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Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, by open streams, 330 m., Kerr, 1251. 

 Distr. Tropics and subtropics. 



Commelina obliqua, Ham. F.B.I., vi. p. 372 ; Hosseus, i. p. 469 

 et ii. p. 372. 



Chiengmai, in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 900-1200 m., 

 Kerr, 1292 ; Wang Djao, Koh Yai, 110 m., Hosseus, 93. 



Distr. Tropical Asia. 



Part of Kerr 1292 is referable to /. viscida, Clarke. 



Commelina salicifolia, Roxb. F.B.I., vi. p. 370 ; Hosseus, i. p. 469. 

 Bangkok (ex Hosseus). 

 Distr. India, Assam. 



Commelina spp. 



Chiengmai, on mud bank of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, 850 ; Doi 

 Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1050-1500 m., Kerr, 1289. 



Aneilema bracteatum, O. Kze. A. nudiflortim, var. 'bracteatum, 

 C. B. Clarke Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 229; 

 Hosseus, i. p. 470. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep', in mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 1458 ; 

 Bangkok, Schomburgk, 329. 



Distr. Annam (ex O. Kze.). 



Aneilema clandestinum, Ridley. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, edge of stream in evergreen jungle, 

 660 m., Kerr, 1615 b. 

 Distr. Perak. 



Aneilema discretum, Craib, sp. n.., ab A. diver qente, C. B. Clarke, 

 inflorescentiae ramulis alternis nunquam oppositis nee verticillatis, 

 ab A. scapiflorae, var. latifoUa, N. E. Brown, habitu robusto, 

 pedunculo communi haud aphyllo recedit. 



Folia 15-30 cm. longa, circiter 2*5 cm. lata, apice acuta, inferne 

 sensim angustata, dein in vaginam ampliata, supra marginem undu- 

 latum cartilagineum secus lineis paucis pilorum ornata, praeterea 

 glabra, subtus subglabra, chartacea, nervis primariis paucis pagina 

 superiore prominulis inferiore vix conspicuis. Peduticuli a foliis 

 discreti, decumbentes, saepe nodis inferioribus radicantes, ad 80 cm. 

 longi, pilis ascendentibus hirsutuli, sicco canaliculati, ima basi 

 vaginis duobus dein foliis 6 supremis ad vaginam meram reductis 

 instructi ; folia infima limbo circiter 10 cm. longo foliis normalibus 

 simili basi in vaginam pedunculum laxe includentem eunte ; vaginae 

 supremae circiter 1 cm. longae. Panicula circiter 7 cm. longa et 

 1*5 cm. diametro, staminibus exceptis glabra ; rami secundi, infimi 

 ad 1*5 cm. longi ; bracteae ad ramorum bases brunneae, basi rachin 

 cingentes, ad 3 mm. longae ; bracteae normales similes sed minores ; 

 flores albi, vespere expansi (ex Kerr). Sepala 7 mm. longa, apice 

 cucullata. Petala sepalis parum breviora. Filamenta inferne dense 

 villosa ; antherae versatiles, 2 mm. longae. Ovarium 2 mm. altum, 

 stylo 5 mm. longo. Capsula ad 7 mm longa, pedicello 7 mm. 

 longo suffulta, valvis apice cuspidatis, seminibus vix maturis. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 1909. 



Aneilema divergens, C. B. Clarke F.B.I., vi. p. 376 ; Hosseus, 

 i. p. 469. 



