400 MERRILL. 
PHOENIX Linn. 
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P. hanceana Naud., var. philippinensis Becc. supra 339. 
Sabtan, 31U Fenix. N. v., Vovavoy. 
•The first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines, the leaves 
being used extensively by the inhabitants of Sabtan and neighboring islands for 
makint' the characteristic rain-coats known as Su6t. The species in southern 
China. 
ARACE.E. 
AGLAONEMA Schott. 
A. haenkei Schott. 
Camiguin, ^089 Fenix. 
Philippines and Celebes. 
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FLAGELLARIACEiE. 
FLAGELLARIA Linn. 
F. indica Linn. 
Camiguin, 40a) Fcnix. Sabtan, 3758 Fenix. N. v., Auay. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa, Malaya, Polynesia, 
and Australia. 
COMMELINACE^. 
COMMELINA Linn. 
C. benghalensis Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3590 Fenix; 3230 Mearns. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; widely distributed in the tropics of the 
Old World. 
C- nudiflora Linn. 
Camiguin, 393S Fenix. Sabtan, 3728 Fenix. N. v., Cajasi. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropics of the World. 
POLLIA Thunb. 
P. sorzogonensis (E. Meyer) Endl. 
Baiitjyan, 3S91 Fenix. -Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3691 F4nix; 3211 
Mearns. Camiguin, 4O08 Fenix. , 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and Malaya. 
LILIACE^. 
LILIUM Linn. 
L. longiflorum Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 333; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 14 (1875) 229. 
Y'Ami, Worcester s. n. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 377// F^nix. N. v., 
Vonitan. 
Not previously found in the Philippines, the second species of the genus for the 
Archipelago; Japan to southern China and Formosa, 
DRACAENA Vand. 
D. angustifolia (Rumph.) Boxb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3661, S8/f2 F&nix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Malaya,* and 
Australia. 
