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(1) C. HjspiDA. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 138.— Bomb. flor. p. 255. 



Spec. Chab. Annual, aU Hspid, branched at tbe base : stems 

 «rect, round, striated, red : leaves linear, ensiform, flesby, ratber 

 flat: flowers terminal, sessile, capitate, few, witb falcate half- 

 cordate bracts : anthers deep violet, filaments with blue hairs aU 

 poiating to one side. 



On rocks, southern Concan. 



(2) C. viTiPAEA. (Bah.) 



Dalz. 1. 0. 



Spec. Chae. Epiphytal, stemless, clothed with rufous hairs: 

 radical leaves linear, ensiform, flat, thick, fleshy, fascicled: scapes 

 rising from the root, filiform, rooting and viviparous: peduncles 

 from the nodes of the scape, solitary, alternate, bearing a 3 — 4- 

 flowered umbel-, bibracteate : bracts leafy, oblong, acute : ceUs of 

 the capsule 2-seeded : valves much recurved after dehiscence : seeds 

 cylindric. 



On trees at Paxwar Ghaut. 



(3) C. ASCENBENS, (Bah.) 



', Dalz. L c. iv. p. 343, 



Spec. Chae. Boot tuberous: stems several, ascending, simple, 

 round, striated, shining : leaves linear, ensiform, glabrous : heads 

 terminal, many-flowered : flowers blue. 



Belganm, in wet grassy places. 



(4) C. rAscictfLAiA. (Eoem. and Schmlt.) 

 . Ident. Boem. and Sohult. syst. vii. 1152. — Dalz, Bomb. flor. 255. 



Syn. Tradescantia fascioulata,' Seyne in Both. Nov. sp. 189. 

 C; dichrosticha, Stocks in Wight Icon. vi. 2086-7. 



Spec. Chae. "Woolly : stem dichotomous : leaves lanceolate, 

 sub-petioled : head of flowers terminal, few-flowered with about 

 four lanceolate falcate sheaths : flowers rose-coloured, filaments 

 bearded with hairs, of which the lower half are pure white, the 

 upper rose-coloured. 



Rocky places in the Deccan. Malabar. 



