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2. Aneilema nudiflorum, R. Br. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 378. Stems 
6-18 in., branched from the base, some of the branches often 
decumbent and rooting. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 2-5 
in., glabrous or nearly so ; sheaths hairy, fringed. Panicles 
usually terminal, small, compact, branches short ; bracts soon 
falling off. Flowers crowded. Anther of one of the fertile stamens 
smaller than the other two and nearly sterile. Capsule J in,, 
oblong, pointed ; seeds 2 in each cell. 
Valleys below 5000 ft., Simla, 5th Waterfall ; July, August. — Throughout 
India. — Tropical Asia. 
3. CYANOTIS. From the Greek cyanos, blue, and ous, an ear, 
referring to the petals. — Warm regions of the Old World. 
Stems slender, erect, branched, leafy, the lower part creeping 
and rooting. Leaves sessile. Flowers blue, in short clusters or 
scorpioid cymes enclosed within two series of overlapping, green, 
sickle-shaped bracts, the petals and stamens protruding ; clusters 
nearly sessile, terminal or axillary, usually 2 or 3 together. Sepals 
lanceolate, nearly equal, united at the base. Petals nearly equal, 
the claws united in a tube, limb orbicular, spreading. Stamens 6, 
all perfect, filaments hairy. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; 
style swollen towards the top. Capsule 3-valved ; seeds normalty 
6, small, wrinkled. 
Leaves ovate-oblong . . . . . . . 1 . C. cristata. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate . . . . . . . 2. C. barbatci. 
1. Cyanotis cristata, Scliult. f. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 385. Stems 
6-18 in., glabrous or hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, 2-4xJ-§ in., 
pubescent. Flower-clusters usually terminal. 
Sutlej valley, below 4000 ft. ; July, August. — Widely spread in hilly districts 
in tropical Asia and Africa. 
2. Cyanotis barbata, Don. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 385. Stems 6-18 
in., often tufted, hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, l|-3 X ^ ^ in. 
Flowers dark blue ; clusters hairy, terminal and in the axils of 
the stem-leaves. 
Simla, common ; July-September. — Himalaya, up to 8000 ft. — Burmah, 
China. 
