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C0MMELINACE2E. 
CYANOTIS Don. 
Cyanotis moluccana (Roxb.) Oommelina moluccdna Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 
(1814) 81; FI. Ind. 1 (1820) 172, (ed. Wall. 1: 176.) Cyanotis uniflora Hassk. 
Commel. Ind. (1870) 104; Clarke in DC. Monog Phan. 3 (1881) 242; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 34. 
In open wet places near Subaan (No. 6227). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Malayan Archipelago. 
FOR REST I A Lesson. 
Forrestia philippinensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 5. 
In forests along small streams at 300 m. alt. (No. 6152). 
Endemic to the Philippines, the type from the Baco River near the base of 
Mount Halcon. 
LILIACE2E. 
DIANELLA Lam. 
Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. in Red. Lih (1802) t. 1. 
In open heaths at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5504). 
On the higher mountains in the Philippines from northern Luzon to southern 
Mindanao. 
British India to southern China, Malaya, Australia, Polynesia, and the 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Dianella caerulea Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 505. 
In forests (4469 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines, but apparently represented by 
the following specimens: Luzon, Province of Benguet (6030 Elmer) ; (4441, 4683 
Merrill) ; Province, of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (226 Whitford) ; Province of 
Pampanga, Mount Arayat (76 Bolster) ; Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling 
(5125 Merrill) . 
New Guinea and Australia. 
LIRIOPE Lour. 
Liriope brachyphylla Merrill n. sp. 
Glabra, usque ad 20 cm. alt a, foliis confertis, membranaceis, glabris, 
anguste oblongis, 2.5 ad 3.5 cm. longis; scapi 1 ad 3, simpliees; flores 
rosei,’ raeemosi, ad bracteas solitarii ; ovarium superum, 3-loculare, loculis 
pluri-ovulatis (ad 15). 
A glabrous perennial herb. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong, 
2.5 to 3.5 cm. long, 3 to 6 mm. wide, somewhat narrowed and hyaline- 
sheathing below, the apex acute, all crowded at the base of the scape. 
Scapes 1 to 3 from each rosette of leaves, 20 cm. high or less, leafless, 
simple, glabrous, 10 to 15-flowered, the flower bearing portion 4 to 5 
cm. long. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, the flowers 
solitary in the axil of each bract, the pedicels about 3 mm. long. 
Perianth 5 to 6 mm. long, pale pink or salmon colored, the lobes 6, equal, 
lanceolate, acute or blunt, free or very slightly united at the very base, 
3-nerved, about 1.5 mm. wide. Stamens 6; filaments 2 mm. long; 
