790 CXXXV. COMMELINACB.i:- 



concave, caducons ; pedicels ^-| in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 

 concave. Petals pale purplish-blue, obovate or suborbicular. IStameus 3 

 perfect and 3 sterile ; filaments of all equal and bearded, Ovai'y 3- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovulate ; st\'le naked. Capsules | in. long, oblong- 

 ellipsoid, miicronate, the cells 2-seeded; valves hard, polished. Seeds 

 irregularly shaped, rough or echinulate, brown. F\. B. I. v. 6, p. 379 ; 

 Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phau. v. 3 (1881) p. 212; Trim. PJ. Ceyl. v. 4, 

 p. 308. Aneilema ensifolium, Wigbt, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 30, t. 2074. 



KoNKAs: Stocksl, Law\ Deccan: M;ibableshwar, Coo^'c! — Distkib. India (Assam, 

 Khasia Hills, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, China, Australia, Africa. 



10. Aneilema ochraceum) Dcdz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 135. Stem 4-8 in. long, rooting at tbe lower nodes, erect, simple, 

 round, smooth, leafy. Leaves sessile, .|-1| by \-^ in., flat, oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, acute or subobtuse, glabrous or nearly so, base cordate, 

 subaraplexicaul. Pedicels fascicled, 2-7 from a leaf-axil, \-^ in. long, 

 slender, minutely hispid, articulate about the middle. Sepals elliptic, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Petals ochre-yellow, when withering blue, obovate. 

 Stamens 3 fertile and 3 sterile ; filaments of the fertile longer than 

 those of the sterile ones, all naked. Capsules i-i in, long, broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate. Seeds 7-8 in eacb cell in 2 rows, straw- 

 colored, angular, rugose. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 380; Dak. & Gibs. p. 253; 

 Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 214, t. 4, fig. 3; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 525. Dichcesjiermuni repens, Wight, 

 Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 31, t. 2078, fig. 3 {not of Hassk.). 



Konkan: Stocksl, Lawl, Wuodrow; wet places in the S. Konkan, Balzell cf- Gibson, 

 Kanaka: Laiv\, Dalzelll — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



11. AneUema lanuginosum, Wall. Cat. (1828) 5221. Eoot of 

 thickened fibres, almost tubei'ous ; stem erect, pubescent, or villous, or 

 nearly glabrous, 6-16 in. long, stout, branched. Leaves sessile, l^-Si 

 by 5"! in., linear or linear-lanceolate with a broad base, finely acuminate, 

 pubescent on both sides, conspicuously striate and with undulate 

 margins. Plowers from tbe upper leaf-sheaths, 1-5 from eacb sheatli ; 

 pedicels f-2 in. long, erect in fruit, jointed in the middle and there 

 furnished with a minute OAate scarious bracteole. Sepals | by -1- in., 

 elliptic, obtuse, straw-colored. Petals | in. long, broadly obovate 

 or suborbicular, salmon-colored, turning blue in drying {Gamble). 

 Pilaments densely bearded. Capsules nearly -^ in. long, oblong,^ 

 trigonous, shining, long-cuspidate with the style. Seeds angular, smooth, 

 sometimes slightly pitted. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 380 ; Clarke, in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. v. 3 (1881) p, 214; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 525. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Konkas : Stocks !, Law I Deccan : Mahablesliwar, Woodrow. S. M. Country : 

 Belgauni, Eitchie, 1474! — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



12. Aneilema paniculatum. Wall. Cat. (1828) 5216. A small 

 plant 2^-8 in. high ; root fibrous ; stem slieathed at tlie base with 

 yellowish scarious sheaths. Leaves 2-4 by -jij-iV iii-, linear, finely 

 acuminate. Flowers in paniculate cymes ; bracts ochreate, yV^tV ^^' 

 long, cyathiform, truncate, with a tooth at the apex, persistent; 

 pedicels |-| in. long, filiform, red {Dalzell). Sepals fV~8 ^J tV "^-j 

 elliptic, obtuse, glabrous. Petals g-g in. long, obovate, cuncate, veined, 



