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2. ANEILEMA. From the Greek a, not, and eilema , a cover- 
ing, referring to the flowers not being enclosed in a spathe. — 
Warm regions, chiefly Asia. 
Stems erect, leafy. Leaves few, distant. Bracts small, not 
sheathing. Flowers red-blue, panicled. Sepals free, membranous. 
Petals free, obovate, equal. Fertile stamens 3, staminodes 4, 
filaments hairy. Ovules 2-6 in each cell. Seeds several, wrinkled 
and minutely pitted. 
Stems 1^-3 ft., simple. Capsule b in. Seeds 9-12 . . 1. A. divergens. 
Stems li ft., branched from the base. Capsule \ in. 
Seeds usually not more than 6 . . . . 2. A . nudiflorum. 
1. Aneilema divergens, C. B. Clarke ; Fl. Br. Ind. vi. 376. 
Nearly glabrous ; stems l|-3 ft., simple. Leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, the lower about 5xJ in., upper ones gradually smaller; 
sheaths fringed. Panicle terminal, branches spreading, usually 
opposite or the upper ones whorled ; bracts persistent. Capsule 
i in., oblong-ovate, 3-angled ; seeds 3-6, usually 4 in each 
cell. 
Simla, below 6000 ft. ; July, August. — Himalaya, up to 6000 ft. 
