84 CXXXI. COMMLEYNACEE. [ Commelyna, 
he Maranoa, M and Peak Downs, F, Mueller, over. 
ork, 1 
Queensland. Fro 
the P whole i part tof the colony to Cap e 
N. S. wW Between the Darling oa Cooper 8 Creek, Neilson, 
‘Some of the Queensland specimens have broader leaves and 2 spathas at the ends 
of the stems, but opposed to distinct leaves, and not clustered as the ey usually in 
C. obliqua, s, which is the only Indian species which this one otherwise resembles. 
. C. cyanea, R. Br. Prod. 269. Glabrous. Stems weak 
creeping and rooting at the base, assending to 1 or 2 ft. Leaves Me 
lanceolate RN narrow- lanceolate, acuminate, age là to 3 in. long, 
the 
solieulakipns of C. communis, but 
dui 
tered pits.—C. communis, F. Mu ell. Fragm. viii. “t but not exactly 
the common Asiatic and African C. communis, Linn. 
Australia. Victoria River, F. Mueller , 
Queensland. Bri isbane River, Moreton B. y, F. Mueller ; Warwick, Bechler; 
Springsure, Wuth ; Rockhampton, Dallachy, O DE en ^el. others ; Rocking. 
Bay, Dallachy, Capo SAN Veitch. 
N. S. Wal 
er's River, R. Brown, Oldfield ; Clarence, Hastings, and 
Macleay lex poo 
8. C. lanceolata, R. Br. Prod. 269.— Resembles the slender nar- 
Bc forms of C. cyanea, but the leaves a ppear to be always 
rrow-linear or verme enitens and the upper ones at least gradually 
enlarged at the base into a v ry short sheath without any contraction 
above it. Spathas narrow id^, usually produced into a long point 
ittate, with shorter diverging auricles. les ri 
pile in each of 2 cells, the 3rd ce 
nd empty. 
mo or coarsely „wrinkled, without the raised reticulations of = 
N. Australia. Star's s Creek, Albert and Roper Rivers, F. Mueller. 
ustard Bay, Banks and Sindt. Port Curtis and Fitzroy mo 
M ;illivray. reri eee Que nocnalazrd specimens are rather more 
the north-w 
rugose than 
western ones, though otherwise very mh dike,” The character, however: 
