292 '^he 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 "longissimuni" Nees; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 

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

 as E. longissimum. 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, Euaneilema. 



Caespitosum, plus minusve pubescens praesertim inflorescen- 

 tiis ; f oliis 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 hign, 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 



