79-i CXXXV. COMMELINACE.'E, 



Icou. t. 2086; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 314; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 525. Cyanotis dichrotrlcha. Stocks, in Wight, Icon, 

 V. 6 (1853) p. 33, t. 2087. 



In the ' Flora of British India,' p. 388, Tradcscnniia rupcsfris (Law, in Grah. Cat. 

 p. 223) is given as a synonym foi* this plant, but it has also been given as a synonym 

 lor C. 2iapilionacca in p. 385, which is the synonymy adopted by Dalzell (JJo. Fl. 

 p. 255), and is, I think, correct. 



KoNKAN : Stocks\, Law I Deccan : common, Woodrow; Poona districts, Cooke'.; 

 Panchgani, Cooke \, Bhival — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. _ 



A-'ar. glahrescens, C. B. Clarke, in. DC. Mouog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) 

 p. 253. Leaves linear, glabrous, very minutely reticulate on both 

 sides ; bracts glabrous ; bracteoles woolly. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 388. 



Deccan: Panchgani, Cuokel S. M. Country : Belgainn, 7i'27(,7«i«, 7461 



4. Cyanotis cristata, ScJmltesf. Syst. v. 7 (1830) p. 1150. Eoot 

 fibrous, the tibres very slender ; stem branched from the base, the 

 branches 6-18 in. long, slender, creeping and rooting below, then 

 ascending, glabrous or with spreading hairs ; internodes 1-3 in. long. 

 Leaves lj-2| by ^-f in., sessile, spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse or 

 subacute, flat, glabrous or sparsely hairy, with villously cihate margins, 

 base rounded or cordate ; sheaths short, hii-sute. Flowers in scorpioidly 

 recurved cymes |-1 in. long, longer than the bracteoles ; peduncles 

 |-4 in. long, sometimes almost ; bracts like the leaves, §-lg in. long, 

 ovate, cordate, acuminate, ciliate ; bracteoles | by i in., few or many, 

 2-seriate, ovate, falcate, acute, glabrous, or ciliate with long hairs. 

 Sepals lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube not much exceeding the 

 sepals ; corolla-lobes ovate. Filaments fusiform below the tip, bearded 

 above. Style naked. Capsules j\p- g- in. long, oblong, 3-gonous, 

 truncate, membranous, nearly glabrous. Seeds J^ in. long, 3-gonous, 

 striate and \\ith 2 large pits on two of the faces, black. Fl. B. 1. v. 6, 

 ]). 385 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 256 ; Wight, Icon. t. 2082 ; Clarke, in DC. 

 iMonog. Piian. v. 3 (1881) p. 247; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 311 ; AV^oodr. 

 ill Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 525; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1085. 

 Tradescantia cristata, Jacq. Hort. V^ind. v. 2 (1772) p. 64, t. 137; 

 Grail. Cat. p. 223. — Flowers: Aug.-Oct. 



A very common ■ species during the rains. Konkan : Stocks]; ]'arel (Bombay), 

 Woodrow \; Bassein, Jfi'aryV ! Deccan: Mahabloshwar, CooA'e !, Woodrow]; Wassind, 

 Woodrow. S. M. Country: Belgaum, liiichie, 742! — Distkiu. Throughout Tropical 

 India ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, Mauritius, Tropical Africa. 



5. Cyanotis Wigbtii, C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monoy. Phan. v. 3 

 (1881) p. 250. A tali plant, 2-3 ft. higli ; root fibrous, woody, not 

 tuberous ; stems many, elongate, branched, usually softly villous. 

 Leaves 6-18 by |-1^ in., narrowly lanceolate, more or less sparsely 

 hairy, with villously ciliate margins, narrowed from the base to tlie tip; 

 sheaths loose, ^-h in. long, pilose. Cymes axillary and terminal, sub- 

 coryuibose ; jjeduncles variable in length, usually several together froui 

 a large linear-lanceolate, falcately-deflexed leaf ; bracts below the cymea 

 ovate-lanceolate, foliaceotis, usually longer than the cyme but occasionally 

 shorter ; bracteoles falcately ovate, acuminate, ^-| in. long, ciliate, 

 Sepals J in. long, lanteolate, acute, hairy. Corolla blue ; lobes shorter 

 than the tube, ovate or suborbicular. Fjlaments bearded above. Ovary 



