678 COMMELYNACE.«. 



6. discolor, L'Herit. (Serf. angl. p. 8, t. 12; — Spreng. I. c. ; — Schult. 

 o. c.p. 1177 i^Lam. ill. t. 226,/. 2 ;— B. M. 30, t. 1192 ^—Red. HI. 

 t. 168 •,—Roxb. H. B. p. 23 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 223.) % Shores 

 of the Mexican Gulf. Fl. small, white, soon withering, and fr. nearly 

 throughout the yesir. Domesticated about Serampore. 

 MuRDANNiA, Royle. (i//. p. 403.) 



1. scapiflora, Royle. (o. c. t. 95, /. 3. — Commelina scapiflora, Roxh. fl. 

 ind. 1, p. 175 ; ed. Caret/, \,p. 178 ; — Spreng. syst. \,p. 173. — Anei- 

 lema tuberosa ; Buck. Herb.) %. Along the Himalayas, from the 

 Khaasya Mountains to Manma. Mussooree. Kheree Jungles. Fl. 

 nearly 1 inch in diameter, lively blue, March and April ; fr. 0. 



Cyanotis, D. Don. {pr. fl. nep. p. 45 ; — Schult. syst. 8, p. LXII ; — Endl. 

 gen. pi. \,p. 126.) 

 l.cristata, Schult. (syst. 8, p. 1150. — Tradercantia cristata, L. ; Jacq. 

 hort. vind. 2, p. 67, t. 137 ;— Spreng. syst. 2, p. 116 ,—B. Cab. t. 639. 

 —B. M. 35, t. 1435;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 223.— T. imbricata. 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 120; — J. Grah. I. c. — Commelina cristata, L. 

 fl. zeyl. — Burm. ind, t. 1 , f. 4. — Rheed. 7, t. 58.) Java. Ceylon. Pe- 

 ninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) &c. Fl. small, pale or dark- 

 blue, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



2. barbata, D. Don. (pr. fl. nep. p. 46 ; — Schult. o. c. p. 1 153. — Trades- 

 cantia barbata, Spreng. c. p. p. 138.) % Nepal. Fl. small, azure, R. 

 S. ; fr. 0. 



3. /uierosa, Schult. (/.c. — Tradescantia tuberosa, 7?oar6. Carom. 2, t. 108; 

 fl. ind. 2, p. 119; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 115; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 223.) % Coromandel valleys. S. Concan. Fl. small, blue-purple. R. 

 S. ; fr. 0. 

 4. axillaris, Schult. (syst. 8, p. 1154. — Tradescantia axillaris, L. Mant. ; 

 Spreng. I. c. ; — Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 107 ; /. ind. 2, p. 118 \—J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 223. — Commelina axillaris, L. sp — Rheed. 10, t. 13.) 

 ^t^r^oTJ Baghanula. © Java. Ceylon. Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Fl. largish, deep-blue, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



* Commelyna avencefolia, J. Grah. © Kandalla Jungle. — C. Nimmoniana, 

 J. Grah. © Malabar. Hill.— C. tuberosa, L. B. M. 41, t. 1695 ; % Mex- 

 ico.—C. gracilis, Ruiz, and Pav. ; B. M 58. t. 3047. % Lima.— C. 

 africana, L. ; B. M. 35, t. 1431. S. Africa,— C. cyanea, R. Br. Tro- 

 pical N. Holland C. lanceolata, R. Br, Tropical N. Holland. — C. 



ensifolia, R. Br. Tropical N. Holland. — C. undulata, R. Br. Tropical 

 N. Holland. — Aneilema macrophyllum, R. Br. Tropical N. Holland. — 

 A. giganteum, R. Br. Tropical N, Holland, — Pallia ihyrsiflora, Endl. 

 (Lamprocarpus thyrsiflorus, Bl.) Java, — Callisia monandra, Schult. 

 (Tradescantia monandra, Swz.) St, Domingo. — Tradescantia geni- 

 culata, Lam. % Mexico. — T. undaia, Humb. and Bonpl ; B. Reg. 

 17, t. 1403. © Mexico.— 7\ lalifolia, Ruiz, and Pav.; B. Cab, t. 



