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MERRILL. 
PHOENIX Linn. 
P. hanceana Naud., var. phil ippinensis Becc. supra 339. 
Sabtan, 3744 F6nix. N. v., Vovavoy. 
The first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines, the leaves 
being used extensively by the inhabitants of Sabtan and neighboring islands for 
making the characteristic rain-coats known as Suot. The species in southern 
China. 
ARACEiE. 
AGLAONEMA Schott. 
A. haenkei Schott. 
Camiguin, J/089 Fenix. 
Philippines and Celebes. 
FLAGELLAR, IACEiE. 
FLAGELLAR! A Linn. 
F. indica Linn. 
Camiguin, 4994 Fenix. Sabtan, 3758 Fenix. N. v., Auay. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa, Malaya, Polynesia, 
and Australia. 
COMMELINACEyE. 
COM M ELI N A L inn. 
C. benghalensis Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3590 Fenix; 3230 Mearns. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; widely distributed in the tropics of the 
Old World. 
C. nudiflora Linn. 
Camiguin, 3938 Fenix. Sabtan, 3728 Fenix. N. v., Cajasi. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropics of the World. 
POLL I A Thunb. 
P. sorzogonensis (E. Meyer) Endl. 
Babuyan, 3891 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3697 Fenix; 3211 
Mearns. Camiguin, lj058 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and Malaya. 
LILIACEtE. 
LI LI U M Linn. 
L. longiflorum Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 333; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 14 (1875) 229. 
Y’Ami, IForcesfer s. n. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 377/; F6nix. N. v., 
Vonitan. 
Not previously found in the Philippines, the second species of the genus for the 
Archipelago; Japan to southern China and Formosa. 
DRACAENA Vand. 
D. angustifolia (Rumph. ) Roxb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3661, 3842 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Malaya, and 
Australia. 
