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COM M ELI N A UN DU LATA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 270; C. B. Clarke in 

 DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 179; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 270; 

 Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 173. 



Philippines fide C. B. Clarke 1. c. India to southern China, Riu Kiu 

 Islands, Moluccas, tropical Australia. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Commelina barbata Lam.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 270. 

 Commelina communis Linn.; Naves 1. c. 

 Commelina obliqua Ham.; Naves 1. c. 

 Commelina salicifolia Roxb.; Naves op. cit. 269. 

 Commelina subulata Roth; Naves 1. c. 

 Commelina suffruticosa Blume; Naves op. cit. 270. 



3. ANEILEMA R. Brown 



ANEILEMA AZUREUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 292. 

 Luzon (Bulacan), Semirara, Merrill U13U, B. S. 21669 Ramos. In open 

 wet grasslands at low altitudes. Endemic. 



ANEILEMA GIGANTEUM (Vahl) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1880) 271; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 212; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 294. 

 Commelina giganlea Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 177. 



Semirara, Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill 4-132, B. S. 31385 Escritor, 

 39210 Ramos & Edano, 26138 Fenix, F. B. 26553 Rola. In open grasslands 

 at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya 

 to tropical Australia. 



ANEILEMA HUMILE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 4. 



Alabat, Merrill 10459. On wet slopes in primary forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



ANEILEMA MALABARICUM (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 



Bot. 232, Fl. Manila (1912) 138. 

 Tradescantia malabarica Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 412. 

 Commelina nudicaulis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 17, t. 8, f. 1. 

 Commelina nudiflora Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 177, non Sp. PI. (1753). 

 Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1859) 537; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 271, t. 467 ; C. B. Clarke 



in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 210; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 153, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 278. 

 Commelina trichocolea Schauer in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 448; Walp. Ann. 1 (1849) 885. 



Throughout the Philippines. Common in open grasslands, waste places, 

 etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to China, the Riu Kiu Islands, and 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Aligbangon (Pang.); aligbangon-lalaki (Tag.); alitba- 

 ngun (Tag.); fangau (Bon.); olikbangon (Tag.); takdayan (Ig.). 



ANEILEMA PLATYPHYLLUM Merr. in Philip. Journ- Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 

 293. 

 Luzon (Pangasinan, Rizal), B. S. 985, 3342, 20985 Ramos, 17900 Otanes. 

 Along streams in shaded places at low altitudes. Endemic. 



