1082 BENGAL PLANTS. [Commelina. 
§Seeds or truncate at one end; spathe always rounded at 
base :—[p. 1 
Branches i ecyme equal, 1-2-flowered; seeds appendaged, 
At a at the unflattened end oe lia 
Branches of cyme unequal, upper 2-4-flowered, lower 1-2- 
Mirek, seeds without appendages, subacute at the eae 
Has 
carlit 
end 
ee elliptic-ovate, obtuse; spathe turbinate; capsule always 
5-seeded ; seeds rugose [p. 1081] bengalensis 
+Capsule 1-celled, with 2 superposed seeds truncate and appendaged 
at both ends, or with 1 subglobose seed ; leaves linear ; spathes — 
cordate at the base [p. 1081] attenuata. 
*All the cells of the ovary 1-ovuled :—[p. 1081] 
Capsule 3-celled, subequally 3-valved; seeds free in the cells, ellip- 
soid, compressed, lead-grey with often mottled peer patie lanceolate 
obli: 
aqua 
Capsule 2-celled, or if 3-celled (C. appendiculata sometimes) then ihe 
2-valved, the dorsal cell being indehiscent and the seed being adnate 
to the ce 
Leaves Scie or narrowly lanceolate, nearly glabrous; capsule 
often with a smaller, indehiscent, dorsal cell; seeds oblong, Pst 
d 
Leaves ‘ata: widely lanceolate, subscabridly pubescent ; ese 
always 2-celled ; seeds ellipsoid, rugose, straw-coloured, pubescent 
suffruticosa. 
2238, CoMMELINA NUDIFLORA Linn.; F. B. I. vi. 369; E. D. 
Cc. 17 . cespitosa F. I. i. 174. 
Throughout the western and northern provinces. 
A creeping herb, rooting at the nodes 
2239. CoMMELINA SALICIFOLIA Roxb.; F. I. i. 172; F. B. I. vi. 370; 
BK. D. C. 1759 
In most of the provinces. 
A diffuse, slender herb, with long internodes. Hind. 
Jalpipari; Beng. Pani-kanchira; Santal. Bir kana 
arak’, 
2240. Comme tina Hassxaruu Clarke; F. B. I. vi. 370. 
In most of the provinces. 
A much-branched herb. 
2241. CoMMELINA BENGHALENSIS Linn.; F. I. i, 171; F. B. 1 
vi. 370; E. D. C. 1748. 
In all the provinces. 
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