Cyanotis.] clx, commelinacb^ . (J. D. Hooker.) 389 



Comm. ^ Gyrt. Seng. t. 36 ; Balz. & Oils. Bomb. Fl. 256 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austral, vii. 82 ; Hassk. in Fl. Jungh. i. 154 ; Commel. Ind. 107 ; Wall. 

 Oat. 8996. 0. disrutnpens, Sassk. I. c. 105 (inpcM't). Commelina axillaris, 

 lAnn. 8p. PI. 4:2. Trade scan tia axillaris, Linn. Mant. 321; Botcb. Gov. 

 PI. 5, 1. 107 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 118. Zygomenes axillaris, Salisb. in Trans. Sort. 

 Soc. i. 271.— Sheede Sort. Mai. x. t. 13. 



Throughout India ; in the plains from the upper Gangetic valley to Assam and 

 southwards to Ceylon. — Distbib. E. Asia, trop. Australia. 



Stem 6-18 in., annual, stout or slender, branched. Leaves 2-6 by ^-\ in., 

 acuminate, sheaths ciliate, base broad or narrowed. Petals long-clawed, blue. 

 Ovarii glabrous ; style ovoid below the tip. Capsule ^ in. long, glabrous j valves 

 2-fid. 



16. C> cucullata, Kunth JEnum. iv. 107 ; glabrous or sparsely hairy, 

 leaves linear, flowers clustered in the sheaths, filaments nearly naked, 

 capsule depressed in the centre with 3 horns, seeds suhquadrate pitted. 

 Both Nov. Sp. 189 ; Glarke Monogr. 245, t. 5, f. 7. 



The Deccan Peninstila ; from Canara to Malabar. 



Habit and characters of B. axillaris, but differing in the glabrous filaments and 

 broader capsule and shorter broader seeds. 



rOUBTinl; SPECIES. 



0. NIIAGIKICA, Sassh. Commelin. Ind. 127; differing according to Hasskarl 

 from C aracTinoidea in its glabrousness, obtuser leaves, denser spikes, and larger 

 flowers. 



C. KAELIANA, MassTc. I. e. 146; "stems creeping 8-12 in. glabrous, leaves ^2 by 

 ^g-\ in. linear-lanceolate, sheaths purple, cymes 1-3-nate axillary or terminal small 

 cobwebby-puberulons, bracteoles few, seeds longitudinally cracked not scrobiculate, 

 style glabrous tip thickened." — Poonah, Eugel. 



C. INCEETA, MassTc. I. c. 165 ; " brown-villous, peduncles 5-nate," (cymes ?) 

 " nmbellately crowded at the top of a common peduncle, bracts " (bracteoles ?) 7-'20 

 falcate lanceolate acuniinate, flowers woolly-villous, style hairy thickened below the 

 tip. — Asia, Huffel. 



6. STZlEFTOIiZRXON, Fdgew. 



A twining flaccid herb. Leaves long-petioled, ovate-cordate, acuminate. 

 Flowers few, in axillary and terminal scorpioid cymes. Sepals oblong, free. 

 Petals linear, free. Stamens 6, filaments bearded, anthers transverse, cells 

 margining the 2-lobed connective. Ovary 3-celled; style filiform, stigma 

 obconio ciliate j ovules 2 superposed in each cell. Capsule oblong tri- 

 gonous beaked loculicidal. Seeds angular, rugose. 



S. volubile, Edgew. in Trams. Linn. Soe. xx. 90, t. 2; Wight le. 

 t. 2081 ; Sassk. Gommel. Ind. 6 ; Clarke Gomm. & Cyrt. Beng. 40 ; Monogr, 

 261. S. Griffithii, Kurz. Tradescautia cordifolia, Oriff. Journ. 2C8. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from Garwhal to Bhotan, alt. 5-9000 ft. Uppeb 

 Assam, on the Patkoy hills, and Munnipoee.— Disteib. China. 



Stem 6 or more ft., glabrous or sparsely hairy, climbing over bushes, terete, 

 branched, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., base often deeply 2-lobed: 

 nerves many from the base, concentric ; petiole 2-5 in., glabrous or puberulous ; sheath 

 short, mouth ciliate. Flowers \ in. diam., white, upper often barren. Filaments with 

 yellow hairs. Capsule ^ in. long, glabrous or pubescent. — The Khasian specimens 

 (var. khasiana, Clarke) are more hairy than the Himalayan with villous capsules 

 and a penicillate stigma. 



