OLX. ooMMEiiNAOBJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) 367 



Cymes solitary, included in a spathe. Ovary 8-celIed, cells 



1-2-oTnled 2. Commbmna. 



Lymes naked, pauicled, rarely in a spathe 3. Abeiiema. 



Tribe III. TradecantiejE. Capsule looulicidal. Stamens 6 perfect. 



Cymes capitate. Petals free i. Fobeestia. 



Cymes from imbricating bracts, scorpioid or 1-few-fld. Corolla 



tubular below 5. Cyanotis. 



Cymes scorpioid, panioled or spicate. Stem twining ... 6. Stbeptombion. 



Flowers panicled. Stem erect 7. PtosooPA. 



1. POX.i:.XA, Thumb. 



Large herbs. Leaves lanceolate. Cymes in a terminal panicle. Sepals 

 3. Petals smaller, snbeqnal, obovate. Stamens 6, or 3 with 3 staminodes, 

 filaments naked ; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 3-oelled ; cells 2-oo -ovuled. 

 Fruit globose or ovoid, fragile, blue. Seeds smooth. — Species about 14, 

 E. Asiatic and Australian. 



1. P. Aclisla, HassTc. Commel. Ind. 55 ; tall, robust, panicle erect 

 lax-fld., stamens 6 perfect, fruit subglobose, cells many-seeded. Cla/rhe 

 Monogr. 123 ; Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 82. P. indica (3, Clarke in Journ. 

 Idnn. Soc. Bot. xi. 451. Aclisia No. 2, Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. §■ T. 



Tbopical Eastebn Himalaya ; Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 2-3O0O ft. ; Bhotan, 

 Griffith. Khasia Mts., Silhbt, Assam, Burma. — Disteie. Java, Tonkin. 



Stem stout, erect. Leaves 8-12 by 2^3^ in., narrowed into a broad petiole, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, glabrous or scaberulous, margins 

 crisped. Feduncle short, stout, villous ; panicle rigid, pubescent ; bracts oblong ; 

 bracteoles acute, amplexicaul. Sepals membranous and petals white. Seeds brown, 

 flattened and angled. Fruit i in. diam., bright blue, shining. 



2. P. tliyrsiflora, Undl. Gen. 1029 ; panicle short dense-fld., 

 stamens 6 perfect, fruit ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. Hassk. in Plant. 

 Jungh. 150, Ss Comm. Ind. 57 ; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 33 ; Monogr. 

 124. P. glaucescens, Teysw,. & Binnend. in Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxiv. 305. 

 Tradesoantia thyrsiflora, Blume JEntim,. i. 6. Lamprooarpus thyrsiflorus, 

 Blume ex SchuUes f. Syst. vii.. Addend. 1726. 



South Andaman Islands, Z««.— Distrib; Malay Islands. 



Stem stout, erect, creeping below ; sheaths pubescent. Leaves 10-12 by 2^-3^ 

 in., oblanceolate, narrowed into a 1-2 in. petiole, glabrous, margins crisped. 

 Peduncle stout and ovoid panicle pubescent ; bracts ovate ; brandies closely- 

 scarred; flowers crowded. Fruit yellow-brown or blue, smooth, dorsally com- 



3. P. sorzo^onensiS; Undl. Gen. 1029 ; leaves lanceolate, panicle 

 ovoid peduncled, branches alternate, stamens 3 perfect, fruit globose, cells 

 many-seeded. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 541 ; Clarke Monogr. 126. Aclisia 

 sorzogonensis, J?. Meyer in Presl Bel. Haenk. i. 138, t. 25 ; Sash. Comm. 

 Ind. 48. 



Eastken Himalaya ; Sikkim and Bhotan, and southward to Buema, Malacca 

 and Ceylon. — Distbib. Malay Islands, China, New Cflledonia. 



Stem stout, erect, viscid. Leaves fi-10 by 2-3 in., subseisile or shortly.petioled. 



