COMMELINEAE. 533 COMMELINA. 
4. Commelina benghalensis Lins. Caulis basi repens adscendens, 
ramis (saepe secus lineas alternas) vaginisque (pilis apice uncinato- 
reflexis rufulis) pilosis; folia petiolata ovato-elliptica acuta utrinque 
puberula, supra pilis longioribus inspersa ; spathae breviter peduncu- 
latae solitariae vel geminatae cueullato-turbinatae obverse deltoideae 
acutatae, pilis longis pubescentes et pilosae; pedunculi in spathà ge- 
mini, altero incluso bi- 8-floro, fl. hermaphroditis, altero exserto hirto 
unifloro, fl, masculo; perigonii phylla glanduloso-lineolata, petalum 
nanum lanceolatum naviculare, capsula 3-locularis, loeulo uno mi- 
nore, omnibus dispermis. Commelina benghalensis Linn. Spec. p. 
60. Murr. Comment. Goelting. 1179, p. 18, tab. 5. Vahl Enum. 
IL p. 174. Roth Nov. Spec. p. 21. Kunth l.c. p. 50. Hassk. 
Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. IX. p. 129. Pl. Jav. rar. p. 90 (ubi fusa 
descript.). Pl. Jungh. 1. p. 187. Rozb. Fl, Ind. 1. p. 171. — C. 
cucullata Linn. Mant. p. 176. — C. nervosa Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 18, 
lab. 7, fig. 3. — C. auriculata Bl. Enum. 1. p. 2. — C. Blumei 
Dietr, Spec. IL. p. 410, 1. Kunth le. p. 51. — B. canescens (C. 
canescens Vahl l.c. p. 173. Roth l.c. Kunth 1. c.), forma um- 
brosa, magis hirta, vaginis pallide viridibus, basi rubentibus, nervis 
4 suturatioribus, foliis ovatis acutis vel obtusis, rarius fere lancco- 
Jatis. — Over geheel Indië en de Sunda-eilanden verspreid. — 
Roempoet boewang mal. op Java. 
5. Commelina paludosa pr. Caulis erectus strictus robustus sim- 
plex, pede subaltior, glaber ; vaginae laxae oblique truncatae nervo- 
sae, ore et antice pilis longiusculis strictis acutis badüs articulatis 
_ dense obsitae, summae antice fissae ; folia (in caule circiter 7) sessi- 
kia, obliqua, infimum parvum ovatum acuminatum, reliqua oblongo- 
lanceolata increseentia, summa floralia deerescentia, 4— 6-pollicaria, 
glabra, saepe inaequilatera, marginibus serrulato-scabra ; spathae in 
axillis folioram supremorum congestae sessiles turbinato-cucullatae, 
antice clausae, acumine brevi laterali ; pedunculus in spathâ solita- 
rius, crassus, apice 4—5-florus; fl. omnes fertiles, pedicellati; pe- 
talum nanum sessile lineari-lanceolatum, lateralia longiter unguicu- 
lata, stamina 3 minima albida antheris eruciatis, 3 fertilia inaequalia, 
__antheris minutissime puberis. Commelina paludosa Bl. Enum. 1. 
P. 2. Kunth l.c. p. 51. Hassh. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. IX. p. 130. 
