382 OLX. COMMELINACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aneilema. 
seeds hemispheric rugose. Clarke Monogr. 217. | Dictyospermum mon- 
tanum, Wight Ic. t. 2069; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 23. Tradescantia 
montana, Heyne mss. T. paniculata, Roth Nov. Sp. 188; ? Kunth Enum. 
iv. 100. 
UPPER Assam; in the Naga hills, Clarke. MUNNIPORE, Watt. NILGHIRI and 
TRAVANCORE HILLS, Heyne, Wight, Ze, . D . 
Stem creeping and rooting below. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 in., ciliate, acuminate, 
sheaths pubescent. Flowers small, few at the ends of the long filiform branches 0 
the panicle; bracts small. Petals blue. Capsule i in. diam. Seeds floury. 
25. A. conspicuum, Kunth Enum. iv. 69; stem suberect, leaves 
lanceolate, panicle short subsessile, branches horizontal, or decurved, 
stamens 3 perfect, capsule globose glabrous, pedicels reflexed, cells 1- 
seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. Clarke Monogr. 218. Dictyospermum 
conspicuum, Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 22. Floscopa paniculata, Hassk. m 
Plant. Jungh. 151 (in part). Commelina conspicua, Blume Enum. i. 4. 
Assam; Patkoye Mts., Grifffh. PENANG, Curtis. Maracoa, Grifith— 
DistRis. Malay Islands. 
Stem 1-2 ft., creeping and rooting below. Leaves as in A. montanum, from 
which conspicuum differs in the pyramidal many-fld. panicle. 
26. A. ovatum, Wall. Cat. 5206; stem suberect, leaves petioled 
elliptic acuminate, panicle very short sessile or subsessile, branches long 
slender depressed or horizontal pubescent, stamens 2 perfect, capsu 
globose glabrous, pedicel suberect, cells 1-seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. 
Clarke Comm. & Gart. Beng. t. 25 ; Monogr. 218. Dictyospermum ovatum, 
Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 94. 
Preu and Tavoy, Wallich, Ze, The ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz.—DISTRIB. 
Siam, Malay Islands. hes; 
, Stem 6-10 in., branched. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., terminal on the pere 
petiole 3-1 in. Panicle with the rachis so short, that the branches appear axi y 
amongst the uppermost leaves. Capsule } in. diam. 
27. A. ovalifolium, Hook. f. in Clarke Monogr. 218; stem we 
leaves shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pubescent, pan r- 
short subsessile pyramidal, branches ascending pubescent, stamens i Pols 
fect, filaments glabrous, capsule globose glabrous, pedicel decurve! dë - 
l-seeded, seeds large reticulate. Dictyospermum ovalifolium, Wig 10 
t. 2070. D. Wightii, Hassk. Comm. Ind. 19 (excl. var.).—Aneilema Sp. ^" 
Herb. Ind. Or. if & T. 
NirauiRI HILLS; on the western slopes, Wight, &c. . 
Stem stout, rooting at the base only. Leaves 3-6 by 13-2 in.; 
pubescent. Panicle pubescent; branches slender.—Differs from A. consptcut 
stouter naked large leaves, and larger capsule 4 in. diam., and the 2 stamens 
figures 3). 
sheaths 
m inthe 
(Wight 
28. A. scaberrimum, Kunth Enum. iv. 69; tall, erect, slender 
leaves distant lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate hispid h 1 
panicle with long slender peduncle and branches, bracts funnel-s ep 
acuminate persistent, stamens 2-3 perfect, filaments naked, capsule g 5218; 
pubescent, cells 1-seeded, seeds rugose. A. protensum, Wall. Cat. e 
Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 24, Monogr, 219, t. 4, f. 4. A. erer oi 
Wall. Cat. 8223. Commelina scaberrima, Blume Enum. i. 4 Hat : 
spermum protensum, Wight Ic. t. 2071. Lamprodithyros protensus, 
