COMMELINACEA. 387 
1. Commelina acuminata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 258; C. B. Clarke 
in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 152; Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 41. 
Sourn Mexico, San Blas to Tepic (Sinclair), Real del Monte (Coulter, 1598), without 
locality (Ehrenberg ; Uhde), Santa Rosa de la Sierra (Humboldt & Bonpland); Guats- 
MALA, without locality (Savage). Hb. Kew. 
2. Commelina celestis, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. i. p. 69; C. B. Clarke in 
DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 153; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 3. 
Commelina tuberosa, Red. Lil. t. 108, non Linn. 
Commelina intermedia, Schl. in Linnea, xxiv. p. 655. 
Sourn Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2583), Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 
4956), valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 491), without locality (Bates; Graham), Pedregal 
(Bourgeau, 422). Hb. Kew. 
B. bourgeaui, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p, 153. 
SoutH Mexico, Rio Blanco near Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3001). Hb. Kew. 
3. Commelina dianthifolia, DC. in Red. Lil. vii. t. 390; C. B. Clarke in DC. 
Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 151 (‘‘var. polyspatha, Torr. U. 8. & Mex. Bound. Surv. 
p. 224, est C. dianthifolia, DC. typ.,” C. B. Clarke). 
Commelina linearis, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 27. 
New Mezxico.—MeExico, Guadalupe near the city of Mexico (Bourgeau, 521), Aguas 
Calientes (Hartweg, 237), Zacatecas (Coulter, 1600). Hb. Kew. 
4, Commelina dubia, DC. in Red. Lil. vi. t. 359; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 
Phanerog. iii. p. 150. 
Mexico? Cultivated specimens only in Kew herbarium. 
5. Commelina elliptica, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 259; C. B. Clarke in 
DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 154. 
Commelina scapigera, Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 46. 
Commelina variabilis, Schl. Hort. Halens. Ic. p. 13, t. 7. 
Commelina orchioides, Booth, in Bot. Reg. 1838, Mise. p. 53. 
Commelina karwinskii, Mart. Hort. Monac. Seminif. 1839, ad calcem, ex Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 660. 
South Mexico, Real del Monte at 8000 feet (Coulter, 1596 ; Galeotti, 4946), and 
numerous cultivated specimens. Hb. Kew. 
6. Commelina erecta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 41; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 
Phanerog. iii. p. 181. 
Nortu Carouina to Lovisrana and Texas.—Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1597).—Pzrv ; 
Nortu Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
7. Commelina graminifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 258; C. B. 
Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 152; S. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. 
p. 166. 
Commelina angustifolia, Reichb. Ic. Bot. Exot. ii. p. 17, t. 142, non Michx. 
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