178 MONOCOTYLEDONEZ. COMMELINA . 
* Species in India, Malaya, Australia vigentes. 
64. €. obliqua (Ham.; Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 45 non Vahl); 
robusta; foliis lanceolatis ; spathis infundibuliformibus, fere sessili- 
bus, sspe subterminalibus adgregatis; capsula trigono-obovoidea, 
subæqualiter 3-loculicida ; seminibus 3 mill., ellipsoideis, compressis. 
levibus, puberulis. C. B. Clarke Commel. et Cyrt. Beng. tab. 9, 10. 
11. C. paludosa, Blume Enum. Pl. Jav. 1, p. 2; Hassk. in Pl. Jungh. 
p. 137. C. Donii, Dietr. Sp. Pl. 2, p. 395. C. polyspatha, Wight! Ie. 
PI. Ind. Or. tab. 2066. C. maculata, Edgw.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. 20. 
p. 89; Wall.! Cat. 8983. C. striata, Edgw.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2, 
p. 89; Wall.! Cat. 8981 partim. C. semi-ovata, Ham.! in Wall. Cat. 
8985. C. communis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1, p. 171 (ed. Wall. 1, p. 17) 
non Linn. C. capitata, Klotzsch in herb. Berol., non Benth. Hetero- 
carpus ? obliquus, Hassk.! Commel. Ind. p. 7. 
Late vagans. Folia longa 10-15 cent., lata 2-3 !/, cent., basi angus- 
tata, apice valde acuminata, glabra scabra aut villosa, marginibus 
vaginarum ssepius barbatis. Spathæ 2 cent., turbinatæ, in altero 
latere brevissime acute, 4-10 dense adgregatæ, interdum (in var. 
Mathewii C. B. Clarke = striata sp. Edgw.) solitariæ; glabrae sta- 
bræ, intus interdum gelatinosæ, rarius longitudinaliter striatæ, haud 
transversim striatulæ; in var. viscida C. B. Clarke (= maculata $p. 
Edgw.) villosæ hirsutæ imo dense glanduloso-rufo-barbatæ. RacemuU 
inferior sæpius obsoletus, superior 3-6-florus. Petala cærulea, 2 inte- 
riora unguiculata. Semina 3, fere consimilia, plumbea, marginibus 
haud raro albide marmorata. — In exemplo Zollingerii n. 1853, OV 
rium 3-loculare, capsula 2-1-sperma ; in exemplis Indicis capsula fere 
semper 3-sperma. Be 
India Orientalis eum Malaya, ubique vulgatissima ab ora maritim 
ad Himalaya alt. 2500 met. 
65. €. paleata (Hassk. in Pl. Jungh. p. 139); robusta, ramos: 
foliis late lanceolatis, fere glabris; spathis breviter pedunculatis 
sparsis, breviter cucullatis, ovatis acutis; seminibus 3, subeequalibus 
3-4 mill., late ellipsoideis, levibus, vix compressis. Commelina 5p- 6, 
herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. et T. Thoms. Trithyrocarpus paleatus et 
oligospatha, Hassk. Commel. Ind. p. 25. 
Folia longa 12 cent., lata 4 cent., acuminata, basi subito angustat? 
subpetiolata, scabriuscula. Pedunculi !/,-1 ‘/, cent., axillares et plure 
