CLT. COMMELINACE-^E- 
Pollia.] 
351 
(4) P. sorzogonensis EndL Gen. PL 1029; Ridl. Mat. ii. 114. 
Stem tall erect, rather slender. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 
base narrowed to a pe¬ 
tiole or sessile, glabrous 
or pubescent beneath, 
6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 in. 
wide. Panicle pubes¬ 
cent, spreading, 3 to 4 
in. long and as wide, on 
a peduncle 2 to 4 in. 
long. Sepals elliptic. 
Petals orbicular. Sta¬ 
mens 3. Capsule sub- 
globose, light blue, -25 
in. long. Hah. Common 
in forests in hilly dis¬ 
tricts. Singapore, Pulau 
Ubin. Malacca, Selan- 
dor. Selangor, Semang- 
kok Pass ; Klang gates; 
Ginting Bidai. Negri 
Sembilan, Tampin Hill. 
Perak, Kenering (Wray); 
Temengoh; Sirah Rimau 
(Yapp). Tomoh (Mac¬ 
hado). Lankawi (Ha- 
niff). Jalor, Biserat, 
Bukit Goa (Gwynne- 
Vaughan). Distrib. Asia, 
from India to China and 
New Caledonia. Native 
names : Tebu K’loi; 
Seburas; Pakululoi. 
Fig. 203.—Pollia sorzogonensis. 
2 . COMMELINA, Linn. 
Usu all y slender creeping ascending branched herbs, rarely 
stout. Leaves ovate to lanceolate with a sheath at base. Flowers 
fugacious in short-branched cymes enclosed in a green folded funnel- 
shaped spathe, peduncled, terminal and axillary. Petals blue, 
occasionally white. Stamens 3 perfect, 3 sterile. Capsule oblong 
beaked, thin, 2- or 3-celled. Seeds 1 or 2 in a cell. Species about 
90, all tropics. 
Slender weak creeping ascending herbs. 
Capsule 3-celled, two cells with 2, and one with 1 seed. 
Leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate glabrous. 
Seeds cylindric reticulate . . ■ . (1) C. nudiflora 
Seeds pyramidal rugose . . . . (2) C. sikkimensis 
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