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bus barbatae, postremo nudae, minute puberulae, 
vix unquam plane glabratae, plerumque 6‘ longi- 
tudinem paulo excedentes, rarius breviores (com- 
pressae exsiccatae nunc), 2‘ crassae. Folia pe- 
tiolo brevi planiusculo erecto-patenti, 1—3‘’‘ longo, 
utringue e folio decurrenti marginato suffulta, ad 
imam basin ramorum nunc (nec semper) sessilia, 
subrotundo ovata vix acuta, valde diminuta, 6 
longa, 5° lata, pleraque ovata aut ovato - oblonga 
acuminata acutissima, basi subrotundata, subito in 
petiolum decurrentia 18 —24— 27‘ longa, I—10— 
12/4 Jata; omnia tenuia membranacea viridia, ner- 
vis 5—9 haud valde promiuulis nec omnihus e basi 
folii ortis, apice autem fere omnibus confluentibus 
percursa, pilis albidis minutis raris hinc inde utrin- 
que conspersa et hisce asperula, margine autem mi- 
nutissime ciliato scabra, ciliolis antrorsis; supra in- 
tensius viridia, subtus pallidiora, subglaucescentia; 
summum ad basin inflorescentiae subito valde dimi- 
nutum sessile, ohlongo-lanceolatum, acuminatum, 
83— 14’ longum, 21, —4‘’‘ latum, patens. Inflore- 
scentia terminalis paniculata, pedunculata, 3— 4 
alta, erecta, rara, divaricata, ramis, basalibus pa- 
tentissimis, omnibus pauci-ramosis, tenuibus, gla- 
bris, bracteatis; inferiores plerumqgue bini, rarius 
solitarii, nunec terni, nec ex eadem axilla progressi, 
plerumque internodio etsi hrevissimo et bractea mi- 
nori interstincti, primo erecto-patentes, dein diva- 
ricati. Bracteae parvae inferiores nil nisi folia flo- 
ralia diminuta, vagina minori hianti oblique in fo- 
lium transeunti suflultae, 4‘ longae acuminatae; 
altiores vaginam in laminam folii acutissimam tran- 
seuntem praebentes, ochream apertam oblique trun- 
catam, margine albescenti suhrevoluto referentes, 
eueulliformes, persistentes, 1/,‘“ vix longae. Pedi- 
cellö terminales unifiori, primo breves, apice cernui, 
mox erecti, stricti, sensim elongati et ramulum e 
bractea eos sustinenti progredientem longe exceden- 
tes, tenuissimi recti, 6° plerumque longi, erecto- | 
patentes; ramulus pedicello collateralis (termina- 
lis?), primo valde abbreviatus, alabastra juvenilia 
vix ex ochrea bracteali emergentes; haec diversae 
evolutionis et magnitudinis subglobosa; alabastra 
evoluta slobosa viridiuscula, vix 1 diametro. 
rigonii foliola exteriora viridia glabra, subaequa- 
lia concava, subrotundo-ovata, acutiuscula, margine 
hyalino, nervis cerassioribus 5—7 percursa, dein 
persistentia, basi attenuata, reflexa, sub fructu vix 
11/4‘ longa; interiora exterioribus multo tenuiora, 
coerulescenti-albida (Zoll. Syst. Verz. 64. 3), hya- 
lina nervis flabellatim dispositis furcatis percursa, 
quam exteriora multo majora obovato-subrotunda, 
basi breviter unguiculata, persistentia, corrugata. 
Stamina 3 posteriora, sterilia nulla ; filamenta pri- 
Pe- | 
mo brevia, dein elongata, filiformia, basi nune ad- 
glutinata nec monadelpha, longitudine foliola interna 
perigonii excedentia, imberbia, dein irregulariter 
circa antheras convoluta et intra perigonii foliola 
interna corrugata saepe recepta, difficile extricanda; 
antherae biloculares, binae aequales loculis con- 
nexivo angusto membranaceo vix discretis, basi ad 
medium fere bilobae, supra sinum insertae, intror- 
sae; tertia loculis connectivo tenuissimo lato, basi 
lunatim exeiso, subdeltoideo sejunctis, eoque lon- 
gioribus, teretibus, utroque apice recurvis; pollen 
copiosum albidum (suh aqua visum), oblongum, utrin- 
que obtusum, verruculosum, nunc subeurvatum. Ger- 
men viride, primo breviter stipitatum, obovato - ob- 
longum, altero latere recto, plano, altero valde con- 
vexo, aApice subtruncato -obtusum, 3/4‘ longum , 2- 
loculare, septo latitudine parallelo valvis transverso; 
mox staminibus opposite ohlique directum (antice), 
clavato-obovatum, compressiusculum, basi longe 
in stipitem attenuatum, hirsutulum e pilis albidis 
apice recurvulis; gemmulae in loculis solitariae; 
stylus apice germinis ad latus rectum ideogue uni- 
lateraliter ohlique insertus, teres, longus tenuis 
flexuosus albidus glaberrimus, germine plus triplo 
longior, supra medium hamato-curvatus, apicem ver- 
sus attenuatus, longe persistens; stigma breve 
subpeltatum papillatum. Capsula chartacea stipi- 
tata, stipite tertia totius fructus longitudine, trigo- 
no, subclavato-obovata, stigmatis residuo apiculata, 
plumbeo-fusca, minute hirsutula, cum stipite 3 
longa, 11/,‘ fere crassa, 2-locularis, 2-valvis, ab- 
ortu saepe I-sperma, intus lucida; valvae inaequa- 
les, stylo residuo 2-fido apiculatae; postica angu- 
stior linearis aut lineari-lanceolata, basin versus 
attenuata, plana, intus leviter carinata ex insertione 
dissepimenti disrepti; antica concava apice subbi- 
loba, navicularis, linea mediana vix carinata; dis- 
sepimentum tenue membranaceum stipitatum, obo- 
vato-cuneatum asymmetricum, receptaculo nervum 
medianum magis posticum castaneum referenti, an- 
tice late tenuissimum. Semen oblongum semi-ovoi- 
deum, & dorso compressum, argentes-cinerascens, 
altere latere planum et linea mediana longitudinali 
in sulco elevata notatum, ibique receptaculo inser- 
tum; a linea hacce versus marginem transverse c0Os- 
tulatum, ambitu impresso-punctatum; in dorso pla- 
niusculo-circumvallato ab embryostegio laterali ra- 
diatim costulatum. — 
Synon. Commelina (Aneilema) monadelpha Bl. 
Enum. 4. 13; A. Dtr. Spec. II. 412. 93. D. Dtr. 
Synops. I. 175. 93. — Aneilema Knth. En. IV. 70. 
24. Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. III. 537. 8. — €. conspi- 
cua Zoll. syst. Verz. 64. 3 et hrb. nec Bl. cf. Bl. 
Enum. 4. 12; A.Ditr. ]l. c. 413. 94; D. Dtr. 1. c- 
