TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
2‘)S 
46. CoMMELiNA debilis. 
C. caule erecto debili, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
subglabris, vaginis hinc pubescentibus, involucris sub- 
orbiculato-cordatis acutis, corollis inaequalibus. 
C. debilis Ledeb. in Roem. et Sch. syst. veg. mant. 1. p. 342. 
Habitat . . . . 2|.. 
Caules teretes, glabri vel tenuissime sub lente pubescen- 
tes, flexuosi, versus apicem ramosi, ramis axillaribus alternis. 
Folia alterna, petiolo ciliato, acuminata, basia versus atte- 
nuata, subundulata, supra glabra, subtus pube tenui, disco- 
lora, 7-9 nervia, nervis subtus prominentibus. Vagina stria- 
ta, glabra, latere folio opposito pubescens, ad oras in auri- 
cula foliacea 2 expansa. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, erecti, 
3-4 lin., glabri. Involucrum subinde in cucullum conna- 
tum, 7-9 nerve extus pilosum, intus glaberrimum e quo pe- 
dicelli 2 quorum exterior nonnunquam sterilis, interior qua- 
driflorus. Corolla C. angnstifolia duplo minor, colore in- 
tensiore, petalis 2 majoribus. (Ledeb. 1. c.), 
47 . CoMMELiNA car ip e nsi s. 
C. caule erecto (?), foliis oblongo-lanceolalis, supra sca- 
briusculis subtus pubescentibus , vaginis glabris mar- 
gine ciliatis, involucris cucullato- complicatis, petalis 
inaequalibus. 
C. caripensis Humb. Bonpl. et Kuntli nov. gen. et sp. 1. 
p. 260. Kunthsyn. 1. p. 269. Roem. et Sch. syst. veg. 1. 
p. 540. Spreng. syst. v^eg. 1, p. 173. 
Habitat in Nova Andalusia 2^. 
Caulis pedalis, tenuissime hirtus, ramosus, sulcatus, ra- 
mis floriferis pubescentibus. Folia 2-3 pollicaria, breviter 
petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, nervoso-striata. Va- 
ginae semipollicares. Involucra subrotunda, acuta, basi clau- 
sa, basin versus setoso-hispida. Umbella pauciflora, vix ex- 
serta. Petala inaequalia, coerulea. (Kunth.) 
48. CoMMELiNA deficiens. 
C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi ciliatis, vaginis 
striatis , involucro cordato cucullato , corolla dipetala, 
anthera tertia maxima. 
C. deficiens Herbert. Bot. Mag. 2644. Spreng. .syst. veg. 
cur. post. p. 25- Roem. et Sch. syst. veg. mant. 3. add. 2. 
p. 408. 
Habitat in Brasilia 2|.. 
Herba perennis, diffuse ramosa, suberecta, geniculis ali- 
quando radicans. Folia ovato-Iauceolata , basi ciliata. Invo- 
lucrum cordatum, acuminatum. Calyx pellucidus. Corolla 
dipetala, petalum tertium abortiens. Stylus declinatus assur- 
gens curvatus. Stamina duo antheris ovalibus, tertium au- 
thera magna. (Hevbert.) 
