Aneilema.'] CLX. COMMELINACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 379 



diandrum, Ham., and A. debile, Wall., Wdll. Gat. 5210, 5215. A. midi- 

 caule and A. mimitum, Kunth Enutn. iv. 67, 661. A. foliosum, Hassle, in 

 PI. Jungh. 144, Commelin. Ind. 32. A. diversifolium, Hassk. I. c. 142. A. 

 Junghuhnianum, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 112, 538, Suppl. 609. A. lancifolia, 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 236. A. trichocolea, Schauer PI. Meyer, 448. Commelina 

 nndiflora, Linn. Mant. 177 (not of Sp. PL) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 173; Reichb. 

 Ic. Exot. t. 136. 0. nudicaulis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 17, t. 8.' 0. diandra, 

 Keen. mss. C. radicans, Spreng. Syst. Cur. post. 25. ? 0. minuta, 

 Blume Enum. 34. Trade scantia malabarica, \Linn. Mant. 362. Rheede 

 Hort. Mai. ix. t. 63, x. t. 19. 



Throughout INDIA; from the N.W. Himalaya ascending to 6000 ft. eastwards 

 and southwards to the Khasia hills, Burma, the Deccan, Travancore and CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. China, Malay Islands. 



Stem and branches slender, diffuse, complicate or not. Leaves 2-5 by - in., 

 glabrous or hairy, or subvillous. Panicles rarely axillary, branches elongate, scarred ; 

 flowers pedicelled, clustered ; bracts deciduous. Petals small, blue or purplish. 

 Stamens 3 fertile, 3 sterile, filaments of fertile or all bearded. Capsule in., acute 

 at both ends. 



Var. compressa, Clarke 1. c. 211 ; petals rosy, cells of capsule often 3-seeded. 

 A. compressum, Dalz, in Hook. Journ. Pot. 1851, 138; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 253 (excl. Syn.).-The Concan, Dalzell. 



Var. terminalis, Clarke 1. c. ; stem stouter, leaves broader; sometimes 6 by f in., 

 cymes more elongate, capsules larger, seeds less rugose or almost smooth. A. nudi- 

 florum, var. rigidior, Benth. Fl. EongJc. 377. A. terminale, Wight Ic. t. 2076. A. 

 loriforme, Bassk. in PI. Jungh. 143. Prionostachys terminalis, HassJc. mss. 

 Khasia hills, Malabar, Ceylon, China. Wight's figure represents the capsule as 

 globose. 



16. A. sinicum, Lindl. Sot. Rey. t. 659 ; stem elongate diffusely- 

 branched, internodes long, leaves linear elongate, branches of terminal 

 panicle short, stamens 2 perfect, filaments bearded, staminodes 3 naked, 

 capsule subglobose, seeds obscurely rugose. Clarke Monogr. 212. A. 

 scundtim, Wight Ic. t. 2075. A. esculentum, Wall. Gat. 5208 C. Com- 

 melina sinica, Rcem. Sc Sch. Syst. i. ; Mant. i. addend. 376. 



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

 DISTRIB. China, Malay Islands, Africa. 



Roots of elongate tubers. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 6-12 by $-f in. , cauline and 

 tufted at the base of the ascending leafy flowering stem, glabrous or puberulous. 

 Panicle lax ; bracts large, caducous, branches scarred. Petals blue. Capsule % in. 

 diam. Seeds brown. 



17. A. g-igranteum, Br. Prodr. 271 ; stem tall erect, internodes long, 

 leaves linear elongate, branches of the terminal panicle short stout, 

 stamens 3, filaments bearded, capsule ellipsoid acute, seeds compressed 

 nearly smooth. Clarke Monogr. 212. A. longifolium, Hook. Exot. Fl. 

 t. 204 ; Wall. Cat. 5213 D, F (in part). A. ensifolium, Wight Ic. t. 

 2074; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 22 (excl. Syn. F. Muell). Com- 

 melina gigantea, Vahl Enum. ii. 177. C. longifolia, Spreng. Syst. Cur. 

 post. 25. C. Hookerii, Dietr. Sp. PI. ii. 404. Prionostachys ensifolia, 

 Hassle, mss. 



ASSAM and the KHASIA HILLS, ascending to 4000 ft. TENASSERIM, the DECCAN 

 PENINSULA, CEYLON and the NICOBAE ISLANDS. DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, 

 Australia, Africa. 



Root fibrous. Stem 1-3 ft. Leaves 6-12 by 5-^ in., glabrous or nearly so. 

 Panicles sparingly branched ; branches very closely scarred ; bracts caducous. 



