Aneilema.'] CLX. COMMELINACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 377 



effuse, bracts marcescent, capsule ellipsoid or subglobosely trigonous, cells 

 3-4- seeded, seeds smooth. Hassle. PI. Jung. 146, Commelin. Ind. 36 ; 

 Clarke Gomm. & Gyrt. Seng. t. 15. A. elatum, Kunth I. c. 70 ; Dalz. in 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. 1857, 137 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 254. A. latifolitim, 

 Wight Ic. t. 2072. A. herbaceum, Wall. Cat. 5223 ; Clarke Monogr. 204 ; in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xi. 448 (var. a). Commelina herbacea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 175, Ed. Wall. & Carey i. 179. C. lineolata,- Blume Enum. i. 3. C. 

 elata, Vahl Enum. ii. 178. Tinantia? lineolata, Hassk. PI. Jav. 98. 

 Prionostachys herbacea, Hassk. mss. 



TROPICAL INDIA; from Sikkim, Bhotan and the Khasia hills, alt. 2-4000 ft., 

 to BURMA. Western Ghats from the Concan to Travancore. DISTRIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Root of slender tubers. Stem erect, stout. Leaves 4-12 by 1-lj in., margins 

 scabrous or smooth often crisped, base cuneate rounded or cordate, upper ovate- 

 lanceolate. Panicle stout, glabrous, branches spreading and ascending ; bracts 

 marcescent in fruit. Petals blue. Stamens 2-3 with 2 or 3 staminodes, filaments 

 all bearded. Capsule % in. diam., mucronate. Seeds reticulate, glandular- 

 puberulous. 



9. A. esculentum, Wall. Gat. 5208 ; root tuberous, stem subsolitary, 

 leaves linear complicate, panicle glabrous spreading, bracts oblong or the 

 lower 1-2 foliaceous, capsule ellipsoid, cells 3-5-seeded. Clarke Monogr. 

 206. PA. melanostictura, Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1869, 167. Com- 

 melina esculenta, Heyne mss. 



MADRAS ; in rice fields, Heyne, Wight. CEYLON, Walker. DISTRIB. Australia, 

 China. 



Root of clavate tubers, crown with imbricating scarious scales. Stem with 

 prostrate suckers. Leaves 3-4 in., recurved, obtuse, almost glabrous. Panicle with 

 alternate branches; bracts oblong, persistent. Stamens 3 fertile, staminodes 3, 

 filaments bearded. Capsule % in. Seeds dark brown, obscurely scabrid or pitted. 

 Probably the same as the Australian A. gramineum, Br. 



10. A- dimorphum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Sot. 1851, 138; root 

 fibrous, stems many, leaves linear-oblong flat, bracts ovate, panicle very 

 short and broad, capsule ellipsoid or oblong, cells 3-5-seeded, seeds smooth. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 254; Clarke Monogr. 206. A. paniculatum, 

 Wight Ic. t. 2075. A. scapiflorum, P, Thwaites Enum. 322 (not of Wight}. 

 A. nudiflorum, Miq. in PI. Hohenack. Exsicc. No. 144 (not ofBr.}. An- 

 eilema, sp. Miq. I. c. n. 134. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA j from the Concan southward, Wight, &c. CEYLON, 

 alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites. 



Stem slender, branched at the base, 6-12 in. Leaves 1-2^ by - in., from 

 oblong to ovate-lanceolate, base rounded or cordate, mouth of sheath ciliate. 

 Panicle sparingly dichotomously branched, few-fld. ; bracts small, cucullate, 

 persistent. Petals blue. Stamens 3, fertile, filaments bearded ; staminodes 3, 

 filaments naked. Capsule in,, triquetrous, acute. Seeds black, with brown 

 furfuraceous lines. Wight figures all the filaments bearded, but describes them as 

 above. 



11. A- spiratum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in note) ; root fibrous, stem 

 branched decumbent, leaves small sessile flat oblong, base obtuse or cordate 

 or auricled, panicle small leafy below, bracts ovate, capsule oblong or sub- 

 globose, cells 3-7-seeded, seeds smooth or minutely scaberulous. Clarke 

 Monogr. 207. A. nanum, Kunth Enum. v. iv. 65 ; Wight Ic. t. 2077 ; Hassk. 

 in PL Jungh. i. 141 ; Thwaites Enum. 322 ; Clarke Gomm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 



