378 CLX. COMMELINACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Aneilema. 



18, A. canaliculatum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 137 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 254. A. nummularium, Miq. fi. Ind. Bat. iii. 535. Commelina 

 spirata, Linn. Mant. 176. C. bracteolata, Lamk. Encyr.l. ii. 69. C. nana, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 173 ; ed. Wall. & Carey, i, 176. C. pumila, Herb. Royle. 

 Dichaespermum repens, Hassk. (not of Wight}. 



Throughout INDIA, in pastures, &c., from the Upper Gangetic plain to Chittagong 

 and Travancore. CEYLON, common. DISTHIB. Malay Islands, China. 



Dwarf, tufted, prostrate, branches ascending 6-10 in. Leaves glabrous puberu- 

 lous or ciliate, from oblong to ovate-lanceolate, subacute or acuminate ; base 

 arnplexicaul. Cymes terminal and axillary; branches short, divaricate, few-fld.; 

 bracts ovate, persistent. Flowers blue. Stamens 3, staminodes 3 ; filaments of both 

 naked or bearded. Capsule in., acutely trigonous. Seeds straw-colrd. 



c. Stem leafy. Cymes 1-3-fld. axillary. 



12. A. pauciflorum, Wight, Ic. t. 2077 ; slender, diffuse, creeping, 

 leaves small flat ovate, peduncles 1-3-fld. axillary, capsule lanceolate, 

 pedicel decurved, cells 4-6- seeded, seeds cubical nearly smooth. Clarke 

 Monogr. 207. Dichaespermum aurantiacum, Hassk. in Herb. Zoll. 

 No. 3312. 



MALABAR and TBAVANCOEE, Wight (Kew distrib. 1179). DISTEIB. Macassar. 



Tufted; stems 4-6 in. Leaves $-1 by g-f in., sessile, acuminate, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, base rounded or cordate. Peduncles and pedicels slender. Sepals 

 linear. Stamens 3, staminodes 3, filaments all naked. Capsule in., obtusely 

 3-gonous. Seeds black, farinose. 



13. A. versicolor, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136; stem 

 slender branched hispid, leaves flat oblong-lanceolate-acuminate, peduncle 

 short 1-fld., pedicel capillary, capsule oblong or lanceolate acute erect, 

 cells 5-7-seeded, seeds cubical. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 253 ; Clarke 

 Monogr. 208. 



The CONCAN and MALWAN, Stocks, Dalzell, Ritchie. 



Hoot fibrous ; stem 6-10 in. Leaves 1-2 by \-\ in., rather distant, base rounded 

 or cuneate, upper spathe-like, complicate and recurved. Peduncles with the 

 pedicel i f in. Petals ochreous yellow, blueish in withering. Stamens 3, filaments 

 faintly bearded; staminodes 3. Capsule %-% in., obtusely 3-angled. Seeds 

 yellowish brown. 



14. A. triquetrum. Wall. Cat. 5220 ; stem slender elongate, leaves 

 linear -lanceolate flat, peduncle 1-fld., pedicel rather stout, capsule oblong 

 acute, cells 3-5-seeded, seeds smooth farinose. Clarke Monogr. 208. 



SILHET, Wallich. DISTRIB. China. 



Stem 12-18 in. Leaves 1-2 in., rather thick, spreading and recurved, base 

 obtuse. Petals blue?. Stamens 3, filaments strongly bearded; staminodes 3. 

 Capsule i in. Seeds truncate at each end. 



** Cells of ovary 2-ovuled, of capsule 2-seeded (3-seeded in A. nudi- 

 florum, var. compressa). 



15. A. nudiflorum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in 'note) ; branches decumbent 

 rooting, leaves linear or lanceolate, sheath bearded, panicle subterminal 

 short, cymes at the ends o the branches few-fld., capsule broadly oblong or 

 subglobose, seeds rugose and pitted. Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 21 ; 

 Monogr. 210; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 253; Wall. Cat. 5224 (excl. A); 

 Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 29. A. radicans, Don Prodr. 45 (in part). A. 



