Cyanotis. } OLX. COMMELINACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 385 
8987; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 158. C. hispida, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 
1851, 139; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 253 (excl. Syn.). C. hirtella, Miquel. 
Plant. Ezsicc, Hohenack. No. 130; Hassk. l. c. 112. Tradescantia papil- 
lionacea, Linn. Mant. 513; Vahl Symb. i. 27 (excl. Syn.). T. cristata, 
Heyne mss. TT. rupestris, Law in Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 222.—? Commelina 
cristata, Blume Fl. Ind. t. 7, f. 4. 
The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards, in rocky places. 
Annual. Stem 4-6 in., branched from the base. Leaves 1-1} by 4-3 in., sessile, 
acute, acuminate, or obtuse and apiculate, base rounded; sheaths very short. 
Peduncles long, slender; bracts shortly exceeding the cymes. Sepals lanceolate. 
Petals blue, Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds yellow-brown. . 
Var. Burmanniana, Clarke 1. c.; leaves shorter broader. C. Burmanniana, 
Wight Ie. t. 2089. —Malabar. 
2. C. vaginata, Wight Te. t. 20883 ; softly hairy, erect or ascending, 
leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sheaths short inflated, bracteoles ovate 
falcate acute ciliate, capsule oblong, seeds rugose dark brown. Hassk . 
ommel. Ind. 98; Clarke Monogr. 247. 
MALABAR, Wight, 
nual ; stem 4-6 in., lower part with inflated leafless sheaths. Leaves falcate. 
eduncles slender ; bracteoles glabrous, striate and cross-striolate. Sepals lanceolate. 
Petals blue, Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds conic. 
D: . WT 
Capsule with no free central column after dehiscence. 
3. €. cristata, Schultes, f. Syst. vii. 1150; stem creeping below, 
branches erect or ascending glabrous or with spreading hairs, leaves 
ovate-oblong subacute, seeds striate and pitted. Wight Ic.t. 3082; Clarke 
Comme], & Cyrt. Beng. t. 36 ; Monogr. 247 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 256 ; 
oh Cat. 8986; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 190. C. racemosa, Clar. ke 
s, mel. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 38. C. Hugelii, Hassk. l. c. 128. C. cristata, Linn. 
vi Pl. 42. "l'radescantia cristata, Jacg. Hort. Vind. ii. 64, t. 137 ; Bot. Mag. 
g 85. T. imbricata, Row. Fl. Ind. ii, 120. T. umbellata, Heyne mas.— 
Yanotis sp, Wall. Cat. 8989.—Rheede Hort. Mal. vii. t. 58. 
ve 'ëlnt TROPICAL Insia in hilly districts. Burma, MaLAcca, CEYLON. 
TB. Malay Islands, Mauritius trop. Africa. . . 
tem 6-18 in., slender, branched. Leaves rather distant, 2-4 by 3-3 ID., sensile, 
on acute, glabrous or hirsute, ciliate or not. Bracts twice as long as the 
4 Bracteoles 1 in., ovate, falcate, acute, striate and striolate. Sepals ance” 
Giant, i ls blue. Filaments simple, bearded. Style thickened at the tip. 
apsule din, obtuse, o. 
di far. Griffithii, Clarke 1, c. 248; seeds smaller not pitted.—Mergui, Griffith (Kew 
"rib. 5505, 5517) 
Le. barbata, Don Prodr. 46; creeping and rooting, glabrous or 
termebby, leaves oblong or linear-lanceolate, cymes subsessile axillary and 
lated ^ ; bracteoles oblong falen te acute, filaments bearded, seeds reticu- 
Walt Clarke Commel. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 37 (excl. Syn. Roxb.) ; Monogr. 48 ; 
Journ Cat, 8993; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 143. C. nodiflora, Clarke in 
rn, Linn, Soc. xi. 453 (not of Kunth). C. nobilis, Hassk. l. c. 148 (euch. 
a right ; Clarke Commel. & Cyrt. Ind. 6, 39. C. glaberrima, - assk. 
et o. C. fasciculata, Wall. Cat. 8990. Tradescantia barbata, Spreng. 
Spl. O. 
Bieg, qu: Post. 138. T. radicans, Royle III. 403—Cyanotis sp. Wall. Cat. 
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