322 ♦ ENUMEKATION OF [^CommelynacecB . 



Hab. Very common in tlie warmer parts of the island. Nom. Tulg. 

 " Deya-mainaireya." 



Used as a medicine by the Cinghalcse. 



3. C. obliqna, Don, (Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 45 ; an VaU, Eniim. ii. p. 173 ?) 

 — C. Donii, Dietr. ; Kth. L c. p. 58. C. pahidosa, Blume, Enum- i. 

 p. 2 ; Kih. 1. c. p. 51 ; Miquel, Fl. lud. Bat. iii, p. 533.— c.p. 2326. 



Hab. North of Kandy, not Tery uncommon. 



4. C. lon^folia, Lam. (Vahl, Eniira. ii. p. 165?)— c.p. 3224. 

 Hab. Hot drier parts of the island. 



Subglabra vel plus miiuis pilosa. Folia anguste lanceolata, valde acuminata, paree 

 obliqna, 2-6 poll, loxiga, i-1 poll, lata, vagina ad oram pilis rigidulis albis ciliata. 

 Spatha l-S-nse, paruin falcataj acurainattequej externe pilosa), singulse pedunculum 

 solitanimi 3-flornin inclntlcntes. 



Nearly allied to tte preceding 'species, from which it differs in its smaller size, 

 and in its nan-ower, more acuminated, and less oblic|ue leaves. It might perhaps be 

 safe to consider it a variety only. 



2, ANEILEMA, E. Br. 



(Nora. vulg. " Tanna-pata.") 



1. A. ensifolium, Wight, Ic. t. 2074.—^. seatmda, Wight, Ic. t. 

 2075-1.— c.p. 2324. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the south of the island. 



2. A. scapiflorum, Wight, Ic. t. 2073. 



Var. (3 ; minus ; foliis multo minoribus ; hracteis parum brevioribus 

 ktioribusque. — c.v, 3314. 



Hab. Ceylon; Mrs. Walker, in Serh. HooJc. Var. i3j Oova Dis- 

 trict, at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Var. ^ may possibly prove to be a distinct species, but, without better materials 

 than I at preseat possess, it is not in my power to determine satisfactorily. It appears 

 to agree in many essential particulars with specimens of A. scapiflorum, from Khasia, 

 collected by Drs. Hooker and Thomson. ' , . 



3. A, protensum. Wall. Cat. No. 5218. — Dictyospermum protensum, 

 Wight, Ic. t. 2071.— c.p. 302G. 



Hab. Kokool-Corle. 



4. A. moutanum, Wight, in Wall, Cat, — Dictuosfermmn montanum, 



Wight, Ic. t. 2069.— c.p. 2325.' 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



5. A. vaginatum, E. Br. (Kth. Enum. p. Q7, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. 



t. 2076-1.)— c.p. 2328. 



Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



6. A. nanum, Kth.Enum.lv. p. 65, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 2077-2. 

 Commelyna nana, Eoxb. El. Ind. i. p. 173.— c.p. 2329. 

 Hab. very abundant in damp pastures. 



Ind. Bat. iii. p. 537.)— c.p. 3027, 3313. 



. Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



8. A. dimornliaxn . Tlalz in TTnnV .TrtnT«T^ r\^ Prkf 



Miquel 



