302 CominelinaceCB. \Commelina. 



C. salicifolia, Thw. Enum. 321 (in part), non Roxb. Clarke, Mon. 171. 

 C, P. 2979. 



Fl, B. Ind. vi. 371. Clarke, Comm. Beng. t. 5. 



Stem 1-3 ft., sparingly branched; branches diffuse, as 

 thick as a crow-quill ; 1. sessile, ^-3 by ^-| in., oval, narrowly 

 lanceolate or ovate, acuminate, glabrous, puberulous, or 

 pubescent on one or both surfaces, sheath h-i in., narrowed 

 into the blade, glabrous, pubescent, or hirsute at the mouth ; 

 spathes long-peduncled, orbicular-ovate or ovate-lanceolate,, 

 acuminate, glabrous, or pubescent, base rounded or cordate ; 

 ov. 2-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; capsule \ in. long, compressed, 

 oblong, constricted in the middle, tip bicuspidate, 4-seeded, 

 or obovate and 2-seeded, the lower ovules being arrested ; 

 seeds reticulate, black or nearly so. 



Low country; a common weed. Fl. Oct.-Dec; blue. 

 Also in India and Java. 



Very near C. niidiflora^ L., differing in the absence or emptiness of 

 the dorsal cell of the capsule. 



4. C. perslcarlsefolia, Wight in Wall. Cat. n. 8984 (1828). 

 Clarke, Mon. 171. {)) C. paludosa, Moon, Cat. 5. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 372. (?) Burm. Thes. 69. t. 20, f. 2. 



Stem diffusely branched, 2-3 ft., as thick as a goose-quill, 

 pubescent; 1. 3-5 by 1-2 in,, long-petioled, ovate, ovate- 

 lanceolate or -cordate, acuminate, glabrous or puberulous, 

 many-veined, base rounded or narrowed into a petiole \-h in. 

 long, sheath i-ii in., pubescent with spreading hairs; spathes 

 i-ii by I in., very shortly peduncled, broadly ovate, acu- 

 minate, base subtruncate, or cordate with rounded lobes; 

 fl. nearly an inch across, 2 larger pets, almost reniform, third 

 one-half the size of the other two; ov. 2-celled, cells 2-ovuled; 

 capsule oblong, obtuse, 2-celled, cells 2-seeded ; seeds oblong, 

 terete, smooth or obscurely rugose. 



Ceylon (Regnaud), ex Clarke, 1. c. 



Also in Southern India and Burma. 



There is no specimen from Ceylon of this species in Herb. Peraden. 

 or Kew. The description of the leaves and fl. is taken from an excellent 

 drawing supposed to be of this species in Herb. Peraden.; those of the 

 ov., capsule, and seeds, from Indian specimens described by Clarke. — 

 J. D. H. 



5. C Thwalteail, //00k. f. 



C. sulicijolia, var. a?igustataj Thw. Enum. 321. C. P. 3215. 



Stem stout or slender, sparingly branched, glabrous ; 1. 

 sessile, 4-6 by \-\ in., narrowly linear, acute or acuminate, 

 quite glabrous, 5-veined, sheath \-i\ in., mouth ciliate; spathe 

 long-pedunclcd, i-2| in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate, base cordate, lobes rounded, quite gla- 



