Aneilema.'] clx. COMMELiNACBaj. (J. D. Hooker.) 375 



Sepals 3, free, membranous. Petals 3, obovate, equal. Stamens 2 or 3, 

 filaments naked or bearded ; anthers oblong, one usually smaller or larger 

 than the others : staminodes 2-4, rarely with minute poUiniferous anthers. 

 Ovary sessile, 2-3-celled, cells 1-2, many ovuled. Capsule looulicidal, cells 

 1 or more seeded. Seeds with a thick hard rugose or pitted testa. — Species 

 about 60, tropical and subtropical, chiefly Asiatic. 



Subgen. I. Tricarpellaria ; Glarhe. Capsule 3-oelled 3-valved. 



Sect. 1. EuANETLEMA. Cells of ovary 2-oo -ovuled. Seeds 1 -seriate in 

 each cell. 



* Cells of ovary 3-a) -ovuled, of capsule 1- 3- or more-seeded (see 

 also A. nndiflorum). 



a. Flowers panicled on a radical or subradiaal rarely leafy scape. 



1. A. g'laucum, Thwaites mss. in Gla/rhe Monogr. 200 ; leaves large 

 rosulate broadly ensiform, scape erect, branched from the base, panicle 

 spreading lax-fld., bracts small not sheathing, capsule triquetrous, seeds 

 5-8-superposed in each cell. 



Tbavakcore ; on the Tinnevelly hills, Beddome. Ceylon, Thwaites (C. P. 

 3977). 



Root fibrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1-li in., acuminate, margin crisped scabrid. 

 Scape and broad panicle 8-12 in. ; bracteoles small ; panicle widely spreading, 

 branches very slender. Stamens 3, anthers snbsimilar; staminodes 2. Qwpsule 

 i in., oblanceolate, acute. Seeds straw-colrd., with a white minutely reticulate 

 epidermis. 



2. A. scapiflorum, Wight Ic. t. 2073 ; leaves narrowly ensiform, 

 scape erect, panicle strict elongate, bracts large sheathing, capsule ellip- 

 soid trigonous, seeds 3-6-superposed in each cell. Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. 

 Beng. 14 ; Monogr. 200 t. 4, f. i. A. tuberosum. Ham,, in Wall. Cat. 5207 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 255. A. serotinum, Bon mss. Commelina soapi- 

 flora, E^xb. Fl. Ind. i. 175. Murdannia tuberosa, Royle III. 403, t. 95. 

 Tradescantia aphylla, Heyne mss. 



Tempebate and TbopicaIt Himalaya ; from the upper Gaugetie plain east- 

 wards to Bhotan, and westwards to Tbavancobe and Tenassbeim, Ceylon and the 

 Shan hills. 



Hoots of elongated tubers. Leames 4-10 in., all radical, erect, finely acuminate. 

 Scape with the narrow panicle 8-18 in. ; lower bracts long, upper small amplexicaul. 

 Flowers small. Capsule ^ in., mucronate. Seeds in a triangular column, angled, 

 straw-colrd., with a white minutely reticulate and glandular epidermis. 



3. A. lioureirii, Samce in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, 250; leaves 

 ensiform, scape radical 1-2-leaved, panicle narrow, flowers fascicled 

 in the sheathing bracts, sepals glandular-pubescent, capsule elliptic-oblong 

 trigonous, seeds 3-:5-superpo8ed in each cell. Clarke Monogr i 201. A. 

 spectabile, Xurz in Jowrn. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, ii. 77 ; Clarke Comm. & 

 Cyrt. Beng. t. 20. A. spicatum. Wall. Cat. 5217. Commelina tuberosa, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochin Ed. Willd. i. 50. 



Tenassbeim, Wallich, Eelfer {Kew Distrih. 5528), &c. — Disteie. Siam, Malay 

 Islds., China. 



Soot of fascicled elongated tubers. Leaves all radical, 6-16 by |-1 in., sub- 

 erect, margins smooth or ciliate only. Scape stout and panicle longer than the 



