FEAGMENTA PHYTO GRAPni.E 



AUSTRALI^E. 



LXIL 



COMMELYNEvE. 



Commclyna agrostoj)hyUa. 



F. M. in J. Hook. Introd. to FL Tasm. pag. xlvii. 



Repens, foliis elongato-Uiiearihvs, hracteis inrolucrantilms 

 aiigustis fere lanceolatis sensim acuminatis conduplicatis margiiie 

 liberis, sepalis iuterioribus lequalibus, antheris sterilibus tribus 

 yitellinis v. aurantiacisj antherarum fertilium maxima basi in 

 lobos duos divaricatos^ TofuAdatos producta^ seminibus in capsulce 

 loculis geminis rotundis laivibus. 



Circum lacunas et secus fluviorum ripas Carpentaria) et Arn- 

 hemia3 ; e, g. Stun's Creek, Victoria's River, Tvoppr's River, 

 Albert^s River, Flinders River, nec non ad flumen Mackenzie's 

 River ; F. M. 



- Huic comparanda C. salicifolia, Roxb, Flor. Ind. i. 172 var. 

 angustata, Tbwait. Enum. Pl. Ceylon. 321, cui sepalorum intimo- 

 rum impar fere rotundum, nec ut idem C communis ovato-Ianceo- 

 latum. Plantam etiam ulterius genuino^ C. attcnuattc (Koenig in 

 Vabl. Enum. ii. 168) pro comparatione et forsan unione conferes, 

 Semina C. salicifolise fevia. Ultiroam ill. J, Hooker enumeravit 

 iuter plantas Indo-Australianas (in pnefatione ad Flor. Tasmanic. 

 paer. xlvii.) ubi etiam C. communis et C. agrostopliylla dautur. 



Commeljna communis (L. Sp. PI. pag. 60 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Batav, 

 iii. 531 ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Liim. vSoc. xi. 442 ; C. pacifica, 

 Vahl Enum. ii. 168; Seemann Flor. Vit. 314; C. agraria, Kunth 

 Enum. iv. 38 ; Seubert in Mart. Flor. Brasil. Fasc. xv. 262, tab. 

 xxxvi. fig. 3 ; C. caispitosa, Roxb. Flor. Ind. i. 174; C. cjanea, 

 E, Br. Pr. 269 ; C. lanceolata, R. Br. 1. c.) mihi anteponit e locis 

 sequentibus : Brownlow Hills, Rev. Dr. Woolls ; Manly Beecb, B. 

 Gulliver ; Lord Howe's Iclaud, Fullagar et Lind; IIastiug's et 

 Ciarence*s River, Dr. Herm. Beckler ; Tenterfield, C. St. ; Bris- 

 bane's River, F. M., Warwick, Beckler ; Rockhfimptou, P. A. 

 0'Shanesy ; Burnetfa Rivcr, C. Haly ; Bokkara-Creek, Dr. Leich- 



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