176 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. toj,. 



3. C. moluccana. B- 



Annual, creeping. Leaves Sessile, oblonij, about five-nerved. J 

 crs terminal, solitary, sub-sessile. Petals eqna'. 



A native of the Moluccas. Compare \\illi VaUl's. C. aiienua, 



4. C . salicifolia. R. 



Polygamous, creeping. Leaves narrow-lanceolate. Pet'ih ' 

 equal. 5pci^es from four to six.fiowered. Anthers diss'iimliM 

 sules pointed, three-celled, six-seeded. 



Sans. ■5T;^r^'^> Lang7«lee. 



]Ben<^. Panee-kanshira. 



Found with the former in wet places near Calcutta, ' j 



native of the Coromandel Coast; flowering time the wer sen . 



Stems creeping to a great extent, ramous, round, smooth, joinied, 

 very succulent — Leaves alternate, sess "eon their cyli- diic sheaths, 

 narrow-lanceolar, a litile hispid on the upptr sitio aid margins, 

 when the finser is drawn backward ; from four to six incites long, and 

 not quite one inch broad. — SAea/As cvlindric, striated; mouth c:- 

 liate. — Spathes leaf-opposed, long.ped..nc1ed, semi cur.Iate, 1-np:' 

 pointed. — Fiozcers hermaphrodite, and mah ; large^ ofa beautiful deep 

 azure colour, disposed as in the forme: s^^ecies, only there are few- 

 er to the common shorter peduncle, and :^..c\\ two on ihe longer one. 

 ' —Calt/T as in the former.— Pe^a/s three, equal, except ihat the low- 

 er one having a shorter claw is nearly sessile.— N^c.'a//e5, stomins, 

 and77jVK'«/.'7?, as in the for;ner.~CV/p.stt/es oblong, pointed, tliree-cel- 

 led three-valved; wiia t\A0 seeds in each. Cattle are fond of this 

 species. 



5. C. nana. R. 



Creeping. Leaves cordat6 -lanceolate, stem-clasping. Flowers 

 terminal, sub-panicled. Petala equal. Capsule^ Lhree-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



A native of wet places ovev India; it appears during the rainy and 

 cold season. 



