CXXXV. COMMELINACEiE. 795 



obovoid, liir^vife at the top ; style naked, tliickened at the tip. Capsules 

 i hy y'^ ill., obovoid, obtuse, hiivsute at the apex, splitting to the base. 

 Heeds jL ia. long, truncate at the base, slightly tapering upwards with a 

 shortly conical apex. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 386 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1890) p. 525. Cyanotis longifolia, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) 

 p. 33, t. 2084 {not of Benth.).— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke !, Woodrow ; Panchgani, Woodrow. — Distrib. ludia 

 (W. Peninsula). 



6. Cyanotis vivipara, Dah. in Keiv Journ. Bot. v. 3(1851) p. 226. 

 Epiphytic, stemless, subscapigerous, clothed with scattered rut'ous 

 spreading hairs ; rootstock small, with tufts of pilose, radical, sessile, 

 linear, acute leaves, 2-5 by y-| in., clothed and ciliate with rufous 

 hairs. Scapes many from the root, very slender (almost filiform), 

 rooting below, viviparous at the apex, with several small oblong-lanceo- 

 late acute leaves i-4 in. long, from the axils of which short, slender, 

 hairy peduncles issue, each bearing an imibel of 2-4 shortly pedicellate 

 flowers, with 2 small oblong acute bracts beneath each umbel. Sepals 

 g in. long, narrowly oblong, villous. Petals white, connate to the 

 middle. Filaments not bearded (CZar/i-e). Style naked. Capsules i by 

 -gLj in., oblong, obtuse, rufous-hairy, the valves much recurved after 

 dehiscence. Seeds cylindric, smooth. Fl. B. I, v. 6, p. 388 ; Ualz. & 

 Gibs. p. 255; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 (1881) p. 244, t. 5, 

 fig. 5 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. JS'at. v. 12 (1899) p. 525.— Flowers : 

 Aug.-Sept. 



Ivonkan: Woodrow; N. & S. Konkan, Law\; Sahyadri Hills, DalscUl S. M, 

 Country : Parva Ghat, Dahelll — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



7. Cyanotis axillaris, Schultesf. Si/st. v. 7 (1830) p. 1154. Eoot 

 fibrous; stem annual, 6-18 in. long, stout or slender, diffusely branched, 

 leafy, glabrous ; branches suberect and creeping below, or prostrate, 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy, often colored ; iuternodes 1-3 in. long. 

 Leaves sessile, 2-6 by ^-^ in., narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, flat, glabrous or more or less hairy ; sheaths j~ in. long, 

 inflated, ciliate. Flowers violet-blue, clustered in the inflated sheaths, 

 the cymes reduced to axillary fascicles of flowers with the small linear 

 or linear- lanceolate bracteoles almost concealed in the leaf-sheaths. 

 Sepals I" in. long, spathulate-lauceolate, acuminate, sparsely hairy. 

 Corolla-tube ^ in. long ; corolla-lobes broadly ovate, subacute. Filaments 

 fusiform below the tip, bearded. Style fusiform at the apex, naked. 

 Capsules rather more than i in. long, oblong-ellipsoid, beaked, shortly 

 stipitate, quite glabrous except the beak. Seeds j\^ in. long, oblong, 

 compressed, truncate at the base, rounded at the apex with a very short 

 conical tip, beautifully mottled, dark brown, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 388 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 256 ; Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 3 

 (1881) p. 244; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 315 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 525; Prain, Beng. PI. p, 1085 ; Watt, Diet, Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p, 674, Tradescantla axillaris, Linn. Mantiss. (1771) p. 321 ; 

 Eoxb. Cor. PI. V. 2 (1798) p. 5, t. 107 ; Grab. Cat. p. 223.— Flowers : 

 Aug.-Sept. 



Deccan: common in the W. Deccan, Dalzell ^ Gibson; Poona, Cooled, Woodrow. 

 S. M. Country: Karlimatti, Woodrow \ Gujarat: Baroda, Woodrow, — Distrib. 

 Thronghoiit India ; Ceylon, East Asia, Tropical Australia, 



