Commander Islands
a group of four islands off the coast of Siberia, in the Bering Sea. The largest of them, Bering, has an area of 609 square miles, and the next largest, Mednj, 180 square miles, both of them having a small pop-. ulation. The chief industry is the breed ing of fur seals, protected by the Siberian Government. COMMANDITE (kom-män-dēt), a term used in France, a partnership en commandite being one in which a person may advance capital without taking an active part in the management of the business, and be exempt from responsibility for more than he put into it; much the same as limited liability.
COMMELYNACEÆ, spiderworts, an order of endogens, alliance xyridales.
They are herbaceous plants, with flat narrow leaves. The species are found in the East and West Indies, New Holland, Africa, etc.