Vo1 - * COMMELINACEAE 199 



CYANOTIS MOLUCCANA (Roxb.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 



Bot. 266, PI. Manila (1912) 139. 

 Commelina moluccana Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 176. 

 Cyanotis uniflora Hassk. Commel. Ind. (1870) 104; C. B. Clarke in 



DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 242; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 272; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 34. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Pampanga, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Sorsogon), Mindoro, 

 Leyte, Mindanao, Baker 500, Wenzel 54.2, Merrill £206, 6227, 7132, Williams 

 24-9. On bowlders in ravines, along small streams, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. Java, Borneo, Moluccas. 



Not always readily distinguishable from C. capitata Clarke. 



CYANOTIS PEDUNCULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 

 266. 

 Leyte, Wenzel 1024.. In forests, altitude about 500 m. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES . 



Cyanotis papilionacea R. & S.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 272. 

 Cyanotis tuberosa R. & S.; Naves 1. c. 

 Cyanotis vaga R. & S.; Naves 1. c. 



6. FLOSCOPA Loureiro 



FLOSCOPA SCANDENS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 193; C. B. Clarke in 



DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 265; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 272; 



Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 153, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 



278; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 95. 

 Tradescantia rufa Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 138. 

 Floscopa rufa Hassk. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 151; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1859) 542. 

 Tradescantia geniculata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 232, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 



294, non Jacq. 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to the Calamian Islands and Mindanao, in 

 most or all islands and provinces. In wet places along small streams at 

 low and medium altitudes. India to China through Malaya to tropical Aus- 

 tralia. 



Local names: Aligbahgon (Tag.); babilau (S. L. Bis.); kumpai (P. 

 Bis.); pugad-labuyo (Tag.); sambilau (S. L. Bis.). 



7. RHOEO Hance 



RHOEO DISCOLOR (L'Herit.) Hance in Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 660; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 273, Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 84; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 139, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 94. 

 Tradescantia discolor L'Herit. Sert. Angl. (1788) 8, t. 12; Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. (1837) 232, ed. 2 (1845) 163, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 294, t. 84. 



Planted for ornamental purposes, sometimes long-persistent after cul- 

 tivation but scarcely established. A native of tropical America. 



8. ZEBRINA Schnizlein 



ZEBRINA PENDULA Schnizl. in Bot. Zeit. 7 (1849) 870; C. B. Clarke in 

 DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 318; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 

 (1912) Bot. 232, Fl. Manila (1912) 140. 



