Vol- 1 COMMELINACEAE 197 



ANEILEMA SPIRATUM (Linn.) R. Br. ex C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 3 (1881) 207; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 270. 

 Commelina spirata Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 176. 

 This is credited to the Philippines by C. B. Clarke on the basis of a spec- 

 imen from Lake Bay, Luzon, collected by Baume and preserved in the 

 Paris herbarium. This specimen may be A. malabaricum (Linn.) Merr., or 

 I may have included A. spiratum R. Br. in my conception of A. malaba- 

 ricum (Linn.) Merr. India to Indo-China, China, and Java. 



ANEILEMA VERSICOLOR Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 3 



(1851) 136; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 208; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 232, Fl. Manila (1912) 139. 



Luzon (Rizal), Culion, Merrill 36U, 518, Phil. PL 1980, 763, Loher 



6986, B. S. 10877 Ramos, 19171 Reillo. In open wet grasslands, fallow 



rice paddies, etc., at low altitudes. India. 



ANEILEMA VITIENSE Seem. Fl. Vit. (1865-73) 314, t. 96; C. B. Clarke 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 220; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 271. 



Philippines, Moseley, fide C. B. Clarke. Fiji, Samoa. 

 Var. PETIOLATA C. B. Clarke 1. c. 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Palawan and Mindanao, in most islands 

 and provinces, Merrill U862, 5332, 5119, 713Jf, Phil. PI. 33, Weber 1022, 

 Elmer 13557, 15366, 18053, Wenzel 4, Whitford 973, B. S. 12U09 McGregor^ 

 18081 Robinson, 15701 Fenix, 29057, 30928 Ramos & Edano. In damp 

 shaded ravines usually along small streams at low and medium altitudes, 

 ascending to 1,400 m. The variety endemic, the species in Samoa and Fiji. 



Aneilema scaberrima (Blume) Kunth has been credited to the Philippines 

 by Hallier f., Beihefte Bot. Centralbl. 34== (1916) 50, as A. protensum 

 Wall., but I suspect that the specimen he examined is A. viiiense Seem. 



Local names: Balukid (Buk.) ; dalidigan (Mbo.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



ANEILEMA DIMORPHUM Dalz. ; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 270. 



Aneilema glaucum Thw.; Naves 1. c. 



ANEILEMA HAMILTONIANUM Wall.; Naves 1. c. 



Aneilema herbaceum Wall.; Naves op. cit. 270. 



Aneilema LOUREinn Hance; Naves 1. c. 



Aneilema medium R. Br.; Naves 1. c. 



Aneilema monadelphum Kunth; Naves op. cit. 271. 



Aneilema scapiflorum Wight; Naves op. cit. 270. 



Aneilema sinicum Lindl.; Naves op. cit. 271. 



4. FOR REST I A A. Richard 



FORRESTIA HISPIDA Less. & A. Rich. Sert. Astrolab. (1834) 2, t. 1, var. 

 PHILIPPINENSIS (Merr.) comb. nov. 

 Forrestia philippinensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 



5, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 266. 

 Forrestia hispida Less. & A. Rich. var. glabrior Hallier f. in Nova 

 Guinea 8 (1913) 906, Beihefte Bot. Centralbl. 34' (1916) 46. 



