147. COMMELINACEAE. 153 
Kwanerune: Foot of White Cloud Hill or Pakwan Mountain, 
Canton (Sampson, 252! hb. Hance, 13842!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 
Kew. 
Burma, Siam. 
7. Aneilema medicum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 271 in adn.; C. B. 
Clarke, in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii, p. 202. 
Commelina medica, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 40. 
Cuina: without locality (Loureiro). 
Cochinchina, ex Loureiro. 
Bretschneider, in his * Early European Researches into the 
Flora of China,’ p. 179, states that the Chinese name quoted by 
Loureiro for this plant, “in China as well as in Japan is applied 
to Ophiopogon japonicus, Ker." But Loureiro’s description of 
the flowers and fruit in no way agrees with those of Ophiopogon. 
S. Aneilema nudiflorum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 271 in adn.; Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. p. 376 ; C. B. Clarke, Commel. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 21; 
et in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. p. 210, excl. var. y; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vi. p. 378. 
Commelina nudiflora, Linn. Mant. ii. p. 177 (nec Sp. Pl); Reichenb. 
Icon, Bot, Exot. cent. 2, p. 15, t. 136. 
Foxen: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Formosa (Oldham, 576 partly! 
Wilford, 551! A. Henry, 882!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 
2252!); SzEcHUEN : Mount Omei, lower regions (Faber, 245!) ; 
Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford, 138!), Canton (Sampson, 253! 
Lamont!); Honaxone (Wilford, 49! Hance, 256! Lamont!); 
Hainan (4. Henry, 8334!); Leen Arcurreraco (Wright, 
353!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Siam, Malay Archipelago. 
9. Aneilema paucifolium, JN. E. Brown, n. sp. 
Herba 6-8 poll. alta, basi ramosa. Radices fibrose, crassex, 
tomentose. Caules erecti vel basi subdecumbentes, simplices 
vel subsimpliees, glabri, basi unifoliati rarius bifoliati, florum 
fasciculos 3-4 racemosim dispositos gerentes. Folia 4-2} 
poll. longa, 14-23 lin. lata, linearia, acuta, canaliculata, arcuato- 
recurva. Bractee vaginiformes, 4 poll. longe, erecte, submem- 
branacee. Fasciculi 4-8-flori. Pedicelli erecti, 5-8 lin. longi, 
medio bracteolati, supra bracteolas articulati et pubescentes, 
infra articulos. glabri. .Bracteole vaginiformes, membranacee, 
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