12 COMMELINACES (Clarke). [Anetlema. 
Il. ANEILEMA, R. Br. 
Panicle exserted, of many branches ; braets small, lowest gt folded 
nor funnel-shaped. Petals 3, clawed, subequal, blue or itish. 
Stamens 3-2 fertile, 3 ae Ovary 8 subsymmetric, 3- or 0. celled ; 
ovules 1—5 in each cell. eds 1-5 in each cell ; hilum linear, vertical. 
Annual succulent weeds ; flowers evanescent. 
Dis’ aaa 55, Tropical or Warm-temperate zones, viz. 50 in the Old 
World, ‘Bin the New 
Subgenus I, Tric steele Capsule subequally 3-celled, 3-valved. 
mae uy 6-see (1) sinicum. 
Subgen s IL. at ft aa a 2. dalle, Suvalved (a very small third 
valve is ierelp peel nt). 
apsule truncate, 6- (or more) seeded vs .. (2) equinoctiale. 
Capsule small, rounded, 4—2-seeded ... ise .. (3) dreg 
sinicum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 659 char. emended) ; nearly 
Sikes: innovations more or less hairy ; stem 12-18 in. long, with 2 
or 3 cauline leaves ; leaves linear, 4—5 by 1 in., or the leaves at base 
subracemosely elongate, often scarred closely where the numerous — 
infertile flowers have fallen; stamens 2 fertile ; capsule 3-celled, 
searcely 1 in. long, pointed at tip ; seeds usually 6 perfected, obscurely 
wrinkled. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 379. A. secundum, Wight, Ic. 
Pl. Ind. Or. t. 2075. Commelina sinica, Roem. et Schult. Sy yst. i. 
Addit. Mant. i. Cl. iii, 376. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; near Tugela River, Wood, 3854; near Nonot 
Seas How Wood! Zululand, Mrs. McKenzie! and without precise lobality: 
Also distributed from the Niger and Angola to Canton and Malaya. 
uinoctiale cine Enum. iv. 72); stems 1-3 ft. long; leaves 
lanceolate, tapering at base, or ovate-lanceolate suddenly narrowed at 
base quasi-petioled, haity beneath ; panicle stout, pubescent ; stamens 
2 fertile, filaments not bearded ; capeutle 2-celled (or a third dorsal 
small cell added), at top truncate with two horns ; —_ usually 3 in 
pms cell, pany. C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. iii. 221, all var. 
neluded. adherens, Kunth, Enum. iv. 72. Chines elina equi- 
ree Bw Fl. Owar. i. 65, t. 38. eae ae eal cequinoc- 
‘tate and L. adherens, Hassk. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Zithiop. 211. 
Amelina Wallichas, Co 'B. Cl larke, Commel. Beng. t. 26, 
Katanari Reeion: Transvaal, Houtbosch, Weed. s50h' 5759! Barberton, 
EasteEgn Reaion: Pondoland; St. J ohn’s River, Drége, 4466! Natal; 
Inanda, Wee ® 540! Port Natal, Grant! near Durban, Cooper, 3323! Moly- 
neuz ! and without precise locality, Sutherland ! Gerrard, 1836! 
Distributed throughout Tropical Africa and Arabia. 
The type of A. adhzrens, Kunth, is ie 466, which has lanceolate 
leaves 4 by } in., attenuate at base; and scarcely differs from tears tab. ci 
the t of A. equinoctiale. In Dr. Sutherland’s examples, e leaves are ovate, 
4 ole ds ‘sooo in., apa! narrowed at base into a quasi-petiole. De third small cell 
is present sometimes in both forms. "The petals are stated in DC. 
