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Syttematlo Name, and Authority. 



EngUsh or Local Name. 



Habit. 



Locality. 



COMMELYNACEJE. 



(SPIDEEWOETS.) 



COMMELINA, L. 



cyanea, R. Br. 

 lanceolata, R. Br. 



ANEILBMA, B. Br. 



acuminata, R. Br. 

 antliericoides, R. Br. 

 gigantea, R. Br. 

 macrophylla, R. Br. 



TRADESCANTIA, L. 



discolor, Ait. 



,, f ol, variegata. 



CYANOTIS, Don. 



vittata, Lindl. 



DICHOEIZANDRA, Mik. 



musaica. 

 ovata, Mart. 

 thyrsiflora, Mik. 

 vittata discolor, Hort. 



FLAGELLARIA, L. 



indica, L, 



JUNCUS, L. 



effusus, L. 



Holoschceims, R. Br. 

 pauciflorus, R. Br. 



XEROXES, R. Br. 



distans, R. Br. 

 decomposita, R. Br. 

 midtiflora, R. Br. 



ASTELIA, Banks and Solander. 

 Banksii, A. Cunn. 

 Solandri, A Cunn. 



3. and G. Commelin, 

 Dutch botanists. 



Dis, twice ; choritzo, to 



part ; aner, anther. 

 Mosaic-work plant. 



ElageUum, rod ; long 

 pUant branches. 



her. per. 

 her. per. 

 her. per. 

 her. per. 



Mexico. 



Maynas. 

 Brazil. 



ditto. 



India, Austi'alia. 



JUNCACE-ffi. 



(EUSHES.) 



Jungo, to join ; first 

 ropes made of rushes. 



Xerotes, dryness ; ari- 

 dity of herbage. 



Kowhara-^^ hara 

 Eaha-Kaha 



m. her. 



m. her. 

 m. her. 



her. per. 

 her. per. 

 her. per. 



Epi. 

 Epj. 



Britain and Aus- 

 tralia. 

 Australia. 



Australia. 



ditto. 



ditto. 



New Zealand, 

 ditto. 



