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LILIACEAE 203 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Bulacan, 

 Rizal, Bataan, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), 

 Catanduanes, Polillo, Mindoro, Leyte, Negros, Mindanao. In forests at 

 medium and higher altitudes, ascending to 2,200 m; represented by numer- 

 ous collections. New Guinea, New Caledonia, Queensland, Fiji. 



Local names: Ablaas (Bag.) ; bariu-bariu (P. Bis.) ; dungau (Ig.) ; oyon- 

 oyon (P. Bis.). 



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DIANELLA ENSI FOLIA (Linn.) DC. in Red. Lil. 1 (1802) t. 1; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1880) 264; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 277, 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 153; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 

 (1907) Bot. 266, 3 (1908) Bot. 401, 5 (1910) Bot. 337; Hallier f. 

 in Nova Guinea 8 (1914) 992. 



Dracaena ensifolia Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 63. 



Dianella robusta Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1806. 



Palawan, Panay, Jolo, Bucas Grande, Mindanao, B. S. 35067, 3^801 Ra- 

 mos & Pascasio, 30995 Ramos & Edano, 21562 Escritor, Elmer 12900, 

 Merrill 5317, 9338, Clemens 9377. In light forests at low altitudes. India 

 to the Mascarene Islands, China, Formosa, Malaya, tropical Australia, 

 and Polynesia. 



DIANELLA JAVANICA (Blume) Kunth Enum. 5 (1850) 52; Hallier f. in 

 Nova Guinea 8 (1914) 992. 

 Rhuacophila javanica Blume Enum. 1 (1827) 14; Ridl. in Journ. Linn. 



Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 166. 

 Dianella austro-caledonica Seem. Fl. Vit. (1865-73) 312; Lauterb. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 50 (1913) 294. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Ifugao, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Zambales, 

 Tayabas, Camarines, Albay), Mindoro, Mindanao (Davao), B. S. 31837 

 Santos, 8U78, 17671, 8873 McGregor, 5U08 Ramos, 37636 Ramos & Edano, 

 Cuming 929, Merrill 550U, 6585, Williams 2556, 127 U, 1533, Elmer 5797, 

 Copeland 1035. On open slopes, in ravines, and in forests, altitude 1,000 

 to 2,400 m. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, 

 New Guinea, New Caledonia. 



Local, names: Apilug (Ig.) ; sapilau (Ig.) ; talobatub (Bon.); uraya 

 (Ig.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Dianella bancana Miq.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 264. 



Dianella Montana Blume; Naves 1. c. 



Dianella philippensis Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 112 ; C. B. 

 Rob. in 'Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 305. 

 "Espece nouvelle de Mindanao" Perrottet. A nomen nudum. 

 Dianella revoluta R. Br.; Schauer in Nov. Act, Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Supp. 1 : 445. 

 Meyen's Jala Jala specimen, so identified by Schauep, is probably refer- 

 able to the species I have interpreted as D. caerulea Sims. 



