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TAB. XIII. 
COMMELYNA APPENDICULATA. 
ll. Commelyna appendiculata nov. sp. Commelyna sp. 4, ex, herb Hook. f. et Th. 
Folia i 
subglabra lanceolata. Spatha complicata, basi cordate, elongato-lanceolate, sparse. Semina 2, vix soro- 
biculata, utrinque attenuata dealbata quasi-appendiculata ; aut semina 3 parvulo loculo capsule basi addito. 
Hab. Tn convallibus Himalaya provincie Sikkim ad 0-2,000 ped. alt. In sylvis provinci2 Chota Nagpore ad 2,000 ped 
vis Mudhopoor dictis ad 100-250 ped. alt. 
Pedunculus inferior vulgo uni 
cum " a et: ri . res ar ‘ , cy 
ig florem masculum habet: superior 3-6 flores gerit quorum 2-3 inferiores vulgo perfecti. 
Petala cerulea aut alba. Capsula ii vi if i adsi ‘Wal i 
a psularum loculi in eadem planta 2 aut 8 videntur : si 3 loculi adsint, tertius indehiscens parvulus inferius ap- 
ponitur et semen inappendiculatum . atha prope basin intus (et s oxtus i is pili i i i 
I 1 inapf um tenet. Spatha prope basin intus (ot swpe extus) longis albis pilis munita, versus apicem minute scab- 
rida, late venosa. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea. 
[Commelyna maculata and C. striata Edgworth in Linn. Trans. Vol. XX. pp. 89, 90 must be species unknown in Bengal, 
assuming the descriptions of the capsules and seeds to be correct in every particular.] 
EXPLICATIO TABULA. XIll. 
Planta ex specimine recente depicta, 
1. Capsula (forma magis evoluta 3-sperma) a latere visa, semi-erecta, 
2. Capsula eadem a facie visa. 
3. Capsula eadem a tergo visa. 
4. Capsule ejusdem horizontalis sectio. 
5, Ex duobus seminibus majoribus alterum a facie exteriore visum et 6. alterum a facie interiore visum, 
7, Semen tertium minus a facie interiore visum. 
8. Capsula (forma minus evoluta 2-sperma) a tergo loculi visa. 
9, Capsula eadem a latere visa, 
10. Capsule ejusdem horizontalis sectio. 
