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6. G. gracilis K. Schum. in Pilanzenreich 1. c. 145. 



Slender, stems 25 to 35 cm tall, the five lowest sheaths narrow, 

 acute, pilose and ciliate. Leaves 7 or 8, sessile or very shortly (2 mm) 

 petioled, lanceolate or suhoblong-lanceolate, acuminate, not distinctly 

 caudate, the upper surface papillose rather than pilose, beneath pilose, 

 3.5 to 9 cm long, 1.2 to 2.5 em wide; ligule scarcely 1 mm long, truncate, 

 pilose. Panicle 4.5 to (J. 5 cm long, minutely pilose, the lower branches 

 3.5 cm long, with 1 or 5, rarely 6, flowers. Bracts very caducous. Brac- 

 teoles minute, 1 to 1.5 mm long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, caducous. Ovary 

 glabrous, scarcely 1 mm long. Calyx 3 mm long, very shortly toothed. 

 Corolla-tube very slender, 1.7 cm long, the lobes 3 mm long. Staminodes 

 lanceolate, acute, 4 mm long. Lip 5 mm long, bilobed. Anther oblong, 

 the spurs curved upwards, acuminate. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Dagatpan, (Warburg 1,51,80), in forests, 

 300 to 1,000 m altitude: Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. But: ',.',72 

 Mearns & Hutchinson. Negros, Elmer 10033. 



Endemic. 



7. Globba latifolia sp. nov. 



Stem about 90 cm tall, the lower 30 cm covered with sheaths only, 

 which are oblong, rounded at the tip, mucronate, pubescent. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuate, acuminate, acute, not caudate, the base 

 cuneate, the upper surface glabrous, the lower pubescent, 20 to 24 cm 

 long, 3 to 4 cm wide; petiole very short; ligule short, rounded, ciliate; 

 sheath strongly ribbed, the margins pubescent. Panicles 15 cm long, the 

 branches spreading, remote, 3 to 4 cm long. Flowers sessile, white. 

 Bracts caducous. Bracteoles ovate, acute, pallid, glandular-dotted. 

 Calyx cylindric, slightly dilated upwards, the lobes equal, one-third the 

 length of the calyx, oblong, obtuse, glandidar-dotted. Corolla-tube twice 

 as long as the calyx, rather thick, the lobes one-half as long as the tube, 

 oblong, blunt. Staminodes very similar, obtuse, linear-oblong. Lip 

 short, bifid to the base and with two elliptic-ovate rounded lobes, the 

 adnate portion of the lip deeply grooved and with two very distinct 

 processes at the upper angle. Filament slender, 1 cm long. Anther 

 oblong, with a pair of falcate, acuminate, appendages rifting from the 

 center of the side and longer than the anther. Fruit elliptic, 1 cm long, 

 smooth. Seeds numerous. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copcland s. n., Sax River, 

 William* 232',. Mindoko, Baco River, Merrill .',06',. 



Very distinct among the Philippine species on account of its broad leaves, short 

 flowers and short, deeply lobed lip. 



8. G. leucocarpa sp. nov. 



Whole plant 1 m tall, the sheaths glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, acuminate, hardly caudate, the base rounded or shortly 



