xi, c, 5 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 259 



of specimens from Luzon. The leaves are slightly narrower than in the 

 Luzon plant. 



DIPLACRUM R. Brown 



DIPLACRUM CARICINUM R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 241. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, Rel. Robins. 1886, October 5, 1913, in clearings, 

 altitude about 80 meters. 



India to southern China, through Malaya to Queensland. 



PALMAE 



GRONOPHYLLUM Scheffer 



GRONOPHYLLUM MICROCARPUM Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 

 1 (1876) 153. 



Amboina, Wae, Rel. Robins. 1610, 1611, in light forests, altitude about 

 20 meters, locally known as waylilin. The specimens were determined by 

 Dr. O. Beccari. 



The type of the species was from Ceram Island. 



DAEMONOROPS Blume 

 DAEMONOROPS sp. 



Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 1613, 1612, November 27, 1913, on 

 rather open slopes, altitude 850 to 900 meters. 



Doctor Beccari has reported this as a distinct new species, but no diag- 

 nosis of it is at present available for publication. 



COMMELINACEAE 



ANEILEMA R. Brown 



ANEILEMA MALABARICUM (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 

 (1912) Bot. 232. 

 Tradescantia malabarica Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 412. 

 Commelina nudicaulis Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 17, t. 8, f. I. 

 Commelina nudiflorum Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 177. 

 Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271. 

 Amboina, Paso, Koeda mati, and Soja, Rel. Robins. 1829, 18S0, August 

 to November, 1913, in waste places, fallow ground, on clay banks, etc., 

 altitude sea level to 250 meters. 



India to southern China and Malaya. 



FOR REST I A Lesson 

 FORRESTIA HISPIDA Lesson & A. Rich. Sert. Astrolab. (1832) 2, t. 1. 



Amboina, Soja and Way tommo, Rel Robins. 1831, August, 1913, on 

 river banks and in forests, altitude 80 to 400 meters. 



In various forms from Formosa to Sumatra and New Guinea. 



POLL I A Thunberg 

 POLLIA SORZOGONENSIS (E. Mey.) Steud. Nomen. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 368. 

 Aclisia sorzogonensis E. Mey. in Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 138, t. 25. 

 Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1828, August, 23, 1913; Paso, 

 Rel. Robins. 1827, September 9, 1913, in meadows at low altitudes. 

 India to the Philippines, through Malaya to the Moluccas. 



