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TAB. VIUI. 
COMMELYNA KURZII. 
8. Commoelyna Kurzii C. B. Clarke in Linn. Jour. xi. p. 444.Commelyna sp. No.10 ex herb Hk. f. et Th. C. longi- 
folia? Kunth Enum. iv. p. 58 Thwaites Ceylon Prodr. p. 322 Miquel Flor. Ind. iii. p. 534. 
Folia anguste lanceolata pulverulento-pilosa. Spathe brevissime complicate aut vix cucullate, subterminales 
adgregate. Semina 3 (quorum duo sparsa unum in loculo retuntum) vel 2, levia. 
Hab, In collibus Rajmahl ad 500 ped. alt. 
Distributio Indica. A Zeylanif secus utramque oram Peninsule usque ad Vindhya jugum et Punjab. 
Species C. obliquam omnino referens. Spathz viscoso-pilosw aut glabra. Semina duo majora eadem ac C. oblique: semen 
tertium multo minus, aliquando obsoletum, ut in C. appendicula videtur. 
Vida specimina sicea spontanea. 
This is a species somewhat doubtfully distinct from Commelyna obliqua. The two larger seeds of C. Kurzii are exceed- 
ingly like the seeds of C. obliqua but exhibit the marked whitening of the edges of the latter less chavacteristically. When the third cell 
of CO. Kurzii is suppressed, there is nothing to distinguish the 2-celled capsule from a 2-celled capsule of C. obliqua. However in all the 
specimens I have seen of CO. Kurzii, some ovaries at least shew the third unequal cell: moreover the mealy piloseness of the leaves gene- 
rally enables C. Kurzii to be separated from C. obliqua without reference to the capsules. Sulp. Kurz who brought excellent specimens 
of thisplant from the Rajmahl hills still regards it as a variety of OC, obliqua. 
As to the synonym C. longifolia. The single scrap which I have seen of 0. longifotia, issued so named from Kew, is the 
present C. Kurzii. I have retained my own name because I can find nothing in the published descriptions to shew that G. longifolia is any- 
thing more than a synonym of C. obliqua. 
EXPLICATIO TABULA VIII. 
Planta ex specimine Rajmabilensi exsiccato, nimis hirsuta et quasi stipulata.depicta est. 
1, Capsula matura normalis a latere visa, 
2. Capsula normalis a facie visa. 
3. Capsula normalis a tergo visa. 
4, Capsule normalis dehiscentis horizontalis sectio. 
5. Seminum majorum alterum a facie externa visum et 6. alterum a facie interna visum, 
7. Semen tertium minus a facie interna visum, 
8. Capsula (loculo clauso abortiente) a tergo visa. 
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Capsula eadem a latere visa. 
10. Capsule ejusdem horizontalis sectio. 
