382 CLX. COMMELINACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aneikma. 



hemispheric rugose. Clarke Monogr. 217. Dictyospermum mon- 

 tanum, Wight Ic. t. 2069 ; Hassle. Commelin. Ind. 23. Tradescantia 

 montana, Heyne mss. T. paniculata, Roth Nov. Sp. 188 ; ? Kunth Enum 

 iv. 100. 



UPPER ASSAM; in the Naga hills, Clarke. MUNNIPORE, Watt. NILGHIRI and 

 TKATANCORE HILLS, Heyne, Wight, &c. 



Stem creeping and rooting below. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-2 in., ciliate, acuminate, 

 sheaths pubescent. Floivers small, few at the ends of the long filiform branches of 

 the panicle; bracts small. Petals blue. Capsule in. diam. Seeds floury. 



25. A. conspicuum, Kunth Enum. iv. 69 ; stem suberect, leaves 

 lanceolate, panicle short subsessile, branches horizontal, or decurved, 

 stamens 3 perfect, capsule globose glabrous, pedicels reflexed, cells 1- 

 seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. Clarke Monogr. 218. Dictyospermum 

 conspicuum, Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 22. Moscopa paniculata, Hassk. -in 

 Plant. Jungh. 151 (in part). Commelina conspicua, Blume Enum. i. 4. 



ASSAM; Patkoye Mts., Griffith. PENANG, Curtis. MALACCA, Griffith. 

 DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Stem 1-2 fit., creeping and rooting below. Leaves as in A. montanum, from 

 which conspicuum differs in the pyramidal many-fld. panicle. 



26. A. ovatum, Wall. Cat. 5206 ; stem suberect, leaves petioled 

 elliptic acuminate, panicle very short sessile or subsessile, branches long 

 slender depressed or horizontal pubescent, stamens 2 perfect, capsule 

 globose glabrous, pedicel suberect, cells 1- seeded, seeds hemispheric rugose. 

 Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 25 ; Monogr. 218. Dictyospermum ovatum, 

 Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 24. 



PEGTJ and TAVOY, Wallich, &c. The ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. DISTRIB. 

 Siam, Malay Islands. 



Stem 6-10 in., branched. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., terminal on the branches ; 

 petiole ^-1 in. Panicle with the rachis so short, that the branches appear axillary 

 amongst the uppermost leaves. Capsule 1 in. diam. 



27. A. ovalifolium, Hook. f. in Clarke Monogr. 218 ; stem erect, 

 leaves shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pubescent, panicle 

 short subsessile pyramidal, branches ascending pubescent, stamens 2 per- 

 fect, filaments glabrous, capsule globose glabrous, pedicel decurved, cells 

 1-seeded, seeds large reticulate. Dictyospermum ovalifolium, Wight Ic. 

 t. 2070. D. Wightii, Hassk. Comm. Ind. 19 (excl. var.). Aneilema l3p. 10, 

 Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 



NILGHIRI HILLS ; on the western slopes, Wight, &c. 



Stem stout, rooting at the base only. Leaves 3-6 by l-g-2 in. ; sheath.* 

 pubescent. Panicle pubescent ; branches slender. Differs from A. conspicuum in the 

 stouter naked large leaves, and larger capsule i in. diam., and the 2 stamens (Wight 

 figures 3). 



28. A. scaberrimirm, Kuntli JEnum. iv. 69 ; tall, erect, slender, 

 leaves distant lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate hispid above, 

 panicle with long slender peduncle and branches, bracts funnel-shaped 

 acuminate persistent, stamens 2-3 perfect, filaments naked, capsule globose 

 pubescent, cells 1-seeded, seeds rugose. A. protensum, Wall. Cat. 5218 ; 

 Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Benq. t. 24, Monogr. 219, t. 4, f. 4. A. herbaceum, 

 Wall. Cat. 8223. Commelina scaberrima, Blume JSnum. i. 4. Dictyo- 

 spermum protensum, Wight Ic. t. 2071. Lamprodithyros protensus, Hassk. 



