— 511 — 



Praecedenti valde affine, sed panicula basi foliacea, bracteis multo majoribus, 1—2 cm longis 

 ornata distinctum. 



955. A. biflorum R. Br. 



R. Br. Prodr. 270 (1810), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 86 (1878), C. B. Clarke in DC. Suites Prodr. III. 224 (1881), F. M. 

 Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 556 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 49 (1890), Queensl. Fl. V. 1653 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 561 lig. 546 

 (1890), F. v. Muell. First Census 122 (1882), See. Census 205 (1889), Moore Handb. Fl. N. S.Wales 436 (1893), Turner in 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXVIII. 304 (1903). 



Commelina biflora Poir. Encycl. Suppl. II. 324 (1811) 



Lamprodithyros biflorns Hassk. MS. ex C. B. Clarke 1. c. 224 (1881). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: Süd-Queensland, N.S.Wales. 



Queensland: Regenwälder an den Tambourine- und Beech Mountains (Donin, III. 1910). 



956. A. siliculosum R. Br. 



R. Br. Prodr. 270 (1810), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 86 (1878), C. B. Clarke in DC. Suites Prodr. III. 230 (1881), F. M. Bail. 

 Syn. Queensl. Fl. 556 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 49 (1890), Queensl. Fl. V. 1654 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 561 (1913), F. v. Muell. 

 First Census 122 (1882), See. Census 206 (1889). 



Commelina siliculosa Poir. Encycl. Suppl. IL 324 (1811). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: Nord- Australien, Queensland. 



Die von John Mac Gillivray bei Cape York im November 184-9 gesammelten Exemplare besitzen 

 bis 18 cm lange und 16 mm breite Blätter. Die Form von den North Goast Islands (R. Brown) ist bis 

 4 dm hoch. 



b) var. graeileseens v. n. 



E radice tuberoso-fasciculata erectum, humilius, cum panicula 15 — 20 cm altum; folia multo minora, 

 circa 5 — 7 cm longa et usque plus 1 cm lata; panicula basi nuda. 



Nord-Queensland: zwischen Ghillagoe und dem Walsh River (Domin, IL 1910). 



218. Cyanotis D. Don. 



957. C. simplieieaulis n. sp. 



Radice molli, fibrosa, elongata; eaules graciles, stricte erecti, simplicissimi , subanguloso-striati, 

 1 — 2 dm alti, glabri, ima basi stoloniferi, paucinodi, internodiis elongatis; folia stricte ereeta, longe acu- 

 minata, basi subplana circa 3 mm vel minus lata, parte superiore subconvoluta, longa vel longissima (usque 

 15 cm longa), glabra, in vaginam subscariosam, brevem sensim abeuntia; flos pro more unicus, vagina folii 

 supremi subinclusus, lateralis, foliis circa 2 abbreviatis vaeuis superatus; flores conspicui; sepala sub fruetu 

 lineari-spathulata, scariosa, carinata, abrupte acuminata, capsulam manifeste superantia, circa 7 mm longa; 

 petala tantum ima basi libera, dein in tubum gracilem cum sepalis fere aequilongum connata et rursus in 

 limbum coeruleum, rotundum patentia; Capsula acuta, circa 5 mm longa, chartacea, usque ad basin trilo- 

 culicida; valvulae subreflexae, persistentes; semina breviter cylindrica, circa 2 mm longa, manifeste foveolata 

 et embryostega circulari, depresso-conica, majuscula umbonata. 



Nord-Queensland: sumpfige Stellen in den Savannenwäldern bei Crooked Greek, zwischen 

 Ghillagoe und Walsh River (Domin, IL 1910). 



Species in sectionem Ocreaeftorae (G. B. Clarke in DG. Suites Prodr. III. 244 [1881] »Ochreae- 

 florae«) inserenda et inter C. axillarem Robm. u. Schult, et C. cucullatam Kunth collocanda, sed ob habitum, 

 eaules stoloniferos , simplicissimos, folia angusta, ereeta, flores singulos, seminum formam et strueturam 

 distinetissima. 



219. Floscopa Lour. 



958. F. scandens Lour. 



Lour. Fl. Cochinch. I. 193 (1790), C. B. Clarke in DC. Suites Prodr. III. 265 (1881), F. v. Muell. First Census 122 

 (1882) et See. Census 260 (1889) ( „Floriscopa" ) , Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 390 (1892). 

 Tradescantia paniculata Roxb. PI. Coromand. IL t. 109 (1798). 

 Aneilema hispidum D. Don Prodr. 45 (1825). 



