Commelina.] CLX. COMMELINACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 371 



7. C* hirsuta, Clarke Monogr. 163 ; dwarf, hirsute or glabrate, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, spathes long-peduncled ovate-cordate- or lanceolate com- 

 plicate, capsule with the lateral cells empty, dorsal adnate to the ellipsoid 

 smooth seed. C. nilagirica, Steud. in Hohenack PI. Exsicc. p. 1316 (in 

 part). Heterocarpus hirsutus, Wight Ic. t. 2067. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA; Belgaum, Ritchie; Nilghiri hills ascending to 6000ft. 

 Wight, $c. 



Stem 6-12 in., erect, branched from the base. Leaves 2-3 by - in.^acute or 

 acuminate, more or less hirsute on both surfaces. Spathes f-1 in., hirsute or 

 villous, acuminate, base cordate, peduncle 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, drying blue. 

 Capsule with the lateral valves linear, dorsal ellipsoid, subrugose. 



8. C. glabra, Clarice Monogr. 163; nearly glabrous, leaves small 

 sessile narrowly oblong obtuse, spathes peduncled ovate- lanceolate com- 

 plicate, capsule with the lateral cells linear empty, dorsal globose 

 membranous, seed free globose. Heterocarpus glaber, Wight Ic. t. 2067. 



The SOUTHERN DECCAN PENINSULA; on low hills, Wight, fyc. 



Stem rooting at the lower nodes, branched, slender, pubescent on one side. 

 Leaves l-2 by ^- in., glabrous, margins of the sheaths villous. Spathes |-1 in., 

 longer than their peduncle, glabrous pubescent or ciliate, acuminate, base deeply 

 cordate; peduncle scaberulous. Flowers small, orange-yellow. 



9. C. Forskalaei, Vahl JEnum. ii. 172; glabrate, leaves sessile 

 narrowly oblong obtuse, spathes ovate or orbicular shortly peduncled 

 complicate or hooded acute, capsule with the lateral cells 0-1-seeded, 

 dorsal striate, seeds subglobose smooth. Clarke Monogr. 168 ; Hassle, in 

 Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^Ethiop. 208. C. falcata, Hassle, in Peter's Mossamb. 

 Sot. 527. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; in the Concan, Jacquemont, &c. DISTEIB. Afric. 

 trop. 



Stem diffuse, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 1-2 by - in., narrowed at the 

 base, margins often undulate. Spathes % in., broader than long, often hispid, base 

 cuneate, or broadly truncate. Petals blue. Seeds lead-colrd., appendage 0. 

 Leafless suckers bear deformed capsules that ripen underground. 



Sect. III. DISSECOCAKPUS, Clarke. Capsule 2-celled, rarely with a 

 dorsal cell which is empty or contains an imperfect seed; lateral cells 1-2- 

 seeded. Flowers blue or white. 



10. C. clavata, Clarice Comm. & Cyrt. Seng. t. 5, Monogr. 171, t. 2, 

 f . 2 ; glabrous or puberulous, leaves ovate or lanceolate, spathes peduncled 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate complicate, seeds terete faintly reticulate. 0. 

 salicifolia, Thwaites JEnum. 321 (in part}. C. nilagirica, Steud. PI. 

 Hohenack. No. 1316 (in part). C. nov. sp. Miguel Plant. Exsicc. Hohenack. 

 No. 66. C. communis, Wall. Gat. 8978 L. (in part). 



DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards, ascending to 6000 ft. in the 

 Nilgbiris. CEYLON common. DISTEIB. Java. 



Stem 1-3 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves -3 by \-\ in., acuminate, base 

 narrowed. Spathes 1-1 in., glabrous or pubescent, shorter than their peduucler 

 base rounded ; cymes on long capillary pedicels. Petals lilac. Capsules usually 

 2, oblong-quadrate, constricted in the middle. Seeds 4, nearly black, two lowe, 

 often imperfect. Possibly a variety of C. nudiflora, differing in the absent or empty 

 dorsal cells of the capsule. 



Var. )8. Hohenackeri, Clarke 1. c. ; leaves oblong subacute, spathes smaller tip 

 acuminate Nilghiris (Hohenack. No. 1066). 



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