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as the tube. Corolla yellow or white, the tube as long as the calyx, 

 pubescent, the lobes linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1.5 cm long. Stami- 

 nodes subulate. Lip 2 cm long, the base narrowed, the limb broad, 

 obovate, rounded, entire. Stamen-filament slender. Anther narrowly 

 oblong, the crest trifid, central lobe small, oblong, the lateral ones from 

 the upper angle of the anther, longer, linear, curved. Ovary silky-hairy. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 3303 Borden, Whitford 

 207, 300. 



6. A. deuteramomum K. Sclvum. in Engl. Bot. Jalirb. 27 (1899) 313; Pilan- 

 zenreich 1. c. 237. 



Leaves shortly petioled, linear-lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate, nar- 

 rowed at the base, quite glabrous, 30 cm long, 3.5 cm wide; ligule hardly 

 5 mm long, obtuse, glabrous. Flowering stem 12 cm long. Spike 

 ellipsoid, 8 cm long, the peduncle covered with ovate, obtuse, glabrous 

 sheaths. Outer bracts ovate, acute, glabrous, pale straw-colored, 3 cm 

 long. Bracteoles 1.5 cm long, tubular, glabrous, 3-toothed. Ovary 

 pilose at the top. Calyx 1.3 cm long, tubular, 3-toothed, glabrous. 

 Corolla-tube 10 mm long, the lobes obtuse, 8 mm long. Lip subovate, 

 clawed, the apex 3-lobed, 10 mm long, the median portion callose and 

 puberulous. Filament concave, 5 mm long. Anther shorter. Crest 

 3-lobed, 3 mm long. Stylodes 2, subulate. 



Mindanao, in forests near Bujong, (Warburg 15135). 



Endemic. 



Allied to A. cardamon Linn. 



7. A. trilobum Ridl. 1. c. 85. 



Rhizome slender, long, covered with loose sheaths. Stems fairly 

 stout, 1 to 2.5 m tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 the base narrowed to the petiole, 20 cm long, 3 cm wide, glabrous ; petiole 

 5 mm long; sheaths narrow, the edge and the short, bifid ligule silky- 

 pubescent. Inflorescence on long creeping stolons, covered with sheaths, 

 obconic, 2 cm long, on a 1 cm long peduncle. Bracts ovate, obtuse, 

 ribbed, glabrous. Calyx tubular, pubescent, the lobes 3, oblong, rounded. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the calyx-tube, 1 cm long, the lobes oblong-linear, 

 obtuse. Staminodes linear, obtuse, fleshy. Lip obovate, rounded, 1 cm 

 long, white with a central yellow bar, the tip undulate, 3-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes rounded, the middle one bifid, narrowed. Stamen-filament 

 linear, fleshy, grooved. Anther linear, glabrous. Crest 3-lobed, the 

 middle one flat, quadrate, oblong, refuse, the two side arms linear, 

 subacute, curved. 



Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Bolster 67: Province of Bula- 

 can, For. Bur. 7218 Curran: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. /Set". J/655 Ramos. 

 On shaded slopes; flowers fragrant. 

 Endemic. 



