CLX. COMMELINACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) 367 



Cymes solitary, included in a spathe. Ovary 3-celled, cells 



1-2-ovuled 2. COMMELINA. 



Cymes naked, panicled, rarely in a spathe .3. ANEILEMA. 



Tribe III. TRADECANTIE.E. Capsule loculicidal. Stamens 6 perfect. 



Cymes capitate. Petals free 4. FORRESTIA. 



Cymes from imbricating bracts, scorpioid or l-fe\v-fld. Corolla 



tubular below 5. CYANOTIS. 



Cymes scorpioid, panicled or spicate. Stem twining ... 6. STREPTOLIRION. 



Flowers panicled. Stem erect 7. FLOSCOPA. 



1. POLLIA, Thumb. 



Large herbs. Leaves lanceolate. Cymes in a terminal panicle. Sepals 

 3. Petals smaller, subequal, obovate. Stamens 6, or 3 with 3 staminodes, 

 filaments naked; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-oo-ovuled. 

 Fruit globose or ovoid, fragile, blue. Seeds smooth. Species about 14, 

 E. Asiatic and Australian. 



1. P. Aclisia, Hassle. Commel. Ind. 55 ; tall, robust, panicle erect 

 lax-fld., stamens 6 perfect, fruit subglobose, cells many-seeded. Clarke 

 Monogr. 123 ; Comm. & Gyrt. Seng. t. 32. P. indica j8, Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. xi. 451. Aclisia No. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 3f T. 



TROPICAL EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 2-3000 ft. ; Bhotan, 

 Griffith. KHASIA MTS., SILHET, ASSAM, BURMA.' DISTRIB. Java, Tonkin. 



Stem stout, erect. Leaves 8-12 by 2-3 in., narrowed into a broad petiole, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, glabrous or scaberulous, margins 

 crisped. Peduncle short, stout, villous; panicle rigid, pubescent; bracts oblong; 

 bracteoles acute, amplexicaul. Sepals membranous and petals white. Seeds brown, 

 flattened and angled. Fruit ^ in. diam., bright blue, shining. 



2. P. thyrsiflora, Endl. Gen. 1029; panicle short dense-fld., 

 stamens 6 perfect, fruit ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. Hassk. in Plant. 

 Jungh. 150, & Comm. Ind. 57 ; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 33 ; Monogr. 

 124. P. glaucescens, Teysm. & Binnend. in Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxiv. 305. 

 Tradescantia thyrsiflora, Blume Enum. i. 6. Lamprocarpus thyrsiflorns, 

 Blume ex Schultes /. Syst. vii., Addend. 1726. 



SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Stem stout, erect, creeping below ; sheaths pubescent. Leaves 10-12 by 2J-3 

 in., oblanceolate, narrowed into a 1-2 in. petiole, glabrous, margins crisped. 

 Peduncle stout and ovoid panicle pubescent ; bracts ovate ; branches closely 

 scarred; flowers crowded. Fruit yellow-brown or blue, smooth, dorsally com- 



3. P. sorzog-onensis, Endl. Gen. 1029 ; leaves lanceolate, panicle 

 ovoid peduncled, branches alternate, stamens 3 perfect, fruit globose, cells 

 many-seeded. Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. in. 541 ; Clarke Monogr. 126. Aclisia 

 sorzogonensis, E. Meyer in Presl Rel. Haenk. i. 138, t. 25; Hask. Comm. 

 Ind. 48. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Sikkim and Bhotan, and southward to BURMA, MALACCA 

 and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, New Caledonia. 



Stem stout, erect, viscid. Leaves 6-10 by 2-3 in., subsessile or shortly-petioled, 



