180 RIDLEY. 



wide, narrowed at the base to a short petiole; ligule oblong, truncate, 

 bilobed, glabrous or nearly so; sheath-margins pubescent. Capitulum 

 ovoid, rounded, nodding, 7 cm long, yellowish-red. Outer bracts ovate, 

 rounded, margins sparingly ciliate, the nerves elevated, anastomosing. 

 Bracteole utricular, inclosing two flowers, tip 3-pointed, ciliate. Calyx 

 tubular, 3-lobcd, the lobes acute, ciliate at the tip. Corolla fleshy, tube 

 moderately long, the lobes oblong, the upper one oblong-ovate. Lip 

 adnate at the base to the corolla-tube and stamen, thick, fleshy, deeply 

 bilobed into two linear excurved lobes, convolute when dry. Stamen- 

 filament broad. Anther cells linear, pubescent, appendage small, ovate. 

 Capsule glabrous, subglobose, with few seeds. 



Luzon, Mount Banajao, Province of Tayabas, Elmer 7396; Lucban, Elmer 7706 : 

 Province of Benguet, Mount Santo Tomas, Elmer 6629; Pauai to Baguio, Merrill 

 4786. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1210. 



Endemic, in dense woods at 1,000 to 2,100 m altitude. Margins of the sheaths 

 purplish-red. Cone dark-red. Bracts reddish, with green margins. Flowers 

 yellowish. Complete specimens show that this plant is no Ilornstedtia or rather 

 Nicolaia, but a distinct genus. 



2. A. pinetorum comb. nov. 



Elmeria pinetorum Ridl. 1. c. 509. 



Plant 2 m tall, all the stems much reclining or recurved. Leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, except on the midrib, 

 beneath pubescent and above shortly hairy, the margins ciliate-hairy, 

 15 cm long, 4 cm wide, base subcuneate, dark-green; petiole very short; 

 ligule 2 mm long, thickly white-ciliate ; sheath 7 cm long, edged with 

 stiff white hairs. Capitulum terminal, nodding, globose, 6 cm long, 

 the outer bracts ovate, rounded at the tip, finely striate, glabrous except 

 the white-ciliate edge, dull-red. Bracteole utricular, with three acute 

 lobes, white-hairy at the tip, inclosing two flowers. Calyx tubular. 

 a little longer, with three acute points with tufts of hair at the tips. 

 Corolla-tube cylindric, glabrous, 2 cm long, dilated above, the lobes short, 

 oblong, yellow. Lip fleshy, entire, base saccate, oblong, limb triangular, 

 acute. Stamen shorter, the anther broad, apex deeply excavate. Style 

 slender, shorter. Stigma small, red. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 85Jf8, in small tufts on limestone 

 formation in the pine region at 5,000 ft. altitude, rare, native (Igorot) name 

 Barapat. 



12. LEPTOSOLENA Presl. 



Tall herbs with linear or lanceolate leaves. Inflorescence terminal, 

 paniculate. Flowers sessile or pedicelled, large. Calyx tubular, 3-lobed, 

 split on one side. Corolla- tube longer, lobes linear or lanceolate. Lip 

 entire, oblong, convolute. Staminodes linear-oblong. Stamen short; 

 anther oblong, crested or not. 



Referred by Schumann to Alpinia, but certainly quite distinct and perhaps 

 allied to Hedychium. Species two, endemic. 



Flowers pedicelled, 7 cm long 1. L. Hacnkei 



Flowers sessile, 12 cm long 2. L. insignia 



