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354 CLI. COMMELINACElE. [Commeiina.<br />
rugose, brown. Hab. Kelantan, Kwala Krai (Haniff). Diswib.<br />
India, Java.<br />
The only form collected here is the weak small-leaved form, C. rugulosa,<br />
C. B. Clarke; the typical plant IS much stouter.<br />
(9) C. obliqua Ham. in Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal 45; Ridl. Mat. ii.<br />
u6. A stout erect plant, over a foot tall. Leaves lanceolate obliq_ue<br />
acuminate, many nerved, base narrowed to a short petiole, 6 In.<br />
long, 1'25 to 2 in. wide, sheath I in. long, hairy on mouth and edge.<br />
Spathes numerous crowded in a sub-sessile head, funnel-shaped,<br />
'5 to I in. wide, glabrous or pubescent, edges of spathes hairy.<br />
Petals blue. Capsule ovoid, 3-edged, nearly '25 in. long. Seeds<br />
ellipsoid compressed. Hab. Forests in shady spots. Selangor,<br />
Ginting Bidai at 2,000 ft. altitude. Perak, Temengoh. Pedis,<br />
Tebing Tinggi (Ridley). Distnb. Indo-Malaya.<br />
3. ANEILEMA, Br.<br />
Herbs, roots often tuberous. Flowers small, axillary and terminal<br />
panicles, rarely solitary, pink, white or blue. Bracts not<br />
spathaceous. Stamens 2 to 4; filaments often bearded. Staminodes<br />
2 to 4. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, cells 1- to many-seeded. Capsule<br />
3-valved. Species about 60, Africa and Asia.<br />
I. TrJcarpellaria.<br />
Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, cells 3- to 6-seeded.<br />
Stout plant With large leaves. . . .<br />
Weak decumbent plant; flowers solitary axlliary .<br />
Diffuse creeping herb; leaves ovate .<br />
Ovary cells 2-ovuled; capsule cells 2-seeded.<br />
Small herb, decumbent; flowers pink . .<br />
Small herb, tuberous, with long basal leaves;<br />
flowers lilac . . . . .<br />
Tall herb 2 ft. or more tall; flowers large, blue .<br />
2. Dzctyospermum. Cells of ovary I-ovuled, cells of<br />
capsule I-seeded.<br />
Slender herbs.<br />
Tufted plant, stem-leaves reduced to sheaths;<br />
(I) A. lineolatum<br />
(2) A. clandestinum<br />
(3) A. pauciflorum<br />
(4) A. nudiflorum<br />
(5) A. sinicum<br />
(6) A. giganteum<br />
leaves fleshy linear . . . . . (7) A. vaginatum<br />
Weak herb 2 ft. tall; leaves lanceolate petioled;<br />
panicle lax; fruit adhesive. . . . (8) A. proteDsum<br />
Weak herb 8 in. tall; flowers few racemose; fruit<br />
not adhesive . . . . . . (9) A. subovatum<br />
Stout herb; leaves 5 to 8 in. long; panicle sessile,<br />
wide spreading. . . . . . (10) A.oonspiouum<br />
(I) A. lineolatum Kunth. Enum. iv. 69; Ridl. Mat. ii. 117.<br />
A. herbaceum Wall. Cat. 5223; Clarke, M onog. 204.<br />
Stems leafy, stout, 15 in. tall. Leaves, lower ones in a rosette,<br />
elliptic-Ianceolate acute undulate, .base round, broad, 6 in. long,<br />
1'25 in. wide, glabrous; sheaths'5 in. long, hairy. Panicle terminal,
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