147. COMMELINACEEX. 155 
A. melanostictum, Hance, was doubtfully placed by C. B. 
Clarke, DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. p. 206, as a synonym of 
A. esculentum, Wall, and the incorrect locality * Hongkong ” 
quoted for it; but Swinhoe’s specimen from Hainan has been 
named (in my opinion correctly) £. spiratum by Mr. Clarke. 
18. Aneilema vaginatum, Zi. Br. Prodr. p. 271 in adn.; Wight, 
Jc. Pl. Ind. Or. vi. p. 31, t. 2076 ; C. B. Clarke, Commel. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 28; et in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. p. 216; Hook. f. FI. 
Brit. Ind. vi. p. 381. 
Honexone (Lamont!) Maus. Brit. 
India, Cambodia. 
1. Commelina auriculata, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. i. p.2; C. B. 
Clarke, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. p. 186. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 578!); KwaNGTUNG: Macao 
(Meyen); Honexone (Wright, 544!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Malay Archipelago, Australia. 
2. Commelina benghalensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p.41; Wight, te. 
Pl. Ind. Or. vi. p. 29, t. 2065; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 376; C. B. 
Clarke, Commel. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 4, et in DC. Monogr. Phan. 
ii. p. 159; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 370. 
Commelina procurrens, Schlecht. in Linnea, xxiv. (1851) p. 656, et 
xxv. (1852) p. 183; cf. Gartenfl. iv. (1855) p. 44. l 
Commelina delicatula, Schlecht. in Gartenfl. iii. p. 349, t. 104. fig. a. 
Formosa (Oldham, 577!); Huren : Ichang (A. Henry, 2853); 
SzEcHUEN: Hokiang and Nankee rice-fields (Faber, 965!); 
Kwanerune: Macao(Tate!); Hosaxoxa (Wright, 542! Hance, 
407! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Widely distributed through the tropics of the eastern hemi- 
sphere. 
3. Commelina communis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 40; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. p. 376; Debeaux, in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxx. 
(1874) p. 117, & xxxii (1875) p. 27; Fl. Shangh. p. 65, et 
Fl. Tehef. p. 140; Hance, in Journ. Bot. xi. (1874) p. 262; 
Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1882) p. 260, 
et Pl. David. i. p. 310; C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 
p. 170; Palibin, in Act. Hort. Petrop. xix. (1901) p. 115; nec 
Kunth, nec plur. auct. 
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