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Among the species of this genus credited to the Philippines by various 
authors, of which I have seen no specimens originating in the Archipelago, 
are the following: 
Eriocaulon “longissimum” Nees; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 
131, manifestly an error for E. longifolium Nees, as there is no such species 
as E. longissimum. I have specimens of E. longifolium Nees from Singapore 
(coll. Ridley), Labuan (coll. Merrill), Cochinchine (coll. Pierre), and the 
Caroline Islands, Yap (coll. Volkens 406). The species is certainly to be 
expected in the Philippines. 
Eriocaulon sexangulare L. Reported from the Philippines, but without 
the citation of specimens, by Miquel FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 523, Naves 
Novis. App. (1882) 299, and Ruhland in Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 (1903) 
110. I have seen no Philippine specimens. 
Eriocaulon truncatum Ham.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 299; Ruhl. in 
Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 (1903) 107. The specimen cited by the latter author 
( Cuming 2362) was not from the Philippines, but from the Malay Peninsula. 
See E. merrillii above. 
Eriocaulon setaceum L.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 299. Probably admit- 
ted on an erroneous determination. 
COMMELINACEAE 
AN El LEM A R. Brown 
AN El LEM A AZUREUM sp. nov. Tricarpellaria, Euaneilema. 
Caespitosum, plus minusve pubescens praesertim inflorescen- 
tiis ; foliis numerosis, anguste lanceolatis vel elongato-lanceolatis, 
usque ad 25 cm longis, 5 ad 10 mm latis, in siccitate dense minu- 
teque puncticulatis, laevis, acutis vel apiculato-acuminatis ; 
floribus azureis, cymoso-paniculatis, inflorescentiis angustis, con- 
fertis, bracteis magnis, spathulatis, pubescentibus, plus minusve 
imbricatis; capsulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, trigonis, circiter 6 mm 
longis ; seminibus angulatis, in quisque loculo 4, uniseriatis. 
A tufted, distinctly pubescent plant 20 to 40 cm high, the 
roots fibrous, no tuberous ones present on the material ex- 
amined. Leaves numerous, narrowly lanceolate to elongate- 
lanceolate, chartaceous, 12 to 25 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, 
when dry minutely and distinctly puncticulate, smooth, not scab- 
rous, sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous, base not narrowed, 
somewhat sheathing, apex acute or apiculate-acuminate. Scapes 
up to 40 cm in length, simple, leafless, more or less pubescent, the 
flower-bearing parts rather densely pubescent. Flowers deep 
blue, cymose, the inflorescence narrow. Bract subtending the 
first branch about 4 cm long, somewhat sheathing, leaflike, the 
upper ones smaller, more or less imbricate, pubescent, about 1.5 
cm long, 7 mm wide, acuminate, sheathing, elliptic to oblong- 
elliptic; bracteoles sheathing, obovate when spread out, 3 to 4 
