CyanoHs,'] olx. oommelinace/e. (J. D. Hooker.) 385 



8987 ; Massk. Oommelin. Ind. 158. C. hispida, Dalz. in Mook. Journ. Bot. 

 1851, 139 ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 253 (excl. Syn.). 0. hirtella, Miquel. 

 Plant. Exsiec. Mohenack. No. 130 ; Rassk. I. c. 112. Tradescanfcia papil- 

 lioaacea, Linn. Mant. 513 ; Vdhl 8ymb. i. 27 {excl. Syn.). T. cristata, 

 Heyne mss. T. rupestris, Law in Grah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 222. — ? Commelina 

 cristata, Blume Fl. Ind. t. 7, f . 4. 



The Deccan Pbhinstila ; from the Conean southwards, in rocky places. 



Annual. Stem 4-6 in., branched from the base. Leaves 1-li by J-J in., sessile, 

 acute, acuminate, or obtuse and apiculate, base rounded ; sheaths very short. 

 Peduncles loofr, slender ; bracts shortly exceeding the cymes. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Petals blue. Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds yellow-brown. 



Var. Surmanniana, Clarke 1. c. ; leaves shorter broader. 0. Bnrmanniana, 

 Wight la. t. 2089.— Malabar. 



2. C. vaffinata, Wight Ic. t. 2088 ; softly hairy, erect or ascending, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sheaths short inflated, braoteoles ovate 

 falcate acute ciliate, capsule oblong, seeds rugose dark brown. Hassle . 

 Commel. Ind. 98 ; Glarke Monogr. 247. 



Malabar, Wight. 



Annual ; stem 4-6 in., lower part with inflated leafless sheaths. Leaves falcate. 

 Peduncles slender ; bracteoles glabrous, striate and cross-striolate. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Petals blue. Filaments filiform, bearded. Seeds conic. 



** Gapsule with no free central column after dehiscence. 



3. C. cristata, Schultes, f. Syst. vii. 1160; stem creeping below, 

 branches erect or ascending glabrous or with spreading hairs, leaves 

 ovate-oblong subacute, seeds striate and pitted. Wight let. 3082 ; Glarke 

 Gommel. & Gyrt. Beng. t. 36 ; Monogr. 247 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 256 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 8986 ; Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 120. 0. racemosa, Glarke 

 Commel. £f Gyrt. Beng. t. 38. 0. Hugelii, Massk. I. c. 128. 0. cristata, Zmra. 

 8p. PI. 42. Tradescantia cristata, Jacq. Sort. Vind. ii. 64, t. 137 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1435. T. imbricata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 120. T. umbellata, Seyne mss. — 

 Oyanotis sp., Wall. Cat. 8989.— Blieede Sort. Mai. vii. t. 68. 



Throughout Tropical India in hilly districts. Bubma, Malacca, Ceylon. 

 DisTEiB. Malay Islands, Mauritius, trop. Africa. 



Stem 6-18 in., slender, branched. Leaves rather distant, 2-4 by ^-f in., sessile, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous or hirsute, ciliate or not. Bracts twice as long as the 

 cyme. Bracteoles ^ in., ovate, falcate, acute, striate and striolate. Sepals lanceo- 

 late. Petals blue. Filaments simple, bearded. Style thickened at the tip. 

 Capsule \ in., obtuse. 



Vir. Griffithii, Clarke 1. c. 248 ; seeds smaller not pitted. — Mergni, Griffith {Kew 

 distrib. 5503, 5517). 



4. C. barbata, -Dora Prodr. 46; creeping and rooting, glabrous or 

 cobwebby, leaves oblong or linear-lanceolate, cymes siibsessile axillary and 

 terminal, bracteoles oblong falcate acute, filaments bearded^ seeds reticu- 

 lated. Glarke Gommel. & Gyrt. Beng. t. 37 {excl. Syn. Boxb.) ; Monogr. 248 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 8993 ; Hassh. Gommehn. Ind. 143. 0. nodiflora, Glarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 453 {not of Eunth). 0. nobilis, Sassk. I. c. 148 {excl. 

 Syn. Wight) ; Glarke Gommel. & Gyrt. Ind. 6, 39. 0. glaberrima, Eaask. 

 I. c. 156. 0. fasciculata, Wall. Gat. 8990. Tradescantia barbata, Spreng. 

 Syst. Gur. post. 138. T. radicans, Boyle III. 403. — Cyanotis sp. Wall. Cat. 

 8988, 8994. 



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