378 CLX. COMMELINACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aneilema. 



18. A. canaliculatum, Dalz. in B.ook. Journ. Bat. 1851, 137 ; Balz. & Cribs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 254. A. nummialarium, Miq. Fl. Irtd. Bat. iii. 535. Oommelina 

 spirata, Linn. Mant. 176. 0. bracteolata, Lam,h. Encycl. ii. 69. 0. nana, 

 B^xh. Fl. Ind. i. 173 ; ed. Wall. & Garey, i. 176. C. pumila, H&rb. Boyle. 

 DicliaBspermnm repens, Hassk. {not of Wight). 



Throughout India, in pastures, &c., from the Upper Gangetic plain to Chittagong 

 and Travancore. Ceylon, common. — DiSTKib. Malay Islands, China. 



Dwarf, tufted, prostrate, branches ascending 6-10 in. Leaves glabrous puberu- 

 lous or ciliate, from oblong to ovate-lanceolate, subacute or acuminate ; base 

 amplexicaul. Cymes terminal and axillary; branches short, divaricate, few-fld.; 

 bracts ovate, persistent. Mowers blue. Stamens 3, staminodes 3 ; filaments of both 

 naked or bearded. Capsule ^ in., acutely trigonous. Seeds straw-colrd. 



c. Stem leafy. Gymes 1-S-fld. axillary. 



12. A. pauciflorum, Wight, Ic. t. 2077 ; slender, diffuse, creeping, 

 leaves small flat ovate, peduncles 1-3-fld. axillary, capsule lanceolate, 

 pedicel decurved, cells 4-6-seeded, seeds cubical nearly smooth. Clarke 

 Monogr. 207. DichEespermum aurantiaoum, Hassh. in Serb.- Zoll: 

 No. 3312. 



Malabar and Tbavancobe, Wight {Kew distrib. 1179). — Disteib. Macassar. 



Tufted ; stems 4-6 in. Leaves J-1 by ^-f in., sessile, acuminate, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, base rounded or cordate. Feduncles and pedicels slender. Sepals 

 linear. Stamens 3, staminodes 3, filaments all naked. Capsule ^ in., obtusely 

 3.gonous. Seeds black, farinose. 



13. A. versicolor, Dalz. in Koolc. Journ. Bot. 1851, 136; stem 

 slender branched hispid, leaves flat oblong-lanceolate-acuminate, peduncle 

 short 1-fld., pedicel capillary, capsule oblong or lanceolate acute erect, 

 cells 5-7-seeded, seeds cubical. Balz. & Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 253; Clarke 

 Monogr. 208. 



The CoNCAN and Malwan, Stocks, Dalzell, Ritchie. 



Root fibrous ; stem 6-10 in. Leaves 1-2 by i-J in., rather distant, base rounded 

 or cuneate, upper spathe-like, complicate and recurved. Feduncles with the 

 pedicel I | in. Petals ochreous yellow, blneish in withering. Stamens 3, filaments 

 faintly bearded; staminodes 3. Capsule ^-i in., obtusely 3-angled. Seeds 

 yellowish brown. 



14 A. triquetrum, Wall. Cat. 5220 ; stem slender elongate, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate flat, peduncle 1-fld., pedicel rather stout, capsule oblong 

 acute, cells 3-5-seeded, seeds smooth farinose. Clarke Monogr. 208. 



SiLHET, Wallich. — Distrib. China. 



Stem 12-18 in. Leaves 1-2 in., rather thick, spreading and recurved, base 

 obtuse. Petals blue ?. Stamens 3, filaments strongly bearded ; staminodes 3, 

 Capsule 4 in. Seeds truncate at each end. 



** Cells of ovary 2-ovuled, of capsule 2-seeded (3-seeded in A. nudi- 

 jlorum, var. compressa). 



15. A. nudiflorum, Br. Prodr. 271 {in note); branches decumbent 

 rooting, leaves linear or lanceolate, sheath bearded, panicle subterminal 

 short, cymes at the ends oE the branches few-fld., capsule broadly oblong or 

 subglobose, seeds rugose and pitted. Glarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 21 ; 

 Monogr. 210 ; Balz. ^ Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 253 ; Wall. Cat. 5224 {excl. A) ; 

 Hassk. Oommelin. Ind. 29. A. radicans, Don Prodr. 45 {in part). A. 



