongate diffusely 
‘ranched, internodes long, leaves linear elongate, branches of terminal 
arat short, Stamens 2 perfect, filaments bearded, staminodes 3 naked, 
en subglobose, seeds obscurely rugose. Clarke Monogr. 212. A. 
mundum, Wight Ic. t. 2075. A. esculentum, Wall. Cat. 5208 C. Com- 
H Sinica, Rom, & Sch. Syst. i.; Mant. i. addend. 376. 
Bee PENINSULA; from the Concan southward, and CEYLON, Wight, &c. 
;P. China, Ma rica. . 
a Roots of elongate UE e Leaves 6-12 by 3-3 in., cauline and 
X at the base of the ascending leafy flowering stem, glabrous or puberulous. 
ole lax ; bracts large, caducous, branches scarred. Petals blue. Capsule } in. 
m. Seeds brown. , d 
1. A. giganteu r. Prodr. 271; stem tall erect, internodes long, 
leaves linear elongate, dote of the terminal paniele short stout, 
he neus 3, filaments bearded, capsule ellipsoid acute, seeds compressed 
t. ony Smooth. Clarke Monogr. 212. A. longifolium, Hook. Exot. ` 
ai Wall. Cat. 5213 D, F (in part). A. ensifolium, Wight T . 
melin, Clarke Comm. & Cart, Beng. t. 22 (exel. Syn. F. Muell). ei 
pot, 9 Sigantea, Vahl Enum. ii. 177. C. longifolia, Spreng. Syst. ar. 
Has a, - Hookerii, Dietr, Sp. Pi. ii, 404. Prionostachys ensifolia, 
+ Msg 
P AN and the Kuasia HrLLs, ascending to 4000 ft. TENAssERIM, the Deccan 
ut ULA, CEYLON and the NICOBAR ISLANDS. —DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, 
Talia, Africa, 
Root Bien i labrous or nearly so. 
Panic ao Stem 1-3 ft. Leaves 6-12 by j-j in., glabrou 
Sparingly branched; branches very closely scarred; bracts caducous. 
