784 CXXXT. COMMELINACE.E. 



9. Commelina attenuata, Koen. ex Vald, Enum. v. 2 (1806) 

 p. 168. Stem 1-3 ft. long, sleuder, mucb-brauched, glabrous or sparsely 

 hairy. Leaves sessile, 1^-3 by -^| in., linear or linear-lanceolate, acute 

 or subobtuse ; sheaths about i-| in. long, ciliate, often scarcely distinct 

 from the leaf-blade. Spathes 1-1| in. long, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or caudate-acuminate, glabrous, base deeply sagittately cordate, 

 with large auricles; peduncles |-1| in. long, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Flowers small, blue. Ovary 2-celled, the cells 2-ovulate. Capsules 

 i in. long, subquadrate-oblong, compressed, membranous, not constricted 

 in the middle, 2-celled, the cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds when solitary large, 

 ^ in. long ; testa ash-colored or straw-colored with a white appendage 

 at either end ; when 2 seeds are superposed in a cell, the lower seed is 

 much smaller. Jb'l. B. I. v. 6, p. 372 ; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 

 (1881) p. 172; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 3U3 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 524 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1082. Commelina rajma- 

 halensis, Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 11 (1870) p. 444, & Comm. & 

 Cyrt. Beng. (1874) p. 17, t. 7. 



I have seen no Bombay specimens, the specimen from Badami cited by Woodrow in 

 his list having proved to be C. clavata. 



10. Commelina obliqua, Bacli.-Ham,. in Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 

 (1825) p. 45 {not of Vahl). Stem 2-3 ft. high, stout, branched, glabrous. 

 Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in., sessile or petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acute or caudate-acuminate, membranous, glabrous, scabrous or 

 villous ; sheaths reaching 1 in. long, the mouth bearded with long hairs. 

 Spathes sessile or nearly so, |-1 in. long and as broad as long, solitary 

 or crowded in terminal heads, acute, turbinately funnel-shaped, glabrous 

 or subscabrid, usually filled with a clear glutinous liquid. Flowers blue, 

 about I in. across, in simple (not branched) racemes ; large petals 

 clawed, orbicular. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 1-ovulate. Capsules f in. 

 long, ti'igonous-obovoid, subequaliy 3-valved, 3-celled, 3- seeded. Seeds 

 i in, long, oblong or ellipsoid, smooth, puberulous, lead-colored. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 6, p. 372 ; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 178 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 303; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 524; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1082; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 516. 

 Commelina jiohjspatha, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 29, t. 2066. 



Konkan: Stocks], Law\ ; Eassein, BaoJ/'l Deccan: Purandhar, Woodrow. — DisTitin. 

 Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malay Islands. 



11. Commelina paleata. Hassle in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1851-55) 

 p. 139.- Stem stout, branched, glabrous. Leaves 2-6 by 1-lf in., 

 elliptic or broadly lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, base 

 usually cuneate; sheaths f-l in. long. Spathes -^—1] in. long, shortly 

 cucullate, ovate, acute or acuminate, with a broad rhomboid base, 

 scabridly pubescent ; peduncles f^-f^ in. long. Flowers blue ; lower 

 cyme-bi*anch 1-2-flowered, upper 4-flowcred. Capsules | in. long, 

 (|uadrat('-oblong, 3-cellt'd, 3-valved. Seeds 3, subefjual, ^ in. long, 

 ellipsoid, rounded at both ends, dnll black, nearly smooth, scarcely com- 

 pressed. Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 372 ; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) 

 p. 178 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 524. 



Konkan: S/ocksl ; North and South Konkan, Law ] —Distrib. India (W. Pcniusula); 

 Java. 



