Aneilema.] OLX. COMMELINACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 381 
21. A. Koenigii, Wall. Cat. 5914; stem short much branched 
glabrous, leaves ovate- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or acute, branches of 
panicle slender, filaments all bearded, capsule linear-oblong, seeds very 
numerous biseriate minutely tessellate. Clarke Monogr. 215. A. nudi- 
florum, Miq. Pl. Ewsicc. Hohenack. 144, c. Dichespermum lanceolatum, 
Wight Ic. t. 2078. D. Keenigii, Hassk. mss. 
The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan and Canara southwards. 
Root fibrous, Stem 6-10 in., and branches slender, Leaves 1-2 in., sessile, 
rounded or cordate. Panicle large for the size of the plant, much dichoto- 
mously branched; branches flexuous, slender; bracts ovate, acute, persistent. 
Flowers small, blue. Capsule 1 in., pale yellow. Seeds 15-16 in each cell, small, 
yellow, neither rugulose nor reticulate. 
22. A. paniculatum, Wall. (at. 5216; stem short slender branched, 
leaves grass-like filiform or narrowly linear or subulate semiterete glabrous, 
ranches of few-fld. panicle slender spreading, filaments all naked, capsule 
shortly oblong or subglobose, seeds nearly smooth biseriate. Clarke 
Monogr. 215, “A, semiteres, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 138; Dalz. & 
Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 954. Dichæspermum juncoides, Wight Ic. t. 2078. D. 
Hf en Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 41. `D. paniculatum, Herb. Ind. Or. 
The Deccan PENINSULA; from the Concan southwards in hilly places. 
Roots fibrous. Stems densely tufted, tuberous and sheathed at the base. Leaves 
by Ai in, acuminate, erect and recurved, fleshy according to Dalzell. 
Branches capillary. — Bracts ochreate, truncate, persistent. Petals small, blue. 
Filaments according to Dalzell all connate at the base. Capsule } in. long. Seeds 
about 6-8 in each cell, pale yellow.—Habit of a Juncus. 
Sect. TIT, Dictyosrermum. Cells of ovary 1-ovuled, of capsule 1-seeded 
or empty, 
* Capsule glabrous, 
23. A. vaginatum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in note); stem long slender, 
leaves long linear flat, pedicels 1-3 in the axils of distant lanceolate erect 
Tacts pubescent, filaments naked or bearded, capsule subglobose glabrous, 
cells l-seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. Wight Ic. t. 2076; Wall. Cat. 
212; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 23, Monogr. 210; Hassk. Commelin. 
AL 84, A. filiforme, Ham. & nudifloram, Wall. Cat. 5209, aud 5224 A. 
py florum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. 
1,53. Commelina vaginata, Linn. Mant. 177. "l'radescantia gangetica, 
. Mss, 
Throughout TROPICAL INDIA; Bengal, Assam and the Deccan Peninsula. 
CEYLON: in A m 
> M rice fields and wet places.— DISTRIB. China. — 
0ts fibrous, Stems 6-18 in., decumbent and rcoting at the lower nodes, 
branches 2 
Suberect. Leaves 3-6 by j-j iu., acuminate, sheaths short open, upper 
in ed to bracts equalling the }-2 LJ, Flowers 1-3, pedicels twice jointed 
C. e middle, Sepals pubescent, > Petals blue. Stamens 2-fertile, staminodes 3—4. 
" in. di i k.— Wight figures and describes all the 
filaments as nakoa m cuspidate. Seeds black. ight fig 
k 24. A. montanum, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5903; stem erect, leaves 
bree petioled elliptic-lancevlate glabrous or scaberulous, panicle terminal, 
The long lax few-fid. pubescent, stamens 3 perfect, filaments naked, 
Staminodes 0, capsule globose, glabrous pedicels suberect, cells 1-seeded, 
