296 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
ZINGIBERACEAE 
ALPINIA Linnaeus 
ALPINIA BRACHYANTHA sp. nov. § Hellenia. 
Species A. pubiflorae K. Schum. ut videtur affinis, differt 
floribus multo minoribus vix 1 cm longis, connectivo inappen- 
diculato. 
Simple, erect, nearly glabrous, except the pubescent inflores- 
cence, apparently less than 1 m high. Sheaths rather loose, 
ciliate on their margins; ligule 8 to 10 mm long, oblong-ovoid, 
obtuse, margins ciliate. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, 22 to 30 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 em wide, subequally 
narrowed at both ends, subcoriaceous, glabrous, base cuneate, 
apex sharply acuminate. Panicle erect, about 20 cm long, the 
branches two or three, spreading-ascending, about 7 cm long, 
many-flowered, the rachis and pedicels softly pubescent with 
short, spreading hairs, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long; bracteoles 
apparently small, very caducous (not seen). Ovary globose to 
ovoid-globose, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter, purple when fresh, very 
densely ciliate-pilose. Calyx-tube about 7 mm long, subequally 
3-toothed, glabrous, the teeth broadly ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long 
or less, ciliate at their apices. Corolla-tube 6 to 7 mm long, 
about 1 mm in diameter, light green, glabrous, the lobes oblong, 
somewhat cucullate, 4 to 5 mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Lip 
3 mm long, glandular-punctate, twice cleft, the lateral lobes 
rounded, obovoid, twice as wide as the oblong, obtuse inner 
lobes, white marked with purple. Anther 3 mm long, the con- 
nective inappendiculate. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, Weber 1571 (type), Feb- 
ruary, 1912, altitude about 60 meters; same locality, Bur. Sci. 13920 Ramos, 
For. Bur. 19617 Curran. 
A species allied to Alpinia pubiflora K. Schum., but at once distinguished 
by its much smaller flowers and its inappendiculate anther-connective. 
KAEMPFERIA Linnaeus 
KAEMPFERIA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. § Monolophus. 
Planta erecta, saltem 50 cm alta, leviter hirsuta; foliis 9, lan- 
ceolatis, subcaudato-acuminatis, basi angustatis, acutis, vix vel 
breviter petiolatis, circiter 20 cm longis; spicis solitariis, pauci- 
floris, in vaginis superioribus, corollae lobis inaequalibus, supe- 
rioribus valde tubuloso-cucullatis. 
A rather slender, erect plant at least 50 cm high, the stems 
3 to 4 mm in diameter, the sheaths, leaves, and inflorescence 
with scattered, spreading, pale brown, ciliate-hirsute hairs. 
