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COMMELINEiE. 
4 . COMMELINA pallida. + 
C. caule erecto5 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis , supra scabris, subtus pubescentibus; vaginis 
pubescenti-hirtis; involucris cordatis, complicatis, pubescentibus; foliolis calycinis interio¬ 
ribus subcequalibus. 
Commelina pallida. FFillcl. Tiort. Berol. 2. p. 87. t. 87. Ejuscl. enum. 1. p. 69. 
Crescit in alta planitie Mexicana inter Querelaro et San Juan dei Ilio , ait. g 5 o —1100 
hexap. tj; Floret Augusto. 
Caulis erectus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus, praesertim rami. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 
basi angustata, complicata, striata, externe pubescentia, interne scabra, sesquipollicaria. Vaginie 
semipollicares, subinflatae, striatae, pubescenti-hirtae.I nvolucra subrotundo-ovata, cordata, acuminata, 
complicata, striata, externe pubescentia. Umbella subsexflora, pedunculata, vix exserta. Pedunculi 
et pedicelli pubescentes. Calycis foliola interiora subaequalia, pallide caerulea, 
5 . COMMELINA elliptica, t 
C. caule adseendente; foliis ovato - ellipticis , complicatis, glabris , margine vaginisque 
ciliatis; involucris cordatis, complicatis, basi pubescentibus, margine ciliatis; foliolis ca¬ 
lycinis interioribus aequalibus. 
Crescit in umbrosis Cumanae. T£ Floret Septembri. 
Caules geniculato - adseendentes , snbpedales , glabri, superne pubescentes. Folia subpollicaria, 
sessilia, ovato-elliptica, basi rotundata, summa cordata, complicata, striata, glabra, margine ciliata. 
Vaginie quadri- aut sexlineares, striatae, ventricosae, glabrae, magine ciliatae. Involucra cordata, acuta, 
complicata, striata, basi pubescentia, margine ciliata. Umbellas geminae, multiflorae, breviter pedun- 
culatae. Calycis foliola interiora aequalia?. 
2) Involucro cucullato. 
6. COMMELINA ELEGANS, f 
C. caule procumbente; foliis lanceolato-oblougis, supra strigoso-pilosiusculis , subtus 
pubescenti-hirtis ,margine subundulatis; vaginis pubescentibus , ciliatis; involucris cucullato- 
complicatis, hirsutis; foliolis calycinis interioribus inaequalibus. 
Crescit in regno Novdgranatensi , locis temperatis , umbrosis , ad ripas fluvii Juanamku , 
ait. 760 hexap. Floret Octobri. 
Caules caespitosi, procumbentes, bipedales et longiores, ramosi, teretes, glabri; ramis pubescentibus. 
Folia bipollicaria et longiora, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, subsessilia, striato-nervosa , margine 
subundulata, supra strigoso-pilosiuscula, subtus pubescenti-hirta. Vaginas sex aut novem lineas longae, 
cylindracese, subinflatas, laxae, striatae, pubescentes, ciliatae. Involucra subrotunda, apice acuta, basi 
clausa, cucullato-complieata, striata, externe hirsuta. Umbella subquinqueflora, pedunculata, vix 
exserta. Pedunculus et pedicelli compresso-alati, glabri. Calycis foliola exteriora ovata, duo aequalia, 
tertium minus; interiora casrulea, duo reniformia, unguiculata, tertium minutum, ovatum, concavum. 
Filamenta tria, glandulifera; glandulis cruciatis, flavis; tria antherifera, quorum duo adseendentia, 
tertium rectum. Antiierie staminum adseendentium ovatae, polline griseo,staminis recti lanceolata, polline 
sulphureo. Ovarium triquetrum. Stylus arcuatus, staminibus longior. Stigma simplex. Capsula ovata, 
trigona, trilocularis; loculis monospermis. Semina oblonga. 
7. COMMELINA campensis, t 
C. caule erecto?; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, supra scabriusculis, subtus pubescentibus; 
vaginis glabris , margine ciliatis ; involucris cucullato - complicatis , hirtis ; foliolis calycinis 
interioribus inaequalibus. 
Crescit in convalle Caripensi prope speluncam Guachari, ait. 5 06 hexap. LC Floret 
Septembri. 
Caulis pedalis, tenuissime hirtus, ramosus, sulcatus; ramis floriferis pubescentibus. Folia Li- aut 
tripollicaria, breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, nervoso-striata, supra scabriuscula, 
