Aneilema.~] OLX. COMMELINACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 381 



21. A. ILoenigii, Wall. Cat. 5214; stem short much branched 

 glabrous, leaves ovate- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or acute, branches of 

 panicle slender, filaments all bearded, capsule linear-oblong, seeds very- 

 numerous biseriate minutely tessellate. . ClarJce Monogr. 215. A. nudi- 

 florum, Miq. PI. Exsicc. Hohenack, 144, c. Dichsespermum lanceolatum, 

 Wight Ic. t. 2078. D. Koenigii, Eassk. mss. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan and Canara southwards. 



Root fibrous. Stem 6-10 iu., and branches slender. Leaves 1-2 in., sessile, 

 base rounded or cordate. Panicle large for the size of the plant, much dichoto- 

 mously branched ; branches flexuous, slender ; bracts ovate, acute, persistent. 

 Flowers small, blue. Capsule -* in., pale yellow. Seeds 15-16 in each cell, small, 

 yellow, neither rugulose nor reticulate. 



22. A. paniculatum. Wall. Gat. 5216 ; stem short slender branched, 

 leaves grass-like filiform or narrowly linear or subulate semiterete glabrous, 

 branches of few-fld. panicle slender spreading, filaments all naked, capsule 

 shortly oblong or subglobose, seeds nearly smooth biseriate. Clarke 

 Monogr. 215. A. semiteres, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 138 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 254. Dichsespermum juncoides, Wight Ic. t. 2078. D. 

 semiteres, Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 41. D. paniculatum, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f.&T. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards in hilly places. 



Roots fibrous. Stems densely tufted, tuberous and sheathed at the base. Leaves 

 2-4 by T V- TI- i n -> acuminate, erect and recurved, fleshy according to Dalzell. 

 Branches capillary. Bracts ochreate, t-runcate, persistent. Petals small, blue. 

 Filaments according to Dalzell all connate at the base. Capsule % in. long. Seeds 

 about 6-8 in each cell, pale yellow. Habit of a Juncus. 



Sect. III. DICTYOSPEEMUM. Cells of ovary 1-ovuled, of capsule 1-seeded 

 or empty. 



* Capsule glabrous. 



23. A. vag inatum, Br. Prodr. 271 (in note) ; stem long slender, 

 leaves long linear flat, pedicels 1-3 in the axils of distant lanceolate erect- 

 bracts pubescent, filaments Bttkcd or bearded, capsule subglobose glabrous, 

 cells 1-seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. Wight Ic. t. 2076 ; Wall. Cat. 

 5212 ; Clarke Compi. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 23, Monogr. 216 ; Hassk. Commelin. 

 Ind. 34. A. filiforme, Ham. & nudiflorum, Wall. Cat. 5209, and 5224 A. 

 A. pauciflorum, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136 ; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 253. Commelina vaginata, Linn. Mant. 177. Tradescantia gangetica, 

 Linn. mss. 



Throughout TROPICAL INDIA ; Bengal, Assam and the Deccan Peninsula. 

 CEYLON ; in rice fields and wet places. DISTBIB. China. 



Soots fibrous. Stems 6-18 in., decumbent and rcoting at the lower nodes, 

 branches suberect. Leaves 3-6 by J in., acuminate, sheaths short open, upper 

 reduced to bracts equalling the i-f in. pedicels. Flowers l-3_, pedicels twice jointed 

 in the middle. Sepals pubescent. Petals blue. Stamens 2 -fertile, staminodes 3-4. 

 Capsule -i in. diam., cuspidate. Seeds black. Wight figures and describes all the 

 filaments as naked. 



24. A. montanum, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5203 ; stem erect, leaves 

 large petioled elliptic-lanceolate glabrous or scaberulous, panicle terminal, 

 branches long 'lax few-fld. pubescent, stamens 3 perfect, filaments naked, 

 staminodes 0, capsule globose, glabrous pedicels suberect, cells 1-seeded, 



