Aneilema.] COMMELINACE®. 1083 
A creeping herb, rooting at the lower nodes. Hind. 
and Beng. Kanchira; Santal. Kana arak’. 
2242. CoMMELINA ATTENUATA eesti FP. B. I. vi. 372. 
Chota Nagpur 
A tufted herb, ‘wiih much iets slender stems. 
2243. ComMELINA OBLIQUA Ham BT, vi. 8723-2: C; 1756. 
C. communis F. I. i 7. 
In all the provinces, 
A tall, ea: herb; stems 2-3 feet high. Vernac. 
Jata-kanchira 
2244. ComMELINA APPENDICULATA Clarke; F. B. I. vi. 874. 
N. Bengal; E. Bengal. 
A diffusely branched herb, 1-3 feet high. 
2245. Commenina surrruticosa Bl.; F. B. I. vi. 874; E. D. 
G: LT61; 
In most of the province 
A stout, branching i awtal Daré orsa. 
976. Aneilema R&. Br. 
Herbs with simple or branched stems, roots often tuberous; 
leaves usually ape reitise sometimes all radical, occasionally clus- 
tered under the inflorescence. Flowers in and terminal 
panicles; bracts not sietaricua: nde ea ons Sepals 3, 
membranous, free. Petals 3, obovate, eq mens 2 or 3; 
filaments naked or bearded; anthers are one ne ssl r 
or larger than the others; staminodes 2-4, re minute 
anthers, Carpels connate in a sessile, 2-3- welled 6 baa 
each cell solitary, two, or more. Fruit a loculicidal gan 
eeds 1 or more in each cell, with a thick, hard, rugose or pitted 
*Cells of the ovary with 2 or more than 2 ovules, those of the capsule 
With 2 or more seeds :—[p. 1084] 
l-seriate in each cell; flowers in terminal or subterminal 
panicles :—[p, 1084 
iCells of the ovary with 3 or more ovules, of the capsule 3-7- 
Seeded :—[p. 1084 
Panicles eee an erect, leafless scape with large, sheathing 
bracts; leaves all radical, narrowly ensiform; root este ; 
ae 
s mm eac. 
Panicles terminating leafy stems :— 
