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Commelinaceae. 

 Pollia Thumb. 



1. P. thyrsiflora (Blume) Hasskarl, Plantae Junghuhnianae, p. 150, 

 1853; Clarke, Commelinaceae in A. & C. De Candolle, Monogr. Phanerog., 

 vol. Ill, p. 124; Hook, f., Fl. British India, VI, p. 367; Tradescantia th. 

 Blume in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. VII, 2, 1830, p. 1157; Lampro- 

 carpus th. Blume, ibidem, p. 1726. 



The specimen collected was beginning to flower and no fruit is devel- 

 oped, but I think that the short and dense inflorescence and the large 

 and broad bracts and bracteoles are sufficient to distinguish it from the 

 allied P. aclisia Hassk. 



Klong Sarlakpet in the jungle (No. 847). 



Area: Java, Philippine Islands, South Andamans. 



Amaryllidaceae. 

 Curculigo Gärtn. 



1. C. latifolia Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Kew., Ed. 2, II, p. 253; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. India, VI, p. 280; Q. sumatrana Roxb., Fl. Ind., II, p. 146; 

 Wight, Icônes tab. 2042. 



The specimens collected belong to the first mentioned form in 

 Hooker f., 1. c. 



Common in the jungle near Lem Dan (No. 511). 



Area: Andaman Islands, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago. 



Crinum L. 



2. C. asiaticuin L., Sp. pi. 419; Baker, Handb. of Amaryllid. p. 75; 

 Botan. Magazine, tab. 1073; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. India, VI, p. 280. C. toxi- 

 canum, Roxb., Wight, Icones tab. 2021—2. 



Koh Kahdat, sandy seashore (No. 569). 

 Area: India, Ceylon. 



Taccaceae. 



Tacca Forst. 



1. T. piniiatitida Forst., Plant. Esculent., No. 28; Char. Gen. p. 69, 

 tab. 35; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. India, VI, p. 287; Curtis, Botan. Magazine, 

 tab. 7299, 7300, 1893; T. pinnatifolia Gärtn., De Fruct., I, p. 43, tab. 14. 



Only a scape with mature fruits was brought home, but the species 

 is recognisable by the ribbed seeds, the unilocular fruit, the long filiform 

 bracts and the numerous involucral leaves. 



