323 



(15) C. VAGINATA. (R. W.J 



Bent. "Wight 1. c. t. 2088. 



^Eo. Chak. Erect or ascending, very ramous : lower part of the 

 stem olotlied with the persistent sheaths of aborted or fallen leaves : 

 leaves sessile, somewhat stem-clasping, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 clothed on both sides with long slender hairs : peduncles axillary 

 and terminal, solitary or aggregated.: spikes 10 — 14 flowered: 

 calyx lobes lanceolate acute : filaments simple, bearded : stigma, 

 sub-capitate : capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, valves deciduous, sepa- 

 rating from the persistent 3-lobed placenta : seeds 2 in each ceU, 

 superposed. 



Mala,bar. 



(16) C. PAPHJONACBA. (Roem. and Schutt.J 



Ident. Eoem. and Schult. 1. c. p. 1151. 



8yn. Tradescantia papUionacea, Linn. Mant. Tillandsia decum- 

 bens, Forsh, descr. Commelyna papiUonacea, Bwrm. 



Migrm. Burm. Ind. t. 7, fig. 1.— Wight 1. c. t. 2089. 



Spec. Chae. Stem creeping, leaves linear lanceolate ; pilose 

 beneath, cUiate near the base : sheaths short, loose : peduncles 

 axillary, terminal, pUose on one side, solitary or two or three ag- 

 gregated, about the length of the leaves : spike 4 — 12 flowered : 

 bracts 2 — 6 pairs, ciUate, falcate : filaments bearded, simple : 

 stigma, clavate : valves of the capsule separating from the persistent 

 axile placenta. 



Malabar. 



(17) C. BimMAKNiAirA. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2089. 



Spec. Chae. Creeping, diffuse, branched: branches filiform, 

 pilose : leaves sheathing, sessile, ovate lanceolate, obtuse, villous : 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, solitary or aggregated, longer 

 than the leaves: spikes secund, 3 — 12 or more flowered: bracts 



4 6 pairs, falcate, cUiate ; lobes of the calyx lanceolate acute : 



filaments bearded : style simple, not tumid at the apex : stigma 

 sub-capitate : placenta separating from the valves of the capsule, 

 persistent, lobes subulate. 



Quilon, Malabar. 



GENUS V. ACLISIA. 



Hexandria Mono^ynia. Sex: St/si: 



Gen. Chae. Sepals 6, elliptic, obtuse, three outer ones connate 

 at the base, persistent, inner ones a little less, petaloid, deciduous : 



