Commelinec.] OLXXXII. COMMELINACEJE. 849 
omnibus 1-ovulatis seu subgenere Monoon, Clarke. Haee etiam differentia etsi (Zizterocarpo, Wight, 
excepto) constans, potius artifieialis quam naturalis est. 
Lzonza, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 60, planta chinensis botanieis recentoribus ignota, a Kunthio dubie 
ad Commelina refertur ; character auctoris minime convenit, et genus valde dubium remanet. 
5. Polyspatha, Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 543.—Sepala distincta, navicularia, extimo 
latiore. Petala distincta, sepalis majora, 2 longe tertium brevius unguiculata. Stamina 
cinia 3, MN filiformibus ; antherz oblong:e, subzequales v. uno majore, loculis 
i tenuissime filiformia, antheridiis minimis. Ovarium 
sessile, 2- jocos! Yos 1- MN Capsula ovoidea, obtusa, nitida, 2-locularis, locu- 
licide dehiscens, Semina loculos implentia, llppen, hilo lineari laterali, testa crassiuscula 
ab embryostega laterali depressa subradiati io-rugosa.— Herba debilis, elatiuscula, 
caulibus a basi reptante dentibus v. erectis simplicil Folia majuscula, in vaginam 
brevissime petiolata. Spaths pli quam in €. lina minores nec acuminate, 
secus peduneulos simplices v. paniculee ramos paucos plures, seepius numeros:e, dissitze,. 
sessiles, arcte reflexe. Flores intra spathas plures, pedicellati, fasciculati, cym:e rhachi 
vix evoluta ; bractez parve, latze. 
Species 1, Afriez tropiez incola. — C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 194, t. 3. 
6. Aneilema, KR. Br. Prod. 270. (Anilema, Kunth, Emum. Pl. iv. 64. Aphylax, 
Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 271, absque char.)—Sepala libera, membranacea, viridia v. 
subpetaloidea, exteriore ssepius latiore. Petala obovalia, squalia, brevissime v. 2 paullo 
longius unguiculata. Stamina perfecta 3 v. interdum 2, filamentis filiformibus glabris 
barbatisve; antherz ovate v. oblong:ze, una interdum paullo majore v. minore ; stami- 
nodia 2-4, antheridiis varie difformibus, rarissime perfectiora minima antheris parvis 
polliniferis. Ovarium sessile, -loculare v. interdum 2-loculare, loculis 2—2o- v. (in IDictyo- 
spermo) l-ovulatis. Capsula loculicide dehiscens. Semina in loculis solitaria v. 1- 
seriata, rarius 2-seriata, in quaque serie faciebus contiguis complanatis arcte. superposita, 
testa firma interdum ossea rugosa v. foveolata; embryo horizontalis, ab hilo remotus. — 
Herb» perennes, debiles v. rarius robustz, caulibus ascendentibus v. erectis simplicibus 
v. ramosis. Folia szpius sparsa, interdum omnia radicalia v. sub inflorescentia conferta. 
Pedunculi s:pius terminales v. in axillis superioribus, simplices v. ramosi; cym:e simplices, 
il les, secus ped lum v. ramos nunc breves confertz, nunc tenues longe pedicel- 
latz, panieulam laxam formantes, bracteis parvis rarius Bexponeus Yaginantbusqqes ;in 
paucis speciebus fune. singule pauciflorze intra bracteas iiam fere 
Comamelina pre! 
Species fere 60, regionum calidiorum utriusque orbis incole, plereque tamen gerontogew, in Asia 
usque ad Chinam et Japoniam extense, in Australia tropica et, subtropica plures, in Africa numerosa, 
in America tropica pauez. — C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 198. 
Genus a Hasskarlio in genera plura, a Clarkeo in sectiones ó sequentes ad capsulam divisum, quee 
bene Tumiié p videntur, etsi non semper naturales :— 
1 il Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis, seminibus in quoque loculo 1-seriatim superpositis. 
—C. B. Clarke, Commel. et Cyrt. jj t. 14 ad 22 et t. 31 (Acla) Wight, Ic. i. 2072 ad 2077. 
Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 204,  Heichb. Jconogr. Exot, t. 186 (Comwnelina). PmiowosrAcHYs, Hassk. in 
Flora, 1866, 212. 
MvnpaxNA, Aoyle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 408, t. 96, f. 3, est A4. scapiflorum, Wight, fo foliis ómnibus 
radicalibus, scapo florido aphyllo basi paucivaginato cujus tamen ch omnino Zi 
et in specie affini 4. Lourceiri, Hance, caulis florens 1-2-foliatus, et bractem cymas ineludentes 
. herbacese sunt, complicatze, fere spathacec. 
In A. paueifioro, Wight, ,affinibusque nonnullis, cyme in ramo perpaucz, folis floralibus com- 
plicatis inclu&e i Commeline si sed ovarii loculi oo-ovulati 4neilematis. 
A. Thomsoni, Clarke, insignis est capsula acuminata 9 lin. longa. 
2. Dichespermum. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis, seminibus in quoque loeulo 2-seriatim super- 
positis, C. B. Clarke, Commel. et Cyrt. Beng. (. 27, 28. DicuxspsnwvM, Wight, Ic. vi. 31, t. 2078. 
Sectio formas 2 inflorescentia valde diversas includit. In 4. Hamiltoniano, Wall. (D. Blumei, 
Hassk.), et in 4. ochraceo, Dalz. (D. repente, Wight), eymse paucm bracteis complicatis spathaceis 
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