COMMELYNACE^. 677 



© Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) N. Doab. &c. Fl. small 

 bright-blue, and fr. R. S. 



3. communis, L. (Spreng. o. c. p. 172 ; — Roxb. o. c, p. 17I j ci. Carey, 1, 

 p. 175 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 223 ;—Red. HI. I. 206.) ^ ^tS^^ 

 Juta-Kanchura, © Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) N. Doab 

 &c. Fl. small, bright-blue, and fr. R. S. 



4. coespitosa, Roxb. {fl. ind. i,p. 174; ed. Carey, \,p. 178.) © Chitta- 

 gong. Bengal, (Serampore.) &c. Fl. small, blue, and fr. R. S. 



Aneilema, R. Br. (pr. 270 ; — Spreng. syst. I, p. 173, and EndL gen. pi. 

 I, p. 125, under Commelina.) 



2. nudiflorum, R. Br. (0. c. p. 271, annot. — Commelina nudiflora, L. ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 173 ; ed. Carey, I, p. Ill ; — Spreng, syst. 1, p, 

 173; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 223, excl. syn. Aneilema nudicaule. — 

 Tradescantia malabarica, L. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 115 ; — Schult. syst. 

 8. p. 1155;—/. Grah. I. c.—Rheed. 9, t, 63.) ^V^^ Kandali. © 

 Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet, &c. Fl. small, blue, 

 and fr. R. S. 



1. vaginatum, R. Br. {pr. p. 271, annot. — Commelina vaginata, L. ; — 

 Spreng. syst. I, p. 173.) ® Coromandel. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 small, blue, and fr. R. S. 



3. herbaceum, Wall. {Cat. — Commelina herbacea, Roxb. f., ind. ],p. 175 ; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 179 ; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 174.) %. Rangoon. Ta- 

 voy. Banks of the Attran, Travancore. Sumatra. Fl. small, bluish- 

 white, and fr. nearly throughout the year. 



4. nanum, (Commelina nana, Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. 173; ed. Carey, I, p. 

 176; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 174.) © Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. 

 small, bright-blue, fr. R. and C. S. 



Tradescantia, L. {Spreng. syst, 2, p. 10, No, 1287; — Endl. gen. pl. ], 

 p. 126.) 

 1. /wsca^a, Lodd. (B. Ca6. /, 374 ; — Spreng. syst, 2, p. 115; — Schult. 

 syst. 8, p. 1156 ;—B. Reg. 6, t. 482;— B. M. 49, t. 2330.) % Bra- 

 zil. Fl. 6 lines, blue-violet, outside paler, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



2. paniculata, Roxb. {Coram. 2, t. 109 ; fl. ind. 2, p. 119 ; — Spreng. 0. c. 

 p. in ; — Schult. 0. c. p. 1158.) © Moist vallies on the Coromandel 

 coast. Fl. small, purple-blue, R. S. 



3. erecta, Jacq. {ic. rar. 2, t. 354 ■,—Red. HI. t. 239 ;— 5. M. 33, t. 

 1340; — Spreng. 0. c. p. 116. — Schult. 0. c. p. 1160.) © Mexico. 

 Fl. 9 lines in diameter, deep-blue, R. S, ; fr. C. S. 



4. crassifolia, L. {ic. 1, p. 54, t. 75, descript, p. 397 ; — Spreng. 0. c. p. 

 116;— Schult. 0. c. p. 1172;— iJ. M. 39, t. 1598.) 2f. New Spain. 

 Mexico. Fl. 16 lines in diameter, purple-violet, R. S. 



5. virginica, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 116; — Schult. syst. 8, p. 1173 ; — 

 B. M. 3, t. 105 , p. 23 ; — Roxb. Hort. Beng. — Commelina virginica. 

 Roxb. Hort, Beng, p, 5.) %. Virginia. Fl. 6-9 lines long, violet, R. 

 S. ; fr. C. S. 



