ANEILEMA

(from a, not, and eilema, involucre; in reference to the absence of the involucre). O RD. Commelynaceæ. Greenhouse and stove evergreen perennials, with generally a trailing habit. A genus resembling Commelyna, from which it is distinguished by the inflorescence being sub-paniculate, and the peduncles entirely exserted from the bracts at the branching of the panicle. Flowers without any involucre. They thrive in a compost of loam, peat, leaf mould, and sand, well mixed. Increased by seeds and root divisions. There are a large number of species known to botanists.