22 
TAB. XIE. 
JFFRUTICOS: 
= x 
COMMELYNA 58 
10. Commelyna suffruticosa Kunth Enum. IV. p. 57. Miquel Flor. Ind. III. p. 534. Spathodithyros suffruti- 
cosus Hasskarl. Commelynaces, p. 11. Commelyna Simsoni C. B. Clarke in Linn. Journ. XI. p. 446, et C. rugulosa C. B. 
Clarke in Linn. Journ. Xf. p. 446. 
Folia subglabra aut pilosa lanceolata. Spathe cucullate turbinate aut brevissime complicat#. Semina 2 grosse 
punctata. 
Var. «. Simsoni. Spathe subterminales adgregate. 
8. rugulosa. Spathe sparse, pedunculis bracteatis elevate. 
Hab. Var. «. Insilvis Mudhopoor dictis prope Dacca. 
Var. f. In silvis Terai prope basin Himalayz et in convallibus provincia Sikkim ad 0-1,500 ped. alt. 
Distributio Indica. Var. 8. In India centrali. In Burma et Malaya. 
Pedunculus inferior obsoletus : superior 3-8 (vel etiam 16) flores gerit quorum 2-6 inferiores hermaphroditi capsulas ma- 
turant. Petala (in omnibus speciminibus mihi saltem obyiis) alba et antheraa omnino flavee, nec cerulea. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerosa. 
' The old descriptions of Commelyna suffruticosa contained no account of the capsule and seeds, and it was therefore only on 
receiving Dr. Hasskarl’s Commelynaces, that I was enabled to identify my Bengal plants with it. My name Commelyna Simsoni has the 
theoretic priority as the earliest printed with a sufficient diagnosis. 
Mr. Kurz reduced my Commelyna rugulosa as a variety of Commelyna Simsoni from my original specimens : and I have 
since collected series of specimens shewing that he was right. 
EXPLICATIO TABULA. XII. 
Planta ex specimine recente depicta, 
1. Spatha dimidiata, 
2. Sepala et petala. 
8. Ovarium eum stylo et stamina. 
4. Capsula matura a tergo loculi visa, semi-ereeta, 
5. Capsula eadem a latere visa. 
6. Capsule ejusdem horizontalis sectio. 
7. Semen alterum a facie externa visum et 8. alterum a facie interna visum. 
