Cyanofis.'] OLX. COMMELINACE/K. (J. D. Hooker.) 385 



8987 ; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 158. C. hispida, Dalz. in Soak. Journ. Bot. 

 1851, 139 ; Dalz. $ G-ibs. Bomb. Fl. 253 (excl. Syn.}. C. hirtella, MiqueL 

 Plant. Exsicc. Hohenack. No. 130 ; Hassk. I. c. 112. Tradescantia papil- 

 lioaacea, Linn. Mant. 513 ; Vahl Symb. i. 27 (excl.- Syn.}. T. cristata, 

 Heyne mss. T. rupestris, Law in G-rah. Gat. Bomb. PL 222. ? Commelina 

 cristata, Blume Fl. Ind. t. 7, f. 4. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA. ; from the Concau southwards, in rocky places. 



Annual. Stem 46 in., branched from the base. Leaves 1-1^ by 5 j in., sessile, 

 acute, acuminate, or obtuse and apiculate, base rounded ; sheaths very short. 

 Peduncles long 1 , slender ; bracts shortly exceeding the cymes. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Petals blue. Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds yellow-brown. 



Var. Hurmanniana, Clarke 1. c. ; leaves shorter broader. C. Burmanniana, 

 Wight Ic. t. 2089. Malabar. 



2. C. vagrinata, Wight Ic. t. 2083 ; softly hairy, erect or ascending, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sheaths short inflated, bracteoles ovate 

 falcate acute ciliate, capsule oblong, seeds rugose dark brown. Hassle . 

 Commel. Ind. 98 ; Clarke Monoffr. 247. 



MALABAB, Wight. 



Annual; stem 4-6 in., lower part with inflated leafless sheaths. Leaves falcate. 

 Pc-1 uncles slender ; bracteoles glabrous, striate and cross-striolate. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Petals blue. Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds conic. 



' f * Capsule with no free central column after dehiscence. 



3. C. cristaXa, Schultes, f. Syst. vii. 1150; stem creeping below, 

 branches erect or ascending glabrous or with spreading hairs, leaves 

 ovate-oblong subacute, seeds striate and pitted. Wight Ic.t. 3082 ; Clarke 

 Commel. & Cyrt. Seng. t. 36 ; Monogr. 247 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 256 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 8986; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 120. C. racemosa, Clarke 

 Commel. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 38. C. Hugelii, Hassk. I. c. 128. C. cristata, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 42. Tradescantia cristata, Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. 64, t. 137 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1435. T. imbricata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 120. T. umbellata, Heyne mss. 

 Cyanotis sp., Wall. Cat. S989.IMieede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 58. 



Throughout TROPICAL INUIA in hilly districts. BURMA, MALACCA, CEYLON. 

 DISTBIB. Malay Islands, Mauritius, trop. Africa. 



Stem 6-18 in., slender, branched. Leaves rather distant, 2-4 by ^-f in., sessile, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous or hirsute, ciliate or not. Bracts twice as long as the 

 cyme. Bracteoles ^ in., ovate, falcate, acute, striate and striolate. Sepals lanceo- 

 late. Petals blue. Filaments simple, bearded. Style thickened at the tip. 

 Capsule % in., obtuse. 



Var. Griffithii, Clarke 1. c. 248; seeds smaller not pitted. Mergui, Griffith (Kew 

 distrib. 5503, 5517). 



4. C. barbata, Don Prodr. 46; creeping and rooting, glabrous or 

 cobwebby, leaves oblong or linear-lanceolate, cymes subsessile axillary and 

 terminal, bracteoles oblong falcate acute, filaments bearded, seeds reticu- 

 lated. Clarke Commel. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 37 (excl. Syn. Roxb.} ; Monogr. 248 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 8993; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 143. C. nodiflora, Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 453 (not of Kunth). C. nobilis, Hassk. I. c. 148 (excl. 

 Syn. Wight) ; Clarke Commel. & Cyrt. Ind. 6, 39. C. glaberrima, Hassk. 

 I. c. 156. C. fasciculata, Wall. Cat. 8990. Tradescantia barbata, Spreng. 

 Syst. Cur. post. 138. T. radicans, Royle III. 403. Cyanotis sp. Wall. Cat. 

 8988, 8994. 



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