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ERIOCAULACEAE. 
ERIOCAULON L. 
ERIOCAULON ALATUM H. Lecomte in Journ. de Bot. 21 (1908) 104, 
fig. 2. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1831 Ramos, January, 
1907; Manila, La Loma, in old rice paddies, Merrill 7362, December, 1910. 
The specimens agree perfectly with Lecomte’s description and figure, 
and with a specimen in our herbarium from Cochinchina cited by Lecomte 
in his original description, ex herb. Pierre. 
Previously known only from Indo-China. 
COMMELINACEAE. 
ANEILEMA R. Br. 
ANEILEMA M ALABARICUM (L.) comb. nov. 
Tradescantia malabarica L. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 412. 
Commelina nudicaulis Burm. FI. Ind. (1768) 17, t. 8, f. 1. 
Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 271, in nota; C. B. Clarke 
in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 210. 
This species is very common and widely distributed in the Philippines, 
the above change of name being in accordance with the provisions of the 
Vienna Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Robert Brown simply mentions 
the species in a note, basing his Aneilema nudiflorum on Commelina 
nudiflora Vahl, who in turn based his species on Commelina nudifiora 
L. Mant. 177. Unfortunately the original Commelina nudiflora L. Sp. 
PI. (1753) 61, is a valid species of the genus in which it was placed 
by Linnaeus, but Commelina nudifiora L. Mant. (1767) 177 is a quite 
different species and is Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Even if Commelina 
nudiflora L. Mant. (1767) 177 were valid, it is antedated by the publication 
of Tradescantia malabarica L. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 412. 
ANEILEMA VERSICOLOR Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. & Kew Miscel. 3 
(1851) 136; Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 208; Hook. f. 
FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1892) 378. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Bur. Sci. 10877 Ramos, October, 
1909; Caloocan, Merrill 36UU, November, 1903; Masambong, Phil. PI. 763 
Merrill, November, 1910. 
This species has not previously been reported from the Philippines, 
although it is abundant in old rice lands, etc., in the vicinity of Manila, 
from Caloocan to La Loma and Masambong. The flowers are russet-brown 
or brownish-yellow when fresh, but the petals turn dark-purple in drying. 
India. 
ZEBRINA Schnizl. 
ZEBRINA PENDULA Schnizl. in Bot. Zeit. 7 (1849) 870; C. B. Clarke 
in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 318. 
Luzon, Manila, Merrill s. n., September, 1909, from cultivated specimens, 
Baja 203, August, 1907; Province of Laguna, Nagcarlan, Bur. Sci. 2U69 
Foxworthy, March, 1907. 
This widely cultivated species is not uncommon in cultivation in Manila, 
