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COMMELINACE.l^:. 
CYANOTIS Don. 
Cyanotis moluccana (Roxb, ) CoinmcVuia molucvuiia Roxb. Hurt. Rt-ny; 
(1814) 81; Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 172, (ed. Wall. 1: 170.) Cyanotis inii/lora llassk, 
Comiiiel. Ind. (1870) 104; Clarke in DC. Monog Phan. 3 (1881) 242; Merr 
in riiilip. Jouvn. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 34. 
In open wot places near Subaan (Xo. 0227). 
Widely distributed in tlie Philippines. 
Malayan Archipelago. 
FORRESTIA Lesion. 
Forrestia philippinensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Pvibl. 35 (11)00) 5. 
In forests along small streams at 300 m. alt. (No. 0152). 
Endemic to the Philippines, the type from the Baoo River near 
Mount Ilulcon. 
the base of 
DIANELLA Lam. 
Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. in Red. Lil. (1802) t. 1. 
In open heaths at 2,400 ni. alt. (No. 5504). 
On the higher mountains in the Philippines from northern Luzon to southern 
Mindanao. 
British India to southern Cliina, Malaya, Australia, Polynesia, 
Hawaiian Islands. 
and the 
Dianella caerulea Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 505. 
In forests (44G9 Muriti) June, 1000. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines, but apparently represented by 
the following specimens: Luzon, Province of Benguet (0030 Elmer) j (4441, 4083 
Merrill) ; Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (226 'Whitford) ; Province of 
Panipanga, Mount Arayat (70 Bolster) ; Province of T^aguna, Mount Maquiling 
(5125 Merrill). 
New Guinea and Australia. 
LiRiOPE Lour. 
Liriope brachyphylla Merrill n. sp. 
Glabra, usque ad 20 cm. alta, foliis courertis, membranaceis, glabris^ 
angu^te oblongis, 2.5 ad 3.5' cm. longis; scapi 1 ad 3, simplices; Acres 
rosei, racemosij ad bracteas solitarii ; ovarium superum, 3-loculare, loculis 
pluri-ovulatis (ad 15). < 
A glabrous perennial lierb. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong, 
2.5 to 3.5 cm. long, 3 .to 6 mm. wide, somewhat narrowed and hyaline- 
sheathing below, the apex acute, all crowded at the base of the scape. 
Scapes 1 to 3 from each rosette of leaves, 20 cm. high or less, leafless, 
simple, glabrous^ 10 to 15-flowercd, the flower bearing portion 4 to 5 
cm. long. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, the flowers 
solitary in the axil of each bract, the pedicels about 3 mm. long. 
Perianth 5 to mm. long, pale pink or salmon colored, the lobes 6, equal, 
lanceolate, acute or blunt, free or very slightly united at the very base, 
3-nerved, about 1.5 mm. wide. Stamens 6; filaments 2 mm. long; 
