COMMELYNEAE brown. (Cyanotis.) 103 



bata Sieb. herb. Maurif. n. 143. — Ad fruncos arborum ve- 

 tustarum Ceyloniae, Malabariae incjue graminosis Insularum Ja- 

 vae (Blume), Mauritii (Sieb,) ct Philippinarum (Blanco.). — 

 Caulis diffusus, repcns, lineis alternis pubescentibus instructus. 

 Folia ciliolata. Pedunculi linea pilosa notati, 1^-3^-pollicares, 

 apice spica<o-9-18-floii, folio spathaceo complicato involucrati, 

 axillarcs solitarii, terminales gcmini vel terni. Flores sessiles 

 vel brevissime pedicellati, singuli basi exteriore bractea stipati. 

 Folium spathaceum (spatha) ovato-oblongum, acutum, cordatum, 

 complicatum, membranaceum, glabrum, foliis caulinis simillimum, 

 nisi brevius , 12-14 lineas longum. Bracteae falcato-lunatae, 

 ovato-oblongac, acutatae, membranaceae, glabrae, ima basi pi- 

 losae, per series duas parallelas, fiores ineludentes hosque su- 

 perantes imbricatae, subaequales. *) Flores caerulei (Linn.). 

 Sepala 3 exteriora oblongo-Ianccolata, acuta, basi connata, con- 

 cava, uninervia, hyalino-albida, externe pilosiuscula, subaequalia; 

 tria interiora longiora, in calyccm infundibularem ?, limbo trilo- 

 bum deciduum connata. Stamina 6, subaequalia, hypogyna, vix 

 basi tubi adhaerentia. Filamenta longissiina, albida, apiccm vcr- 

 sus barbata; barba pallidissime caerulescente. Autherac sub- 

 rotundo-ellipticae, basi cordato-bilobae, apice emarginatae, albi- 

 dae, introrsae; loculis contiguis. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 

 triangurare, triloculare, apice pilosum; ovula duo in quolibet 

 Joculo, superposita, supcrius adscendens, inferius dcscendens. 

 Capsula eiliptica, obtusa, trigona, trilocularis, apice pilosa, mem- 

 branacca, loculicido-trivalvis, stramineo-pailida ; loculi dispcrmi. 

 Semina superposita , angulata, extremitate umbilicali f runcata, 

 embryonali rotundata, scrobiculis minutissimis reticulata, secun- 

 dum longitudincm costulata, albida, humectata fusca. Embryo 

 depresso-orbicularis, medio umbonatus, margincm versus un- 

 dulato-tuberculafus. (Descr. secundum specimen cult. sicc.) 



* C. IMBRICATA. Repens; foliis lanceojato-cordatis, am- 

 plexicaulibus ct vaginantibus ; spicis absconditis; bracteis bifa- 

 riis, imbricatis ; corolla monopetala, infundibulari. Roxb. Tra- 

 descantia imbricata Roxb. Flor. Ind, 2. 120. (Rheecl. Mal. 7. 

 t. 58. **)) — India orientalis. — Annua. Caulis et rami 

 repentcs, lineis alternis pubescentibus uotati. Folia carno- 

 sula, striata, glabra , margine lanata, 2-3-polIicaria, vix pol- 

 licem lata. Spicae terminales , solitariae, sessiles , folio spa- 

 thaceo involucratae, recurvae, secundae, bracteis circiter 20-32 

 lunulatis sessilibus bifariam dispositis instructae. Flores tot 

 quot bracteae, sessiles, pallide, interdum intense caerulei. Ca- 

 lyx exterior 3-partitus, dorso margineque ciliafus ; interior in* 



*) Bracteaium paria C, rarius 4-8, singula plerumque flores l 2 subses- 

 siles erectos, ante et post anthesin absconditos includentia. (Schult. uU} 

 **) Bluinc iconem Fvheedianara ad praecedentein ducit 



