178 RIDLEY. 



at the tip, woolly, 1 cm Long. Corolla-tube a little longer, the lobes 

 linear-oblong, hooded, all hairy, white with red streaks. Lip obovate, 

 glabrous, with a narrow, bifid, terminal portion, the central bar elevated, 

 fleshy and warty, ending in two short warty elevated amis at the base 

 of the terminal lobe. Staminodes flat, spathulate, as long as the short 

 filament. Anther thick, the crest rounded, distinct. Ovary silky. 

 Capsule obconic, the tip broad, rounded, 1 cm. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 1915: Province of Laguna, For. 

 But. 9567 bis Cumm. .Mindanao, Lake Lanao. Camp Keithley. Mrs. Clemens 855: 

 Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. .',51 ', M earns d Hutchinson: 

 District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copcland 1202. 



Both Mrs. Clemens and Mr. Elmer state that the species is common. ]t is 

 rather remarkable for the woolineaa of its inflorescence and for the distinct pro- 

 longation of the anther-connective which extends beyond the anther-cells, and 

 also for the shape of the lip. 



Endemic. 



2. P. elegans sp. nov. 



Stems 40 cm tall, glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cam lute, the base acuminate, epetiolate, glabrous, 23 cm long, 2 cm 

 wide; sheath ribbed, glabrous; ligulc short, truncate, bifid. Spike less 

 than half-way, protruding from the stem, 2 cm long and thick, simple, 

 obovoid, dense. Bracts broad, wrapping the base of the flower, oblong- 

 ovate, cuspidate, pubescent. Calyx urceolate, ampliate, 5 mm longer 

 than the corolla-tube, the lobes 3, ovate, rather large, all hairy. Corolla- 

 tube short and thick, the lobes lanceolate, the upper one hooded, with 

 a conic macro, the others blunt. Lip short, broad, quadrate, oblong, 

 bilobed at the apex, base pubescent. Staminodes subulate. Anther 

 oblong, pubescent along the cells which are divaricate at the apex, the 

 connective truncate, not projecting beyond the cells. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitldey, Mrs. Clemens. July. 1007. 

 A very distinct species, the smallest known one in the genus. 



3. P. ? parviflora comb. nov. 



Amomum parviflorum Presl Pel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 112. /. 19. 

 Alpinia parviflora Rolfe; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 152, partim; K. 

 Sehum. In Engl. Pot. Jahrb. 27 (1899) 299; Pflanzenreich 20 (1904) 368. 



A slender herb from a horizontal tuberous rhizome. Stems 50 cm 

 tall. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate and 

 cuspidate 1 , narrowed at the base, quite glabrous, 30 cm long, 2 cm wide; 

 petiole distinct, 2 cm long; ligule very short, truncate, glabrous. Spike 

 emerging from a leaf-axil shortly above the rhizome, erect, short- 

 peduncled, dense or very dense, looser below, cylindric, obtuse, 5 cm 

 long, 2.5 cm thick. Bracts ovate, acuminate, membranaceous, densely 

 silky-tomentose, 10 mm long. Bracteoles tubular-campanulate, trilo- 

 bulate, white, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Calyx 3-lobed, the lobes 5 

 mm long, triangular, acute, glabrous. Corolla-tube 1 cm long, glabrous. 

 Upper lobe cucullate, 3 mm long, lateral lobe shorter and wider. Lip 



