AneiUma.'] olx, ooMMBLiNACHiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 379 



diandrum, Earn., and A. debile, Wall., Wall. Gat. 5210, 5215. A. nudi- 

 oaule and A. minntum, Kunth Enum. iv. 67, 661. A. foliosnm, Hassle, m 

 PZ. Jimgh. 144, Gommelin. Ind. 32. A. diversifolium, Hassk. I. c. 142. A. 

 Junghuhnianuui, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. 112, 538, Suppl. 609. A. lanoifolia, 

 Qriff. Noiul. iii. 236. A. triohooolea, Bchauer PI. Meyer, 448. Oommelina 

 nxidlflora, lAnn. Mant. 177 {not of 8p. Fl) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 173 ; Beiehb. 

 Ic. Fxot. t. 136. C. nudicaulis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 17, t. 8. 0. diandra. 

 Keen. mss. 0. radicans, Spreng. Sysi. Cw. post. 25. P 0. minuta, 

 Blwme Fnum. 34. Tradescantia malabarioa, \hinn. Mant. 362. — Biheede 

 Sort. Mai. ix. t. 63, x. t. 19. 



Throughout India ; from the N.W. Himalaya ascending to 6000 ft. eastwards 

 and southwards to the Khasia hills, Burma, the Decoan, Travanoore and CbyIiON. — 

 DiSTElE. China, Malay Islands. 



Stem and branches slender, diffuse, complicate or not. Xeaves 2-5 by J-J in., 

 glabrous or hairy, or suhviUous. Panicles rarely axillary, branches elongate, scarred ; 

 flowers pedicelled, clustered; bracts deciduous. Petals small, bine or purplish. 

 Stamens 3 fertile, 3 sterile, filaments of fertile or all bearded. Capsule ^ in., acute 

 at both ends. 



Var. compressa, Clarke 1. c. 211 ; petals rosy, cells of capsule often 3-seeded. 

 A. compressum, Dalz. in Booh. Jonrn. Bot. 1851, 138 1 Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 253 (excl. Syn.). — The Concan, Dalzell. 



Var. terminalis, Clarke 1. c. ; stem stouter, leaves broader, sometimes 6 by fin., 

 cymes more elongate, capsules larger, seeds less rugose or almost smooth. A. nndi- 

 florum, var. rigidior, Senih. Fl. Uongh. 2iT7. A. terminale, Wight Ic. t. 2076. A. 

 loriforme, Bassk. in PI. Jungh. 143. Prionostachys terminalis, Bassh. mss. — 

 Khasia hills, Malabar, Ceylon, China. Wight's figure represents the capsule as 



16. A. sinicum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 659 ; stem elongate diffusely 

 branched, internodes long, leaves linear elongate, branches of terminal 

 panicle short, stamens 2 perfect, filaments bearded, staminodes 3 naked, 

 capsule subglobose, seeds obscurely rugose. Clarke Monogr. 212. A. 

 scundnm, Wight Ic. t. 2075. A. esoulentum, Wall. Cat. 5208 C. Oom- 

 melina sinioa, Bcem. & 8ch. Syst. i. ; Mant. i. add^d. 376. 



The Decoan Peninstjla j from the Concan southward, and Cetlon, Wight, &c. 

 — DiSTElB. China, Malay Islands, Africa. 



iJoo4s of elongate tubers. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 6-12 by |-f in., oauline and 

 tufted at the base of the ascending leafy flowering stem, glabrous or puberulous. 

 Famcle lax j bracts large, caducous, branches scarred. Petals blue. Ca/psule ^ in. 

 diam. Seeds brown. 



17. A. grig-anteum, Br. Prodr. 271 ; stem tall erect, internodes long, 

 leaves linear elongate, branches of the terminal panicle short stout, 

 stamens 3, filaments bearded, capsule ellipsoid acute, seeds compressed 

 nearly smooth. Clarke Monogr. 213. A. longifolium. Hook. Fxot. Fl. 

 t. 204 ; Wall. Cat. 5213 D, F (in part). A. ensifolium, Wight Ic. t. 

 2074 ; Clwrhe Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 22 {excl. Syn. F. Muell.). Oom- 

 melina gigantea, VaJil Fnum. ii. 177. 0. longifolia, Spreng. Syst. Cur. 

 post. 25. 0. Hookerii, Dietr. 8p. PI. ii. 404. Prionostachys ensifolia, 

 Hassh. mss. 



Assam and the Khasia Hills, ascending to 4000 ft. Tenassekim, the Deccan 

 Peninsula, Ceylon and the Nicobab Islands.— Distkib. Malay Islands, China, 

 Australia, Africa. 



Boot fibrous. Stem 1-3 ft. Lewoes 6-12 by ^-^ in., glabrous or nearly so. 

 Panicles sparingly branched ; branches very closely scarred ; bracts caducous. 



