C 1431 ] 



COMMELINA AFRICANA. YELLOW Cap£- 

 COMMELINA. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char after. 



Cat. tripartitus, perfiftens* Cor. (calyce grandior G ?) 3-partita, 

 decidua laciniis unguiculatis, tenia quandoque diifimili v. 

 aborriente. Stam. 6, (v. 5.) Aniherarum 3, (nunc 2 — 4) dif- 

 fimiles : vix polliniferae. Germ. 3-loc, loculis oligofpermis. 

 Stig. 1. 7«i;o/«<:r«;/;monophyllum conduplicatum v. cucullatum, 

 perfiftens, capfulas includens. Cap/. 2 — 3-loc, 2 — 3-valv,, 

 valvis medio feptigeris. Sew. faepius bina, angulo interno loculi 

 in'erta. Embryo trochlearis, in cavitate albuminis denfe carnofi. 

 umbilico oppofua imnnerfus. Drown Prod. Flor. Nov. Holland. 1. 

 268, 269. 



Obs. Herbs fape diffufe. Folia vagina Integra. Pedunculus apice 

 fajcicidat'im multifiirus, fi^nbus hcrmaphroditis : altera exteriore mafcult 

 Jtepiusjiipatus. Brown, loc. cit. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



COMMELINA africana / (herba perennis, diffufe ramofa t 

 procumbens, genictdis radicans ;) caudice tereti gracill 

 ftolonizanter ramofo, articulato, internodiis petiolo mem- 

 branaceo fiftulofe convoluto in fiffura ciiiato vaginatis ; 

 foliorum laminis alternis diltantibus ovato-ianceolatis craf- 

 fiufculis glabris (nunc pilis in difco utrinque pancijpmis 

 vagis) bafi ciliatis, fubtus ftriatulis ; cauliculis alternis e 

 vaginae petiolaris latere laminae fohi cppofito, introrfum 

 villofis, internodio ifometris; involucre- cordato-acuminato 

 conduplicato-explicante, racemurn pauc'u. rum btcviorem 

 reclmatum in canale fovente ; pedicel!'* iccundis ereclis 

 uniarticulatis ad geniculum bra&eola ftiparis (articulo 

 fupernn fruFIifero relrovcrfo) inferiori longiori ; calyce 

 fubherbaceo fegmentis 2 orbiculatis, tertio ovato dnplo 

 anguftiori ; corolla maxime inacquali (qu<e cauli proximior 

 Tifuvinata f) laciniis duobus triplo grandioribus angulle 

 uiuJi'.iculatis lamina fubreniformi-rotunlata lobo alterD 

 fubirujorc, tertia fpathulato-obovafa Lamina concava ; 

 ftamiuibiis 3 integrioribus reclinato-afTurgentibus totidem 

 biLvioribus graci'ioribus difformiter anthenferis oppobtis, 

 omnibus corolla brevioribus ; ftylo fuperne retorto ; Itig- 



mate 



