| ANEILEMA . COMMELINACEÆ (AUCT. €. B. CLARKE). TANE 
scabris; panicula subsessili, foliis summis multo breviore, ramis ad- 
scendentibus pubescentibus; pedicellis fructiferis decurvatis ; stamini- 
bus 2 fertilibus; capsula 4 mill., trigono-globosa. Aneilema sp. 10, 
herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. et T. Thoms. Dictyospermum ovalifolium, 
Wight.! Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. tab. 2070. D. Wightii, Hassk. Commel. Ind. 
p. 19, excl. var. 
Folia longa 12-15 cent., lata 4-5 cent., apice basique acuminata ; 
vagin: pubescentes, superiores imbricatæ. Panicula fere A. conspicui. 
Capsule majores, robustiores, nitidæ. Semina magna, admodum fari- 
nosa. — Differt ab A. conspicuo capsulis majoribus, fructu deflexis, 
trigonis, et staminibus 2 (nec 3) fertilibus. 
India Orientalis; in peninsula australiore (Wight; G. Thomson). — 
In insulis Malasicis fide Hasskarl; sed exempla Malasica mihi omnia 
potius ad A. conspicuum spectant. 
$ 2. Capsula pilosa; bracteolæ persistentes. 
** Carpella 3, subæqualia ; capsula 3-sperma (Piletocarpus, 
Gen. Hassk. Commel. Ind. p. 14). 
36. A. protensum (Wall.! Cat. 5218); foliis scabris, basi angus- 
tatis; panicula effusa, glabra; bracteolis vaginantibus, obovatis, 
truncatis, persistentibus; seminibus 2 mill., late oblongis. C. B. 
Clarke Commel. et Cyrt. Beng. tab. 23. A. herbaceum, Wall. Cat. 
8223, F (nec A, B). A. scaberrimum, Kunth Enum. 4, p. 69. Comme- 
lina scaberrima, Blume Enum. Pl. Jav. 1, p. 4. Dictyospermum pro- 
tensum, Wight! Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. tab. 2071. Lamprodithyros protensus, 
Hassk. in Peters Mossamb. 2, p. 529, in Flora 1863, p. 389. Pileto- 
carpus protensus, Hassk. Commel. Ind. p. 15. 
Suffruticulosa ; ramulis viscidis, ssepe adhærentibus. Folia longa 
12 cent., lata 2-3 cent., acuminata, basi sensim aut subito angustata 
vix rotundata; vaginæ longs scabro-viscidæ aut hispidæ. Petala 
Parva, alba. Stamina 3 (rarius 2) fertilia filamentis nudis, 2 sterilia. 
Capsula Subglobosa, junior velutino-villosa, proventu villosa aut 
Interdum lucida fere glabra, subæqualiter 3-sperma; 1-2 capsulis 
mter plurimas 3-spermas rarissime 2-l-spermis. Semina breviter 
hemi-ellipsoidea, glauco-niera, reticulato-rugosa, farinosa. 
India Orientalis; in Himalaya orientali a Nepalia ad Bhotan, alt. 
1000-2000 met., vulgaris; in montibus Khasia, alt. 1000-1500 met. 
vulgaris: in montibus peninsulæ australioris cum Zeylania (Wight : 
Thwaites n, 3026). Sumatra, Java (Blume ; Hasskarl). 
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