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ardt ; Cape's River, Bowmnu ; Suttor's Eiver, Sutlierlan<5 ; Spring- 

 snre, Dr. Wutli ; Burdekin's Kiver, F. M. ; Gilberfs River, 

 Daintree ; Fitzroj's Island, Walter ; Rockingliara's Bay, Dallachy ; 

 Sweer's Island, Henne. Plantu variut foliis glabris ct utrinque 

 pilosulis, elongatis angustioribus et abbreviatis latioribus, nounun- 

 quam linearibus. Vagina3 non semper pcdunculo breviores- Pe- 

 duncuU pedicellique glabri v. breviter pilosuli. Bractea invo- 

 lucrans sive spatha marginibus ad basim libcra, interdum ciliata 

 et pilosula. Sepala 3 petaloidea, lateralia infero paulo majora. 

 Antherae steriles dua3 profunde lobatge, Antherse fertiles tres, duie 

 oblouga3 rectae, tertia leniter v. modice ciirvata. Capsula? loculi ,^^ 



duo V. unus dlspermi. Semine fere ovata v. hemiellipsoidea v. 

 semiovata, circiter Hneam longa, obscure fusca, opaca, foveolis 

 reticulata. Phiuta Australiana cum speciminibus C. communis ex 

 Amerlca boreali et insulls oceaui pacifici me comparatis ])rorsus 

 convcnK. C, communis, Roxb. Flor. Ind. \, 171 ad C. obliquam, 

 Ilamilt. in D, Don. Prodr. Fl. Ncpal. 45, pertinet, scc. cl. C. B. 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 444. 



Commelyna ensifolia (R, Br. 269 ; C. undulata, R, Br. 1. c. 270) 

 e multis locis Australire orientalis centralis et poptcmtrionalis 

 mihi nota est ; e. g. a Darling"s River, Neilson ; Barcoo-Downs, 

 Schneider; inter Warrego et Maranoa, W. Barton ; inter MacDon- 

 neirs Range et Mount Freeling, J. Macd. Stuart ; Springsurc, 

 Dr. VVutli ; Suttor*s River, F. Dorsay ; Curriwillighi, J. C. Dalton ; 

 Rockhampton, Thozet ; Ballandool-River, II. W. Locker ; Peak- 

 DoAvns, G. Burkitt ; Fitzroy's Island, C. Walter ; Cleveland-Bay, 

 B. Culliver ; Gilbert's River, Daintree ; Charlesville, E. Giles ; 

 Herbert's Creek^ E. Bowraan ; Rockingham's Bay, Dallachy ; 

 Flinder's River, Sutherland ; Cape York, E. Do^mel ; O'Shunassy'3 

 River^ Landsborough ; Sir Ch. Hardy's et Sweer's Islands, Henne ; 

 Victoria's River, F. M. ; Port Darvvin, Schultz ; Camden's Harbory 

 Martin ; King's Sound, All. Hughan. Caulis ad nodos inferiores 

 radicans. Folia interdum latiuscule lanceolata, interdunn fere 

 linearia, satis flaccida, saltem non ensato-rigida, raro insignlter 

 undulata, quare amba nonuna specifica Brownii parum idonea <f 



haud felicitor selecta. Bractea involucraus spathacea turbinato- 

 cucullata, alte clausa, non raro pubcrula, passlm sparse pilosa. Se- ^ 



palorum externorum tertium conspicue mlnus ; sepala intcrna pe- 

 taloidea cyanea, tingentia, Antherarum fertilium tertia major, 

 arcuato-unciuata, fere hippocrepica ; duai cjEterae fere oblong£e, 

 loculis inferne solutis sed non divergentibusj flava» v. raro co^rules- 

 centes. Antheras sterlles tres, sulphnrea^, plurllobae. Capsulas 

 2- V. 3-loculatse ; loculi mouospermu Semlna circiter 1^'" longft, 

 ferc ovata, v. globoso- v. renato-ovata, fusca, puberula, haud sculpta, 

 altero latere turgentia, altero latcre planiuscula. Planta apud 

 iadigenos Australis^e orientali-ccntralis Binga-Biuga vucatur ot a 

 colonis passira in modum Spiiiacioe nsitatui\ 



