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2. 2. Zerumbet Sin. Exot. Bot. 2 (1804) 103, t. 112; Roscoe in Trans. Linn. 



Soc. 6 (1807) 348; Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 8/,; Horan. Monogr. (1862) 27; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2000; Wight Icon. (1853) t. 2002; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 

 (1890) 247; Ridl. Mater. Fl. Malay. Penin. 2 (1907) 27; K. Schuni. in Pflanzen- 

 veich 20 (1904) 172. 



Z. Blancoi Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 20. 



Z. mnaricans Blntne Ennm. PI. Jav. 1 (1827) 43. 



Z. spurium Koen. in Betz. Obs. 3 (1783) 00. 



Z. ovoideum Bluine 1. c. 43. 



Z. truncatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1 (1848) 68e. 



Amomum Zerumbet Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1; Jacq. Hort. Yindob. 3 (1776) 

 t. 54. 



A. spurium Gmel. Syst. 2 (1792) 6. 



A. sylvestre Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 548. 



Zerumbet zingiber Lestib. Ann. Sci. Nat. II 15 (1891) 329. 



Amomum zingiber Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 131, non Linn. 



Rhizome thick, yellow, becoming white inside. Stems fairly stout, 30 

 to 45 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate, broad, glabrous except along the 

 midrib which is hairy, 12 to 15 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide; ligule papery, 

 brown, 1 cm long. Spikes globose at first, becoming cylindric, blunt, as 

 long or longer than the peduncle. Bracts broad, rounded, green turning 

 red, the edges paler, hairy. Calyx spathaceous, 1 cm long, white. 

 Corolla-tube twice as long, the lobes lanceolate, acute, white. Lip broad 

 and short, the lateral lobes rounded, the middle one orbicular to ovate, 

 refuse, pale-yellow and with an orange bar or faintly mottled with pink. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Whit ford 1864$ Leiberg 6089, Elmer 

 7028: Province of Cavite, Bur. Sci. U,')^ Mangubat: Manila, Merrill S'/J/O. 

 Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens. Native names Lumbong 

 usa; Layang usa; Lanipuyang. 



This is a widely distributed village plant all over the eastern islands; its 

 original home seems to be unknown. 



3. Z. pubisquama sp. nov. 



Leafy stem tall and stout, 1 cm thick. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acute, the upper surface glabrous, finely ribbed, the back 

 glabrous except the ribbed keel which is covered with pale hairs, 22 cm 

 long, 3 to 4 cm wide; ligule very short, oblong, the edges ciliate; sheaths 

 nearly glabrous. Inflorescence elongate, cylindric, acute, 14 to 15 cm long, 

 4 cm thick, on a stout peduncle 16 cm long, covered laxly with oblong 

 sheaths 5 cm long, hairy, apex truncate. Bracts narrowly oblong, blunt, 

 3 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, closely appressed, hairy; inner bract linear-oblong, 

 tip rounded, hairy, 3 cm long, 1 cm wide; floral bract thin, papery. 

 Calyx thin, tubular, apex 3-lobed, 1.5 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, 

 3 cm long, glabrous, the lobes oblong, acute, hooded at the tip, 1 cm 

 long, 3 mm wide. Lip broad, more fleshy. Anther narrowly oblong, 

 the connective-beak 6 mm long. Style a little longer, cup-shaped. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1163a. 

 Allied to Z. Cassunnnutr Roxb. 



