78G CXXXT. COMMELINACE^. 



Flowers in axillary l-S-flowered cymes. 



Flowers bliu' ; filainouts iill luiked 5. A. pauciflornm. 



Flowers ochre-yellow ; filaments all bearded G, A. versicolor. 



Cells of the ovary 2-OTulate ; cells of the capsule 2-seeded 

 (souietinies 3-8eeded in A. nudijlorum Tar. comprensa). 



Leaves ^5 in. long ; root fibrous 7. A. nudijlorum. 



Leaves reaching 12 in. or more long ; root tuberous 

 or fibrous. 



Root tuberous ; fertile stamens 2 with 3 staminodes 

 and 1 rudimentary antherless stamen ; filaments 



of the 3 staminodes naked 8. A. sinicum. 



Boot fibrous ; fertile stamens 3 ; staminodes 3 ; 

 rudimentary stamen 0; filaments of all equal 



and bearded 9. A. giganfeu7n. 



Cells of the ovary 4-20-ovulate ; seeds 2-9eriate in each cell. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered; pedicels jointed in 

 the middle; flowers yellow. 



£tem not exceeding 8 in. long ; leaves less than 1 in. 



long; filaments naked 10. A. ocliraceum. 



Stem reaching 16 in. long ; leaves exceeding I in. long ; 



filaments bearded 11. A. lavufiinosum. 



Flowers in paniculate cymes, blue ; leaves grass-like 12. A. 2Mniculatum. 



Cells of the ovary 1-ovulate ; cells of the capsule 1-seeded or 

 empty 13. A. vaginatum. 



1. Aneilema scapiflorum, WvjU, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 30, t. 2073. 

 A tufted herb ; root of elongate pisiform tubers. Leaves all radical, 

 erect, 4-8 by f-f in,, uarrowly ensiforin, finely acuminate, glabrous or 

 nearly so, slightly narrowed at the base. Plowers in erect elongate 

 panicles on terminal leafless scapes ; scape together with the panicle 

 8-18 in. long ; sheaths on the scape below the panicle f- 2i in. long, 

 embracing the scape, finely acuminate with an oblique mouth ; upper 

 bracts an)plexicaul, ovate, acuminate or truncate, membranous, often 

 spotted with small spots. Sepals | in. long, elliptic-oblong, subacute, 

 3-5-nerved, purple-green. Petals blue, f in. long, obovate, reticulately 

 veined. Stamens 3 perfect and 3 staminodes ; filaments all bearded with 

 blue hairs ; anthers of fertile stamens blue, those of the stannnodcs 

 yellow. Capsules | in. long, obovoid. Seeds 5 or 6 in a cell, super- 

 posed, ^ in. in diam., sharply 3-gonous. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 375 ; Clarke, 

 in DC. Monog. Pliau. v. 3 (1881) p. 200 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 524; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1083; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 1, p. 252. Aneilema tuberosum, Buch.-llam. in "Wall. Cat. (1828) 

 5207 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 255, — Flowers .: May-June. 



Not common. S. M. Country : Bifchie, 748 ! Kanaka : Kala naddi, Ri/chic, 748 ! — 

 DiSTiuB. India (temperate and tropical Himalaya ; Bhotan, Tirhut, W. I'euinsula) ; 

 Ceylon. 



2. Aneilema herbaceum, Wall Cat. (1828) 5223. Erect, robust, 

 3-4 ft. high, glabrous or nearly so ; root of slender linear-oblong tubers ; 

 stem stout, round, smooth, leafy. Leaves sessile, the lower sometimes 

 reaching 12 by 2 in., the cauline leaves 4-G by l-j-lg in., all narrowly 

 oblong or ensiform, acuminate, smooth with white undulate margins, 

 base cuneate, rounded or cordate ; sheaths entire. Plowers in stout 

 glabrous dichotomously branched panicles, the branches distant and few- 

 llo\\ered ; bracts small, soon falhng. Sepals I in. long, elliptic-oblung, 

 concave, persistent on the friut, marked \\ii\\ short bro^\ u lines, 3-uerved. 



