COMMELINACEAE. 



PHAEOSPERION Hassk. 



Phaeospherion persicariaefolium (D. C.) Clarke in Decand. Monogr. 

 Phan. III. (1881) p. 137. 

 Commelina persicariaefolia D. C. in Redoute\ Lil. 8 tab. 472. 

 Upper Tapanahoni River, near Drie tabbetje: Versteeg 673 (fl. July). 

 Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust: Went 66 (fl. Aug.) 

 Para district; Splitgerber 1062 H. L. B. 899, 258—403 in forests 



(fl. May) named : Commelina ferruginea Splitg. Mss. 

 Surinam : Hostmann without number in herb. Rheno-Tracjet ; Dumortier 

 without number fn hb. Rheno-Traject. 

 var: p. scabrata (Seub.) Clarke 1. c. 137. 



Commelina scabrata Seub. Flora Bras. III. 1 p. 266. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 203, 423 ex Clarke 1. c. 

 Vernacular name: >Gado dede, mi sa dede." 

 Guyana, tropical Brazil. 



COMMELINA Linn. 



Commelina nudiflora Linn. Spec, plant. I. p. 61. 



Near Paramaribo: Tulleken 50 H. L. B. 903, 322 — 1301. 



Pauluskreek : Focke 1260 (fl. Sept.) 



Lower Saramacca River, near plant. Vier Hendrikken: Went 217 



(fl. Aug.) 

 Nickerie: Tulleken 294. H. L. B. 903, 322—1222 (fl. Aug.) and 



532 H. L. B. 903, 322-941 (fl. Octob.) 

 Surinam: Splitgerber 279 H. L. B. 899, 258—463 (fl. Dec); hb. 



Molkenboer H. L. B. 899, 258 — 460; hb. van Hall H. L. B. 899, 



258—304; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322 — 169. 

 Vernacular name : »Gado dede, mi sa dede." 

 All tropical countries. 



Commelina virginica Linn. Spec, plant, p. 61. 



Marowijne River: Kappler ed Hohenacker 1850 on sandy spots, 

 named C. elegans H. B. K. 



