66 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
COMMELINACEAE 
ANEILEMA R. Brown 
ANEILEMA MALABARICUM (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 
Bot. 232. 
Tradescantia malabarica Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 412. 
Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271. 
G. E. S. 167, 217, in waste places. 
India to the Liu Kiu Islands southward to Malaya. 
COM MELINA Linnaeus 
COM M ELINA NUDIFLORA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 41; Safford 247. 
G. E. S. 115, in waste places. 
In all tropical countries, where native uncertain. 
COM M ELI N A BENGHALEN8IS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 41; Safford 246. 
Common in grass lands, fide Safford. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 
CYANOTIS D. Don 
CYANOTIS AXILLARIS (Linn.) D. Don Prodr. FI. Nepal. (1825) 46; 
R. & S. Syst. Veg. 7 (1829) 1154. 
Commelina axillaris Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 42. 
McGregor 554. 
India to China southward to tropical Australia. 
CYANOTIS CRISTATA (Linn.) D. Don Prodr. FI. Nepal. (1825) 46. 
Commelina cristata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 42. 
Zygomenes cristata W. F. Wight in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 404. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford’s enumeration; of very wide dis- 
tribution in the tropics. 
ZEBRINA Schnizlein 
ZEBRINA PENDULA Schnizl. in Bot. Zeit. 7 (1849) 870. 
McGregor 571. 
A native of tropical America, probably of recent introduction. 
LILIACEAE 
ALLIUM Linnaeus 
ALLIUM CEPA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 300; Safford 179. 
The onion is frequently planted in Guam, fide Safford. 
ALLIUM SATIVUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 296; Safford 179. 
Garlic is commonly cultivated, fide Safford. r 
Dl AN ELLA Lamarck 
DIANELLA ENSI FOLIA (Linn.) DC. in Red. Lil. (1802) t. 1; Safford 
256. 
Dracaena ensifolia Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 63. 
McGregor 523, hills back of Piti. 
India to Malaya and Polynesia. 
