7 
WWI, WIM 
COMMELYNA RAJMAHLENSIS. 
7. Commelyna rajmahlensis, C. B. Clarke in Linn. Journ. xi. p. 444. 
Folia minuscula subglabra late oblonga aut anguste lanceolata, spathe complicate, basi cordate, acute sparse. 
Semina 3 levia quorum duo sparsa unum in loculo retentum. 
Hab. Tn collibus Rajmahl. ad 500 ped. alt. ; in Chota Nagpore ad 500-2,000 ped. alt. 
Folia, ut in multis aliis speciebus, sat variabilia, elliptica oblonga aut anguste lanceolata acuta. In quaque spatha unica 
capsula yulgo maturat, Semina subequalia quam in vicinis speciebus magis elongata: plus minus appendiculata. Luculo tertio ali- 
quando deficiente capsula disperma videtur. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerosa. 
A species very near C. appendiculata infra: the spathes are less elongated, less hairy, and the seeds much smaller. 
I have a strong suspicion that this species is the plant figured by Dr. Wight (Icones t 2067) as Heterocarpus glaber. 
The capsules would commonly be found in the state figured by him, 7. e. with one cell of the capsule alone remaining on the pedicel. 
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Judging from the description Heterocarpus oligotrichus Hassk. Commelynacee, p. 7 is the same. 
EXPLICATIO TABULA VII. 
Planta ex specimine Rajmahlensi exsiccato depicta. 
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Capsula matura a latere visa in pedicello resupinata. 
ro 
Capsula matura a tergo visa. 
3. Capsula matura a facie visa. 
4, Capsule dehiscentis horizontalis sectio. 
Semen a facie externa visum, 
o 
6. Semen a latere visum. 
a 
Semen a facie interna visum, 
9 
Seminis horizontalis sectio. 
