292 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



Among the species of this genus credited to the Philippines by various 

 authors, of which I have seen no specimens originating in the Archipelago, 

 are the following: 



Eriocaulon "longissimiim" Nees; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 

 131, manifestly an error for E. loyigifolium Nees, as there is no such species 

 as E. longisshnum. I have specimens of E. longifolium Nees from Singapore 

 (coll. Ridley), Labuan (coll. Merrill), Cochinchine (coll. Pierre), and the 

 Caroline Islands, Yap (coll. Volkens i06) . The species is certainly to be 

 expected in the Philippines. 



Eriocaulon sexangulare L. Reported from the Philippines, but without 

 the citation of specimens, by Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 523, Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 299, and Ruhland in Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 (1903) 

 110. I have seen no Philippine specimens. 



Eriocaulon truncatum Ham.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 299; Ruhl. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 (1903) 107. The specimen cited by the latter author 

 {Cuming 2362) was not from the Philippines, but from the Malay Peninsula. 

 See E. merrillii above. 



Eriocaulon setaceum L.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 299. Probably admit- 

 ted on an erroneous determination. 



COMMELINACEAE 



ANEILEMA R. Brown 

 AN El LE MA AZUREUM sp. nov. Tricarpellaria, Euaneilenia. 



Caespitosum, plus minusve pubescens praesertim inflorescen- 

 tiis ; foliis numerosis, anguste lanceolatis vel elongato-lanceolatis, 

 usque ad 25 cm longis, 5 ad 10 mm latis, in siccitate dense minu- 

 teque puncticulatis, laevis, acutis vel apiculato-acuminatis ; 

 floribus azureis, cymoso-paniculatis, inflorescentiis angustis, con- 

 fertis, bracteis magnis, spathulatis, pubescentibus, plus minusve 

 imbricatis; capsulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, trigonis, circiter 6 mm 

 longis; seminibus angulatis, in quisque loculo 4, uniseriatis. 



A tufted, distinctly pubescent plant 20 to 40 cm high, the 

 roots fibrous, no tuberous ones present on the material ex- 

 amined. Leaves numerous, narrowly lanceolate to elongate- 

 lanceolate, chartaceous, 12 to 25 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, 

 when dry minutely and distinctly puncticulate, smooth, not scab- 

 rous, sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous, base not narrowed, 

 somewhat sheathing, apex acute or apiculate-acuminate. Scapes 

 up to 40 cm in length, simple, leafless, more or less pubescent, the 

 flower-bearing parts rather densely pubescent. Flowers deep 

 blue, cymose, the inflorescence narrow. Bract subtending the 

 first branch about 4 cm long, somewhat sheathing, leaflike, the 

 upper ones smaller, more or less imbricate, pubescent, about 1.5 

 cm long, 7 mm wide, acuminate, sheathing, elliptic to oblong- 

 elliptic; bracteoles sheathing, obovate when spread out, 3 to 4 



