fJommelina. teiandria monogynia. 177 



. Uoot annual. — Stems or branches creeping, envelopedia the sheaths 

 t)f the leaves ; from three to six inches long. — Leaves stem-clasping, 

 sheathing linear-cordate, somevvhat ciliate, and waved; sheaths a. 

 little do\vr,y. —Fiozcers terminal, sub-panicled, smail, bright blue.— 

 Cal^x equ^^, permanent.— CoroZ of three, roundisi!, equal petals. 

 Necfarial filaments as in the other Indian species, but naked. — Fila- 

 ments three, from the middle downwards clothed with hairs, converg- 

 ing over the spgma. Anthers hh\e.—Sti/h shorter than the stamens,, 

 straight and tapeiiiig. — Capsules three-celled, with from three to six 

 seeds in each. 



Obs. ^Vere the style longer, or even spirally bent, I should have con- 

 cluded this plant to be Commelina spirata. Mant. 2. p. J 76. Barman's 

 figure of his C. diffusa. Flor. Lid, tab, 7. J- 2. is so bad that no 

 conaparison can be made ; they may be the same. 



6. C. nudifora. I^irm. Sp. PI ed. Willd. 1. 252. 



Frequently creeping. Leaves linear, sessile, sheathing. Flowers 

 terminal, racemed, diandrous. Petals equal. Capsules three-celled; 

 cells two- seeded. 



Peng- Kand/dz. 



Tali-pulli. Rheed. mal 9- t. 63. 



Tradescantia inalabarica. Sp. PI. 412. 



A native cf most of the warmer humid parts oi India. Flowering* 

 time the raijiy season. 



Stems none, but it has many short, creeping, smooth, jointed braU' 

 ches, with their floMer-bearin^ extremities sub-erect — Leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, linear, sheathing, smooth, excepting a few fine hairs about 

 the mouths of the sheaths. — Racemes terminal, long-peduncled, co- 

 rymbed, bearing on their upper side many small blue flowers in succes- 

 sion. — Bracfes solitary, one-floweied, concave, caducous. — Calyx 

 three-leaved, equal. — Ccro/ of three, obovate, equal, blue petals. AVc- 

 taricl filaments wi)h a very few, moniiiform, blue hairs ; corpuscles 

 two, ciavate. — Filaments tluee, two of them ascending, larger, and 

 thicker^ well clothed with beautiful jointed blue hairs. Anthers hhie^ 



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