Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 119 



Flowering stems a foot or less hairy leaves lanceolate hairy 1 inch long, 

 by i inch wide, sheath § inch long hairy. Cymes terminal and axillary 

 on peduncles 1 to 2 inches long. Bracts ovate large. Flowers crowded 

 pale lavender. Stamens 2 fertile one with the filament densely bearded 

 3 sterile. Clarke Monogr. 212. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 379. A 

 secundum Wight. Ic. t. 2075. Commclina sinica Koem. and Schultes. 

 Syst. I. Mantiss. i. Add. 376. 



Johor : Pulau Tinggi (Feilding) ; Pahang : Pekan, Pulau Tawar 

 (Ridley 1566). On sandy open heaths. Distrib. Africa, China, Malay 

 Islands, Siam. 



5. A. giganteum, Br. Prodr. 271. Roots fibrous. Stems erect 

 about 2 feet tall with long internodes. Leaves narrow linear dilated 

 at the base 15 inches long i inch wide. Stem leaves shorter hardly 

 sheathing, all glabrous. Panicles short eventually lengthening and lax, 

 few branched. Bracts ovate caducous. Flowers rather large blue. 

 Sepals ovate. Petals blue. Stamens 3 bearded fertile, and 3 sterile ones. 

 Capsule oblong \ inch long. Seeds compressed nearly smooth. Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. 7 p. 88. Clarke Monogr. 212. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 379. A. longifolium Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 204. A. ensifolium Wight Ic. 

 2071. Clarke Comm. and Cyrt. Beng. 22. Commelina gigantea Vahl. 

 Enum. II. 177. C. longifolia Spreng. Syst. 4 post 25. 



Johor : on rocks at Minyak Buku near Batu Pahat (Ridley) ; 

 Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Ridley 5196). Distrib. India, Africa, China, 

 Malay Islands, Australia. 



6. A. VAGINATUM, Br. Prodr. 271. Roots swollen. Leaves fleshy 

 linear 3 inches long i inch inch wide, sheaths of stem leaves o inch 

 long or less. Uppermost ones reduced to sheaths f inch long. Stems 

 slender 6 to 10 inches long. Flowers 1 or 2 from each sheath on slen- 

 der pedicels i inch long. Sepals lanceate acute green. Petals ovate 

 bright blue. Stamens 2 large and 4 small, bearded. Style slender fili- 

 form. Capsule globose i inch long. Seeds rounded flattened rugose 

 black. Wight. Ic. t. 2076. Clarke Comm. and Cyrt. Beng. t. 23. Mono- 

 gr. 216. Hassk. Comm. Ind. 34. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 381. 

 A. pauciflorum Dalz. Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136. Bombay Flora 253. 

 Commclina vaginata Linn. Mantiss. 177. 



Singapore : Teluk Kurau (Ridley 10,726) ; Johor : Tanjong Surat 

 (Feilding) ; Pahang : Rumpin River (Ridley), Lankawi (Curtis). Dis- 

 trib. India, Siam, Cochin-China, China. Sandy places among coconuts 

 and open heaths. 



7. A. CONSPICUUM, Kunth. Enum. IV. 69. Stems stout leafy erect 

 or suberect a foot and a half long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate at 

 both ends petiolate, 5 to 8 inches long 1{ to 2i inch wide glabrous, 

 sheaths l| inch long or less, strongly ribbed and slightly hairy. Pani- 

 cle short 2 to 4 inches long with slender branches 1 inch long. Flowers 



