374 CLX. coMMELiNACE.ffi. (J. D. Hboker.) [CommeUna. 



by its hairyness. A variety ()8. glocliidea Keen. mss. Wall. Cat. 8981 _B. (in part) 

 has elliptic-lanceolate scabrous or nearly glabrous leaves. 



18. C. appendiculata, Clarke Comm. & Gyrt. Seng. 13 ; Monogr. 

 186 ; leaves sessile linear or linear-lanceolate, spathes very long-peduncled 

 lanceolate deeply cordate complicate, seeds oblong smooth, appendaged at 

 both ends, or in the dorsal cell smaller or 0. C. communis var. acuminata, 

 Wall. Gat. 8978 K. C. alba, Ham. mss. Commelina, sp. 4, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 Hf. # T. 



NORTHEBN BENGAL, Hamilton; MYMENSINGH, Clarke. SIKKIM HIMALAYA; 

 foot of the hills, J. D. T., Clarke. SILHET, Clarke. CEYLON, Macrae, fyc. 



Diffusely branched, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 4-6 by ^ | in., narrowed at both ends, 

 nearly glabrous. Spathes 2-3 in., glabrous without, hairy within, striate, caudate- 

 acuminate, base cordate ; raceme 2-fid. Petals blue or white. Capsule 2- or 

 3-celled (the dorsal often 0). Seeds somewhat flattened, nearly black, appendages 

 conical. 



Sect. 6. SPATHODITHYROS. Capsule 2-celled. (See also G. appendiculata.) 



19. C. suffruticosa, Blume Enum. 3 ; stem stout, leaves large 

 sessile lanceolate scabridly pubescent, spathes small shortly peduncled 

 broadly ovate-cordate between cucullate and complicate, seeds ellipsoid 

 rugose. Clarke Comm. fy Cyrt. Beng. 12 ; Monogr. 188, t. 2, f. 5. C. 

 semiovata, Wall. Cat. 8985 C, E. 0. Simsoni & C. rugulosa, Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. xi. 446. Spathodithyros suifruticosus, Hassk. 

 Comm. Ind. 11. 



Tropical INDIA from Nepal, Sikkim and Bengal to Central India and the 

 Malay Peninsula. DISTEIB. Malay Islds. 



Stem branched, nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-14 by f-2 in., acuminate ;. sheaths 

 auricled. Spathes in. long and broad, longer than > their peduncle, panicled 

 or clustered, acute or obtuse, villous ; raceme simple, 6-12-fld. Petals white or 

 blue. Seeds straw-colrd., puberulous. 



20. C. ensifolia, Br. Prodr. 269 ; leaves linear-lanceolate, spathes 

 very shortly peduncled broadly ovate acute cucullate, seeds ellipsoid 

 smooth. Clarke Monogr. 188; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 83 (in part). C. 

 striata, Wall. Cat. 8981 (in part). C. lunata, Heyne mss. Commelina sp. 

 striatae affinis, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 90. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Rottler, &c. CEYLON, Walker, &c. DISTEIB. Australia. 



Stem 12-18 in., slender. Leaves 2-4 by \-% in., glabrous, or with deciduous 

 hairs, or villous. Spathes ^-| in., glabrous or hairy, base truncate on one margin, 

 hooked at the other; raceme simple. 



DOUBTFUL AND INDETEEMINABLE SPECIES. 



C. AVEN^EFOLIA, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 224; leaves sparsely hairy, sheaths hairy, 

 spathes truncate. Bombay, near Kandalla. 



C. NIMMONIANA, Grah. I.e.; small, leaves linear acuminate discoloured. 

 Bombay, on Malabar hill and near Rosa and Ellora. , / 



C. ZEYLANICA, Falkenb. in Just. Jahresb., iv. 406, 408, name only. 



C. COMMUNIS, Linn, and C. BENGALENSIS, Linn., of Dalzell & Gibson Bomb. 

 Flor. are undeterminable from the descriptions. 



3. ANEILE1TCA, Br. 



Simple or branched, often tuberous rooted herbs. Flowers in axillary 

 and terminal panicles, bracteate and bracteolate ; bracts not spathaceous. 



