Aneilema.~\ CLX. COMMELINACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 375 



Sepals 3, free, membranous. Petals 3, obovate, equal. Stamens 2 or 3, 

 filaments naked or bearded ; anthers oblong, one usually smaller or larger 

 than the others : staminodes 2-4, rarely with minute polliniferous anthers. 

 Ovary sessile, 2-3-celled, cells 1-2, many ovuled. Capsule loculicidal, cells 

 1 or more seeded. Seeds with a thick hard rugose or pitted testa. Species 

 about 60, tropical and subtropical, chiefly Asiatic. 



Subgen. I. Tricarpellaria ; Clarke. Capsule 3-celled 3-valved. 



Sect. 1. EUANEILEMA. Cells of ovary 2-oo -ovuled. Seeds 1 -seriate in 

 each cell. 



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* Cells of ovary 3-<x> -ovuled, of capsule 1- 3- or more-seeded (see 

 also A. nudiflorum). 



a. Floviers panicled on a radical or subradical rarely leafy scape. 



1. A. glaucum, Thwaites mss. in ClarJce Monogr. 200; leaves large 

 rosulate broadly ensiform, scape erect, branched from the base, panicle 

 spreading lax-fid., bracts small not sheathing, capsule triquetrous, seeds 

 5-8-superposed in each cell. 



TRAVANCORE ; on the Tinnevelly hills, Beddome. CEYLON, Thwaites (C. P. 

 3977). 



Root fibrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1 in., acuminate, margin crisped scabrid. 

 Scape and broad panicle 8-12 in. ; bracteoles small ; panicle widely spreading, 

 branches very slender. Stamens 3, anthers subsitnilar ; staminodes 2. Capsule 

 5 in., oblanceolate, acute. Seeds straw-colrd., with a white minutely reticulate 

 epidermis. 



2. A. scapiflorum, Wight Ic. t. 2073 ; leaves narrowly ensiform, 

 scape erect, panicle strict elongate, bracts large sheathing, capsule ellip- 

 soid trigonous, seeds 3-6-superposcd in each cell. Clarke Comm.- & Cyrt. 

 Beng. 14 ; Monogr. 200 t. 4, L i. A. tuberosum, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5207 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 255. A. serotinum, Don mss. Commelina scapi- 

 flora, Roxb. Fl, Ind. i. 175, Murdannia tuberosa, Royle III. 403, t. 95. 

 Tradescantia aphylla, Heyne mss. 



TEMPERATE and TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from the upper Gangetic plain east- 

 wards to Bhotan, and westwards to TRAVANCORE and TENASSERIM, CEYLON and the 

 Shan hills. 



R oots- of elongated tubers. Leaves 4-10 in., all radical, erect, finely acuminate. 

 Scape with the narrow panicle 8-18 in. ; lower bracts long, upper small amplexicaul. 

 -Flowers small. Capsule in., mucronate. Seeds in a triangular column, angled, 

 straw-colrd., with a white minutely reticulate and glandular epidermis. 

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3. A. Xioureirii, Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, 250; leaves 

 ensiform, scape radical 1-2-leaved, panicle narrow, flowers fascicled 

 in the sheathing bracts, sepals glandular-pubescent, capsule elliptic-oblong 

 trigonous, .seeds 3-5-superposed in each cell. Clarke Monogr. 201. A. 

 spectabile, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, ii. 77; Clarke Comm. & 

 Cyrt. Beng. t. 20. A. spicatum, Wall. Cat. 5217. Commelina tuberosa, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochin Ed. Willd. i. 50. 



TENASSERIM, Wallich, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 5528), &c. DISTRIB. Siam, Malay 

 Islds., China. 



Root of fascicled elongated tubers. Leaves all radical, 6-16 by f-1 in., sub- 

 erect, margins smooth or ciliate only. Scape stout and panicle longer than the 



