Commelina. triandria monogynia. 173 



pointed, three-celled, tliree-valved, with two seeds in each. 

 Cattle are fond of this species. 



5. C. nana. R. 



Creeping. Leaves cordate-lanceolate, stem-clasping. Flow- 

 ers terminal, sub-panicled. Petals equal. Capsules three- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



A native of wet places over India; it appears during the 

 rainy and cold season. 



Root annual. Stems or branches creeping, enveloped 

 in the sheaths of the leaves ; from three to six inches long. 

 Leaves stem- clasping, sheathing, linear- cordate, somewhat ci- 

 liate, and waved ; sheaths a little downy. Flowers terminal, 

 sub-panicled, small, bright blue. Calyx equal, permanent. 

 Corol of three, roundish, equal petals. Nectarial filaments 

 as in the other Indian species, but naked. Filaments three, 

 from the middle downwards clothed with hairs, converging 

 over the stigma. Anthers blue. Style shorter than the sta- 

 mens, straight and tapering. Capsules three-celled, with 

 from three to six seeds in each. 



Obs. Were the style longer, or even spirally bent, I should 

 have concluded this plant to be Commelina spirata. Mant. 

 2. p. 176. Burman's figure of his C. diffusa. Flor. Ind. tab. 

 l.f. 2. is so bad that no comparison can be made ; they may 

 be the same. 



6. C. nndiflora. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 252. 



Frequently creeping. Leaves linear, sessile, sheathing. 

 Flowers terminal, racemed, diandrous. Petals equal. Cap- 

 sules three-celled ; cells two-seeded. 



Beng. Kand?di. 



Tali-pullw. Rheed. Mai. 9. p. 123. t. 63. 



Tradescantia malabarica. sp. pi. 412. 



A native of most of the warmer humid parts of India. Flow- 

 ering time the rainy season. 



Stems none, but it has many short, creeping, smooth, joint- 



