186 RIDLEY. 



stiff, short, rusty hair*. Branches of the inflorescence usually 2-flowered. 

 Bracts oblong, cuspidate, 2 cm long, glabrous except the pubescent tip 

 and cusp. Ovary globose, scabrid. Calyx campanulate, 1.5 cm long, 

 3-lobed, the lobes acute, deeply split on one side, scabrid-pubescent. 

 Corolla-tube shorter, glabrous, the lobes broadly oblong, truncate, the 

 upper one 2 cm long, 1 cm wide. Lip 3 cm long, ovate, acuminate, the 

 apex rounded, crisped, retuse, a central keel near the base, apparently 

 yellow, blotched with red. Staminodes two low rounded crests covered 

 at the base with silky hairs, the mouth of the corolla-tube also silky- 

 hairy. Filament long, glabrous. Anther short. Capsule 2 cm long, 

 nearly glabrous, a few hairs at the base, strongly ribbed. 



Batanes Islands, Santo Domingo de Basco, Bur. Sci. 3679 Fcnix, Bur. Sci. 

 31S/1 Mearns. Hillsides; flowers yellow. 



0. A. musaefolia Kidl. in Elm. Leail. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 004. 



Stems two or three together, about G m tall, 14 cm in diameter at 

 the base. Leaves three to five on a stem, 14 to 20 cm apart, oblong, 

 glabrous, subherbaceous, 1.2 to 2.1 m long, 24 cm wide, midrib stout, 

 dark green above, paler beneath; petiole 10 cm long. Inflorescence 

 terminal, glabrous, spicate, the peduncle 30 cm long, 2 cm thick, the 

 rachis about 60 cm long. Flowers subsessile, pedicels thick, 3 mm long. 

 Calyx campanulate, broad, 1 cm long, the lobes short, rounded, glabrous, 

 green. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx, thick, the lobes broad, oblong, 

 thick-textured, succulent, the upper one hooded, 1 cm long, white, the 

 lip a little longer and with thinner edges, lanceolate, boat-shaped, entire, 

 the apex blunt, entire. Staminodes rather large, linear-oblong, fleshy, 

 glabrous, obtuse. Anther linear-oblong, the connective slightly prolonged 

 and emarginate. Fruit obovoid, glabrous, smooth. 



Negros, Cuernos Mountains, near Dumaguete, Elmer 9539, at an altitude of 

 about 1200 m. A remarkable plant on account of its banana like size and 

 habit, and absolutely glabrous in all parts. Its nearest affinity is with A. gla- 

 brescens Kidl. 



Endemic. 



§ Hellenia. 



7. A. pyramidata Blume Enum. PI. Jav. 1 (1827) 58. 



.4. golonga Sw. var. pyramidata (Blume) K. Sebum.; Pflanzenreich 20 ( 1904) 

 316. 



Stem tall and stout. Leaves lanceolate, acute, the base acuminate, 4~> 

 em long, S cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, beneath hairy; petiole 

 hardly distinct, 1 cm long; ligule nearly as long. Panicle dense, many- 

 flowered, 35 cm long, the rachis below very stout, densely pubescent, 

 branches 2 cm long. Bracts lanceolate, deflexed, 5 mm long. Flowers 

 3 cm long, the pedicel 8 mm. Calyx short, tubular, equally 3-lobed, the 

 lobes triangular, acute, pubescent, 1 cm long. Corolla-tube a little 

 longer, thick, the lobes linear-oblong, the upper one hooded, all pubescent. 

 Lip spathulate, the claw straight, the limb triangular, base cuneate, apex 



