316 



(12) A. ENSiroLiA. f R.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2074. 



Spec. Chab. Erect, branched, , glabrous, jointed: leaves _ very- 

 long, narrow, sword-shaped, sHghtly sheathing and stem clasping at 

 the base : primary branches of the panicle umbellate, branched, the 

 branches secundly racemose towards the extremities : flowers fas- 

 cicled, 3 — 4 together in the axils of a large obovate caducous bract, 

 opening in succession : sepals ovate, somewhat boat-shaped petals 

 broad-obovate, or sub-orbicular : filaments all bearded, sterile : 

 anthers auricled : capsule ovoid, 3-ceUed, with 3 rough augular 

 seeds in each. 



CourtaUum. 



(13) A. TEISMUfAMS. fR.W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 2076. 



Spec. Chae. Procumbent at the base, afterwards ascending: 

 leaves sword-shaped, glabrous : sheath short, loose, ciliate on the 

 margin : floriferous branches few from the upper axils, bearing on 

 the apex a fascicle of close-set short peduncled flowers : sepals ovate 

 obtuse, petals orbicular : stamens 2 fertile, 4 sterile : filaments of 

 the perfect stamens bearded : capsule 3-celled with 2 seeds in each 

 attached to the middle of the axis (ascending and descending), seed 

 roughish, embryo lateral. 



Ifeilgherries. 



(14) A. NANA. (Kunth.J 



Ident. Kunth Enum. pi. iv. p. 65. 



Syn. Commelyna Nana, Roxb. 



JEngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 2077, 



Spec. Chae. Creeping; leaves cordate-lanceolate, stem-clasping: 

 flowers terminal, somewhat panicled, petals equal : capsule 3-celled, 

 many-seeded : cells 3 — 5-seeded, seed angular or somewhat cylin- 

 drical, truncated : flowers bright blue. 



CourtaUum, Malabar. Coimbatore. Flowering nearly all the 

 year. 



(15) A. PAXJCIPLOEA. (R.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2077. 



Spec. Chae. Creeping , glabrous, except a line of hairs decurrent 

 from the sheaths : leaves sheathing, cordate-ovate, obtuse, slightly 

 waved on the margin, stem-clasping : flowers axillary, solitary or 



