14 COMMELINACE (Clarke). [ Cyanotis. 
Disrris, Species 30; warm regions of the Old World, from Africa to South 
China and North Australia. 
As pointed out by R. Brown, the position of the i yom bong ine cage 
this genus from all other Commelinacer. The fi ur in 
species; and, where the young flowers are Pee ignite ‘they: aca pie (or pes 
blue. 
1. C. nodiflora (Kunth, Enum. iv. 106); nearly glabrous except 
the innovations, or Mita ng or shaggy ; stems 6—48 in. long, diffuse, often 
branching from the root, where a sterile short stem is ‘added ; roots 
fibrous, sometimes baits ovate-oblong tubers; leaves 2-5 in. long, 
oblong-linear, or those on the sterile short stem much larger, up to 
cymes interspersed with faleate folded bracts; flowers + in. long; 
tats short ; style linear, thickened just eee the stigma ; capsule 
lin. long; seeds 6, wrinkled. Bot. Mag. t. 5471. C. speciosa, 
Hassk: Commel. Ind. 108. Tradescantia — Lam. Eneye. ii. 
371. . speciosa, Linn. f. Su uppl. 192. Jormosa, Willd. 
Pl. ii. 20. Commelina speciosa, Thunb. FI. Cap. ed. Schultes, 294. 
Sourn Arica: without locality, Drége, 8781 a, b, c! 
Coast Region: Riversdale Div.; Vet River, Gall ! Knysna Div. ; nea 
Keurbooms River, Burchell, 5 ! Uitenhage Div. ; between Uitenhage and 
Drostdy Farm, Burchell, 4460! and without precise locality, Zeyher ! Hekio 
— es ee 610! Bathurst Div. ; near Port Alf _ Burchell, — 
ENTRAL REG GION : Karoo, Bowie! Somerset, Bowker ! : 
KanaHARI ReEcIoN: Basutoland, Cooper, 3326! Bechnanaland 3; near 
i i t., Holw ra 5 
! r Barberton, 2000- 000 Bf 
Galpin, 547! 830! Pretoria, Rehmann, 4467 ! Brewed? ? Orange Free 
State, Mol 
BAstERN eas. Tembuland ; Bazeia, ey ft., Bawr, 389! Griqualand 
East ; aed Kokstad, reine BM Tyson, Tee MacOwan and Bolus, Herb.’ 
Norm, Aust. Afr., 533 Wood, 17! 51! 963! Port Natal, 
Grant ! prt without precise bi ot oe iene nd! 
Also in South hart pi and Madagascar. 
This species S covered mer all over ner rain reper abd 
yong hairs ; sonnel she is hive 6 nd flower clusters are covered with m 
r brown hai ir; sometimes (especially in the large nics he oes ant is lebron 
aan a itt le bair on the inflorescence and about the a of the leaf-shea 
in si is also 
several species. Several closely allied species occur in Trop. Africa, and in India ; 
and in many of these the variability in size and in hairiness is great, 
V. FLOSCOPA, Lour. 
Pom es forming dense terminal panicles. Petals 3, free, obovate, 
ssile or scarce ly clawed. Stamens 6-5, “free, fertile, subequal, or 
3.2 posticous rather smaller ; filaments wi ithout beaded hairs. Ovary 
2-celled, glabrous; 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule small, shortly 
stalked, eompressed, m since 2-valved. 
Disrris. Species 11, in warm regions of the world, 7 endemic in Africa. 
