788 CXXXT. COMMELINACE.T, 



3-5, uniserlate iu each cell, jV in. in diam., subcubical, cvipped at 

 one end, brown-black, minutely striate. ¥1. B. I. v. 6, p. 877 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 254; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 206 ; 

 Trim. Yl Ceyl. v. 4, p. 307 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 524. Aneilema 2mnicMlatu7n, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 31, t. 2075 

 (not of Wall.). 



KoxKAN : S/ocksl, Lawl, Malwan, Dalzclll Kanaka: Law I — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



5. Aneilema pauciflorum, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 31, t. 2077 

 {iiot of Dalzell). A small decumbent plant creeping and rooting at the 

 nodes ; stem villous on one side. Leaves g-l| by |-f in., sessile, ovate, 

 subacute, more or less hairy on both sides, base rounded or cordate ; 

 sheaths with cihate margins. Flowers blue (?) ; pedicels axillary, 

 solitary, or the upper 1-3-nate, i-| in. long. Sepals narrowly oblong, 

 thickened at the tips. Petals obovate. Stamens 3 fertile and 3 sterile, 

 the filaments of the latter only half as long as those of the former; 

 filaments of both stamens and staminodes naked. Capsules \ by -^ in,, 

 oblong-fusiform, acute, somewhat 3-gonous, smooth, 3-celled. Seeds 

 4-6 in each cell, 1-seriate, superposed, cubical, nearly smooth, black, 

 n. B. I. V. 6, p. 378; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 207 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 525. 



KoNKAN : Matheran, Woodrow. Deccan : Mahableshwar, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



Tliere is but one sheet in Herb. Kew. (Wight's original example) from near 

 Coinibatore in the Madras Presidency. Woodrow gives the plant for Matheran 

 and Mahableshwar. 



6. Aneilema versicolor, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 136. A small herb with weak suberect branches ; root fibrous ; 

 stems 4-8 in. long, many from the root, deeply striate, g]al)rous or 

 hispid. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 1-2 by |- 1 in., fiat, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, smooth, stem-clasping, 5-7-nerved ; sheaths rather 

 Ion,"-, furrowed, more or less hispid. Flowers ochre-yellow, bluish w hen 

 -withering, rose-colored in bud (Dalzell) ; pedicels axillary, filiform, 

 iointed about the middle, solitary or the upper 1-3-nate. Sepals 

 "oblon<T, obtuse, concave. Petals ochre-yellow. Stamens 3 fertile, 

 spreading ; filaments subulate, bearded in the lower part. Staminodes 3, 

 shorter than the fertile stamens ; filaments sparingly bearded. Capsules 

 J in. long, scarcely longer than the persistent sepals, linear, sub- 

 trigonous, pointed, erect ; cells 5-7-seeded. Seeds cubical, about -r^^ in. 

 long. PI. B. I. V. 6, p. 378 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 253 ; Clarke, iii DC. 

 Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 208; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 525. 



KoNKAN : Malwiin, Bcthell cf- Gihi<on. Dkccan : Mahableshwar, Coo^c I S. M. 

 Country: 7?i7c/;/>, 749!— Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



7. Aneilema nudiflorum, h'. Br. Proclr. (1810) p. 271 (in adnot.). 

 ]?oot fibrous; stem sidjsimple or branched from the base; branches 6- 

 12 in. Ion"", weak, prociuidjont, often rooting at the nodes. Loaves 2-5 

 by ^-^ in., litiear-oblong or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, flat, glabrous, 

 hairy or sparingly villous, base rounded, cordate, or narrowed into the 

 slieath ; sheaths hairy, tiie margins and mouth strongly ciliate. Flowers 



