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1. H. philippinensis Ridl. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1905) 86. 

 Stems 2 m tall and fairly thick. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, caudate, 



glabrous, narrowed at the base, pale beneath, 45 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide ; 

 petiole 1 to 2 cm long; ligule bilobed, oblong, obtuse, 1 cm long. 

 Inflorescence borne on a long rhizome-branch 15 cm long, covered with 

 lanceolate acute sheaths. Spikes 4 to 6 cm long on peduncles covered 

 with sheaths 2 to 8 cm long. Bracts thin, lanceolate, ribbed, hairy at 

 the tip, the largest about 2 cm long. Flowers scarlet. Bracteole oblong- 

 lanceolate, strongly nerved, the margins ciliate. Calyx tubular, with 

 three acute lobes 3 cm long. Corolla-tube 4 cm long, slender, the lobes 

 narrow, linear-oblong, obtuse, 1 cm long. lip 4 cm long, fleshy, linear- 

 oblong, the apex dilated, rounded, entire. Stamen crestless, 1 cm long, 

 the apex refuse. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 11109 Curran. Mixdoro, Bongabong 

 River, For. Bur. 3131 Merritt. Palawan, Bur, Be*. 80.' f Foxworthy. Negros, 

 For. Bur. 11203 Everett, Elmer 10270. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 16: 

 District of Davao, Copeland J,16, DeVore d Hoover 111, Williams 2888: Province 

 of Surigao, Bolster 221. 



By some mistake in several of the sheets, the fruits of Amomum propinquum 

 were distributed as the fruit of this plant, hence my error in describing the fruit 

 in the original description. The fruit of this species has not yet been collected. 

 It belongs to the group to which Griffith gave the generic name Achasma, being 

 allied to H. mcgalocheila Ridl. 



Endemic. 



2. H. conoidea Ridl. in Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) G05. 



Stems clustered, 3 m high, 3 em in diameter at the swollen base. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly cuspidate, base very shortly rounded, 

 narrowed, 45 to 55 cm long, 8 to 14 cm wide, glabrous on the upper 

 surface, beneath sprinkled with silky hairs which are more abundant on 

 the midrib and margins; petiole very short (1 cm on some parts of 

 the stem), pubescent; ligule truncate, densely hairy; sheath reticulate, 

 sparingly hairy above. Spike subsessile, red, ovoid-conic, 7 to 8 cm long. 

 Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, rather softly coriaceous, red, finely 

 ribbed, and white-silky at the base, 4 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Flowers 

 7.5 cm long. Calyx red, tubular, silky-hairy at the base, becoming 

 glabrous upward, 5 cm long, split on one side, the lobes acute, tipped 

 with hairs. Corolla red, tube 7 cm long, slender, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 1.5 cm long, rather narrow, the lip entire, fleshy, 2 cm long, blunt, 

 margins white, upcurved. Anther hairy, with a thin, rounded, short 

 crest. 



Negros, Cuernos Mountains, near Dumaguete, Elmer 102.' f 6, in fertile soil in 

 damp ravines at an altitude of about GOO m. Native name Tagbac. Mindanao, 

 Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens, July. 1906. Closely allied to Hornstvdtia conica Ridl., 

 of the Malay Peninsula, differing in its pubescent ligule and petiole. 



Endemic. 



