370 OLX. coMMELiNAOE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [GommeUna. 



cordate. Flowers small, orange-purple or violet. Capsules 2 on each raceme, 

 small, 3-5-seeded, dorsal valve at length 2-partite. Seeds pubernlous, deeply 

 transversely grooved. 



4. C. salicifolia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 172, Ed. Carey Sf Wall. i. 176 ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, spathea peduncled. lanceolate complicate, seeds 

 globose smooth truncate appendiculate. Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 

 2 {not of Boj'er) ; Monogr. 167 ? Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 27. C. pedunculosa. 

 Link Jahrb. iii. 74 {inpart). 0. communis, Wall. Cat. 8978 C, D, F, G, I 

 {in part, not of Linn.). 



From Assam and Bengal, southward and westward to the Conoait and 

 CoBOMANDEL. — DiSTEiB. Java ? Hong Kong. 



Stem slender, diffuse, with long internodes. Leaves 3-6 by ^J in., nearly 

 glabrous, sheaths ciliolate. Spafhes lJ-2 in., axillary, solitary, acute or acuminate, 

 base rounded ; branches of cyme 1-2-fld. Flowers small, dark blue. Seeds black 

 powdered with white. 



6. C. Kasskarlii, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 5 ; Monogr. 157 

 stem much branched glabrous or pubescent, leaves narrowly lanceolate 

 subacute, spathes peduncled cordate glabrous soabrid or hispid complicate, 

 seeds cylindric-conic smooth not appendaged. 0. salicifolia, var. brevi- 

 folia, Serb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. G. communis. Wall. Cat. 8978 F. {in 

 part). 



The TJpPEK GANflETic Plain; Kumaon and from Delhi eastward to Assam 

 and Bengal, and southward to the Deccan Peninsula. Malwa, on Mt. Aboo, 

 Duthie. 



Stem much branched, scabrid or glahrate. Leaves 1-3 by i— | in., subacute or 

 obtuse, sheaths short, glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Spathes i-1 in., axillary, 

 scattered, base rounded, longer than their peduncle ; cymes pubescent, upper branch 

 2-4, lower 1-2-fld. Seeds truncate at one end, subacute at the other. 



** Spatke funnel-shaped or hooded. 



6. C. bengrbalensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 41 ; stem glabrous or pubes- 

 cent, leaves eUiptic-ovate obtuse, or tip rounded, spathes 1-3 together 

 turbinate base auricled on one side, capsule 5-seeded, seeds rugose. 

 Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 4 ; Monogr. 159 ; Wall. Cat. 8980 A, 0, 

 D, B, F, Gr {in part) ; Sassh. Comm. Ind. 28, 29 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 633. Wight Ic. t. 2065. 0. nervosa, Burm. Fl. Ind. 18, t. 7, f. 3. C. 

 cucuUata, lAnn. Mant. 176. C. mollis, Jacq. Collect, iii. 235 ; Ic. Rar. t. 

 293. C. canescens, Vahl Enum. ii. 173 ; Weil & Berth. Plyt Canar iii. 

 358, t. 239. C. turbinata, Vahl I.e. 171. 0. procurrens, SchlecM. in 

 Linnsea xxiv. 656, xxv. 183 ; Begel Oartenfi. iii. t. 104, iv. 44 ; Seub. in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. i. 266. C. prostrata, Begel I. c. 1868, 289, t. 592, f. 

 1 {not of S, B, K). 0. delicatula, Schlecht. in Segel I. c. iii. 349, t. 104. 



Throughout India; ascending to 6O0O ft. in the Himalaya. — Distrib. trop. 

 Asia and Africa. 



Stem creeping and rooting below. Leaves 1-3 by J-IJ in., sessile or petioled, 

 base suddenly contracted or rounded; sheaths pubescent or villous, often bearded 

 or ciliate. Spathes ^-^ in. long and broad, pubescent or hirsute ; upper branch 

 of evmes 2-3-fld., lower 1-2-fld. or suppressed. Flowers blue. Capsule mem- 

 branous, shining, dorsal value striolate. Seeds closely pitted. 



Sect. 2. Hexebocaspits, Clarke. Capsule 3-celled, lateral cells 0-2- 

 seeded, dehiscent, dorsal not keeled, 1-seeded, indehiscent, deciduous; 

 seed free or adnate to the cell. Petals yellow, or blue. 



