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Commelyna.] CXXXI. COMMELYNACEX. 85. 
in all the species of Commelyna as derived from the markings of the seed must be 
taken with great caution, as they can be observed in very few specimens only, an 
may hót bé so constant as they Dave b been supposed to be. 
3. ANEILEMA, R. Br. 
(Aphylax, Salisb., name only.) 
Perianth-segments all free, 3 outer ones membranous, concave, 
dightly imbricate, 3 inner petal-like, obovate, nearly equal. Perfect 
stamens 3 or sometimes on _2, on one side o the fe ar anthers 
nearly globular, seia in 3 or Mee 2 valves. i s lor more in 
each cell, superposed in a single row, Ree eubieal, usuall ose.— 
Weak herbs, with ascen ding or erect stems. Flowers small, in a loose, 
erminal panicle, singly pedicellate along ae branches within a small 
concave bract, or 2 together within the terminal bract. 
The genus is widely spread over the tropical regions of both EE a pi but 
more abundant in the Old World than in the New. Of the ralian species 
one is widely vena am. cr Asia and eastern Africa, the e as far as 
hithert 0 kno own 2 endem: 
Filaments all g cree _ Ovary with only 2 perfect cells. 
Stems we Aa ascen 
Leaves ovate- laneis M ` Ovules 3 or 4 in each cell. 
nar fap je thyrsoid, usually pedunculate. Cap- 
1. A. acuminatum. 
iene. ve sessile, of 2 ‘short 39. flowered branches: : 
[SUE k anki s iuh cell . 2. A. biflorum. 
ves Darenas Ovules 2 in each cell. ` Capsule si. ^ 
broad aslong. . 3. A. selerocarpum. 
Ves linear or narrow-lanceolate. Ovules 1 in each cell. a 
Fila Panicle long and andslender. Flowers small 4. A, siliculosum. 
ments all or some of them bearded. Ovary 3-celled. 
Fi Stems erect. Radical leaves linear, tufted. 
laments all bearded. Panicle irregular, the mi 
t along the branches 5. A. gramineum., 
Filaments of the perfect stamens bearded, of the stami 
nodia glabrous, Pedicels close together — the : 
branches, leaving a thickened denticulate rhachis 6. A. giganteum, 
cuminatum, R. Br. Prod. 270.—Stems from a creeping 
li ascendiug to 1 ft. or rather more, “including the putisle) en whole 
Plant glabrous except minute raised dots, giving a roughness to the 
Sina with smaller leaves close under it ; branches simple, filiform, 
batches ven 3 pairs along the rhachis, the braets under the 
very bs an lanceolate. Pedicels filiform, 2 to 4 lines long, 
