3o8 ' CommelmaceCB. \Aneilema. 



naked or bearded; ov. 3-celled, cells 3-many-ovuled; capsule 

 ■Y^\ in. long, oblong, subtrigonous, cells 3-7-seeded ; seeds 

 uniseriate, minute, angular or cubical, white or straw-col'd. 



Low country in damp sandy pastures ; very common. Fl. all the 

 year ; pale pinkish-violet. 



Throughout India, Malaya, China. 



6. A. nudiflorum, B7: Prod. FL Nov. Holl. 271 (18 10). 

 Thw. Enum. 322. Clarke, Mon. 210. C. P. 3313. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 378. Clarke, Comm. Beng. t. 21. (?) Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 t. 8, f. I. 



Stem subsimple or branched from the base, branches 

 6-12 in., decumbent below and rooting at the nodes, leafy, 

 root fibrous ; 1. 2-6 by ^-f in., linear-oblong or lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, flat, glabrous, hairy or subvillous, rather 

 thin, veins slender, base rounded, cordate or narrowed into 

 the hairy sheath, margins and mouth of sheath stoutly ciliate; 

 panicles axillary and terminal, very small, few-fld.; fl. small, 

 secund, shortly pedicelled, bracteoles \ in., cymbiform, 

 caducous ; pet. suborbicular ; stam. 2 perfect, fil. bearded ; 

 ov. 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled, style naked ; capsule ^ in. long, 

 trigonously subglobose, mucronate, membranous, cells 2- 

 seeded ; seeds gV i". diam., subcubical, brown, tuberculate 

 or rugose. 



Var. /3, terminale, Clarke^ I. c. Wight, Ic. t. 2076 {A. iermittale). 

 C. P. 3027. 



Stem stouter, 1. broader, branches of panicle long, cymes 

 1-2 in. long, closely scarred after flg., fl. secund, capsules 

 larger, seeds less rugose. 



Damp sandy ground in moist region to 3000 ft.; common. Var. /3, 

 Kukul Korale. Fl. all the year. 



Also in India, China, Malaya. 



This is Coinincli?ia fiiidi/lora, L. Mant., but not of his Sp. PI. Var. /3, 

 iertninale, has a very different infl. from the type. 



7. A. grigranteum, Br. Prod. FL Nov. HoIL 271 (1810). 



A. ensifoliuin^ Wight, Thw. Enum. 322. Clarke, Mon. 212. C. P. 

 2324. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 379. Wight, Ic. t. 2074 {A. ensifolium). 



Stem 1-3 ft., erect, leafy, intcrnodcs long ; roots of stout 

 cylindric fleshy fibres, 4-6 in. long ; 1. 6-i8 by \-\ in., elongate- 

 linear, finely acuminate, flat, coriaceous, striate, narrowed into 

 the long or short coriaceous sheath, glabrous, or nearly so ; 

 ped. elongate, naked, or with tubular acuminate sheaths ; 

 panicle short, sparingly branched, with ovate-cordate bracts at 

 the axils of the branches ; branches 1-2 in., almost pectinately 

 scarred, many-fld., bracts ovate, acuminate, bracteoles } in., 

 orbicular, concave, caducous ; fl. A in. diam., pedicels very 



