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COMMELYNA BENGALENSIS. 
4. Commelyna bengalensis, Kunth Enum. IV. p. 50. Roxb. Flor. Ind. I. p. 171 et t. 1019 in Calcutta Herbarium. 
Wight Icones, t. 2065. Hasskarl Commelynaces, p. 28. Benth. Hongkong Flora, p. 876. Miquel Flor. Ind. III. p. 533, error. 
exceptis. (?) 
Folia pilosa ovato-elliptica. Spathe cucullate, turbinate sparse. Semina 5 rugoso-punctata. 
Hab. In Bengalia ubique. 
Distributio indica, n planitie Gangetica superiore. In Peninsula Indica. In Burma, Malaya, China. 
Pedunculus inferior vulgo unicum masculum florem gerit, aliquando rudimentarius, rarius omnino obsoletus evadit. Pedun- 
culus superior sxepissime duos perfectos flores habet : idcireo in quaque spatha, duz capsule videntur. Capsule duo loculi quatuor se- 
mina’ spargunt tertius loculus indehi marcescens semen lectitur. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerossissima. 
Out of eight (and three more dubious) species of Commelyna given by Miquel in Flora Batavie TIT. p. 531, only in this 
species does he describe the capsule and seeds: and he states of CO. bengalensis “ Capsula 8-locularis, loculo uno minore, omnibus di- 
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“spermis.” I have never seen a specimen of ©. bengalensis (nor of any other species of Commelyna) which exhibits a 6-seeded capsule. 
Commelyna oblongifolia Hasskarl Commelynaces, p. 27. I judge from the description to bea variety of C. bengalens 
it is said to differ “ foliis longius petiolatis, plerumque oblongis, basi sepe subcordatis, pedicello solitario et aliis forsan signis,” i. e. mco 
sensu, it does not differ at all. 
[Commelyna cvlestis, i. ¢, according to Asa Gray Commelyna erecta Linn., cultivated at Darjecling has spread much from 
gardens at an altitude of 7,000 to 8,000 feet, and looks as if it could maintain itself. | 
EXPLICATIO TABULAz IV. 
Planta ex tabula 103 Roxburghii exscripta. 
Spatha dimidiata cum floribus ex tabula 103 Roxburghii exscripta. 
1, Capsula matura a latere visa in pedicello resiiping 
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2. Capsula a facie visa. 
3, Capsula a tergo visa, 
sla dehiscens a Wight exseripta. Quatuor semina in valvula altera adhiesa videntur : valyule alters in tereo affixus 
loculus clausus monospermus videtur. 
5. Capsule dehiscentis horizontalis sectio, 
6. Qnatuor semina duoram majorum loculorum ab externa ss visa. 
7. Quintum semen e loculo clauso exe’sum ab externa facie visum, 
8. Quatuor semina in fig. 6, ab interna facie visa. 
9. Quintum semen in fig. 7, ab interna facie visum, 
