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TAB. XIV. 
ANILEMA SCAPIFLORUM. 
1. Anilema scapiflorum, Wight Icones t. 2073. Commelyna scapiflora, Roxb. Flor. Ind. I. p.175 ot t. 1521 in Calcutta 
Hoerbario. Anilema tuberosum, Hamilton in Wallich Cat.n. 5207. Murdannia scapiflora, Royle Ilustr. t. 95. 
Folia ensiformia, subglabra, omnia radicalia. Scapa radicalis; panicula stricta. Semina 15-21 nec rugosa nec 
reticulata. 
Hab. Tn sylvis Mudhopoor dictis prope Dacca. In monte Parasnath ad 4000 ped. alt. In Bengalia occidentali. 
Distributio Indica. Tn Himalaya boreali-occidentali ad 4000 ped. alt. In Peninsula indica, In Burma. 
Radix plus minus tuberosa unde nomen Hamiltonianum. Scapus in planitie Bengalensi 12-18 uncialis, in montosis sepe 
2-6 uncailis, “ad articulum singulum remotum vagina parva solitaria cingitur,” (Roxb.) stamina 3 fertilia barbata. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerosa. 
Roxburgh states the leaves to appear after the flowering is completed : this is generally the case on Parasnath, but in the 
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plains the leaves and flowers are often simultaneous. The seeds are peculiarly columnar (basaltic) and by their absence of wrinkles and 
reticulations unlike the seeds of any other species of Anilema known to me. 
Anilema Loureirii as described by Hance in Seemann’s Journal of Botany 1868 is different not merely by the stamens but 
by the seeds. 
The plants that have been issued from Kew as Anilema scapiflorum all belong to the plant called infra Anilema divergens : 
at all events they are quite unlike the true A. scapiflorum : and the Ceylon plant in Thwaites Enum. p. 322 called Anilema scapiftorum 
8 minus is not A. scapiflorum Wight. The Ceylon specimens in the Caleutta Herbarium are without fruit: they somewhat resemble Ani- 
Jema lineolatum £ divergens, but are still more like Dichwspermum lanceolatum of Wight. 
EXPLICATIO TABULA XIV. 
Planta a specimine Bengali orientalis exsiceato depicta. 
1. Capsula matura a latere visa. 
2. Capsule ejnsdem dehiscentis horizontalis sectio. 
8. Semina unici loculi ejusdem capsule in situ ab externa facie visa. 
4. Semina eadem ab interna facie visa. 
5. Unieum semen ab interna facie visum. 
6. Anilematis capsule typicw fictw horizontalis seetio : H, H, linew placentales ; B, F, linea future dehiscentie valyularum. 
7. Capsule ejusdem fictw junioris verticalis sectio. 
8. Capsule ejusdem ficte mature verticalis sectio. 
9. Capsula matura Anilematis seapiflori, unica valvula amota:; semina duorum loculorum: ab externa facie, quasi_biserialia, 
unici loculi simulatione, visa sunt. 
