184 RIDLEY. 



§ Catimbium. 



1. A. Haenkei Presl Symb. Bot. (1832) 66, t. J,3 ; K. Schum. in Pflanzenreich 

 20 (1904) 341. 



A. malacccnsis Prosl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 110, non Roscoe. 



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



Stem 1 to 2 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 base rounded or acuminate, 33 to 55 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, hairy on 

 both surfaces or glabrescent above, the edges thickly ciliate-hairy ; petiole 

 3 cm long; ligule bifid, the lobes rounded at the tip, hairy, especially at 

 the tip; sheath hairy. Inflorescence simple or shortly paniculate, 15 to 

 30 cm long, rachis, branches and pedicels closely silky-hairy. Bracts 

 ovate-oblong or elliptic, 1.5 to 2 cm long, usually hairy, especially at the 

 tip. Calyx short, broadly campanulato. 3-lobed, lobes ovate, acute, hairy. 

 1 cm long. Corolla-tube shorter, hairy, the lobes white or pink, oblong, 

 obtuse, hairy, 2 cm long, the upper one hooded. Lip broadly ovate, the 

 lateral lobes hardly distinct, 1 cm. long, apex oblong, truncate, narrower, 

 crisped and more or less bifid, all glabrous, orange-yellow with red spots 

 and streaks, except in the mouth of the tube, where there is on either side 

 a line of silky hairs leading from the curved, short, oblong staminodes. 

 Filament linear, hairy. Anther rather short, broad, glabrous. Ovary 

 silky. Capsule globose, 2 cm long, sprinkled with hairs or more hairy 

 when young, red. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 1203, 1777, 2 .',17, 2129 Borden, For. Bur. 

 1 .',', Barnes, For. Bur. 21,9$ Meyer, Whit ford 1058: Province of Pampanga, Mount 

 Abu, Bur. Sci. 191,2 F ox worthy : Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6089: Prov- 

 ince of Zambales, For. Bur. G008 Curran: Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 890.', 

 Curran. Mindoro, Baco River, Merrill J,0',1, McGregor 158. Negros, Canlaon 

 Volcano, Bur. Sci. 111,3 Banks; Gimagaan River, Whitford 1510. Leyte, Palo, 

 Elmer 1290. Negros, Elmer 102!,!,. Palawan, San Antonio Bay, Merrill 858. 

 Balabac, Bur. Sci. J,08 Manguhat. In sbady damp forests near watercourses, 

 endemic. 



Alpinia Haenkei is certainly closely allied to A. vialacccnsis Roxb. chiefly 

 differing in its smaller size in all parts. A. malacccnsis Roxb. is a native of 

 Chittagong, and docs not occur, except as a garden plant, in the Malay region. 

 A. malacccnsis Roscoe, the original species of that name, is based on a figure and 

 description of Rumphius in Herbarium Amboinense. and is indeterminable. The 

 fine series of specimens cited above, leaves me with very little doubt that my 

 A. philippinensis is only a form of A. Haenkei, which is widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. 



2. A. Copelandii sp. nov. 



Stem 2 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, long-cuspidate, the base 

 unequal, cuneate, the upper surface glabrous, except the hairy channeled 

 midrib and edge, the lower surface velvety silky-pubescent, 5G cm long. 

 10 cm wide; petiole stout, 7 mm long, hairy; ligule 1 cm, bilobed, the 

 lobes subacute, velvety; sheaths pubescent, Raceme stout, peduncle 

 stout, 10 cm long, densely yellow-hairy, the inflorescence 15 cm long, 

 crowded, the pedicels short, yellow-hairy. Bracts oblong, 2 cm long, 

 sparsely pubescent. Calyx broad, 1 cm longer than the corolla-tube. 



