January 30, 1909] New PHILIPPINE ZINGIBERACEX 571 
stout roots emitting many fibrils. Base of sheaths silky. 
Leaf stalk to the flower head 1.6 m., stout, hairy above. 
Lamina 30-40 cm. by 15 wide, glabrous, oblong elliptic. 
Inflorescence 20 cm. long. Capitulum large, 3 cm. through 
in flower, 5 cm. in fruit. Bracts oblong, ribbed, soon break- 
ing into fibrils at the top. Bracteoles similar. Flowers in 
pairs, white and pink, shortly 1 mm. stalked. Ovary silky. 
Sepals linear, acute, closely ribbed, hairy only at the tip: 
longer than the corolla tube, 1-2.5 cm. Corolla tube dila- 
ted upwards. Lobes obovate, spatulate, hairy at the tip. 
Staminodes thin, rounded, obtuse. Cucullus small, side lobe 
linear-oblong. Stamen anther very short. Connective winglarge, 
subtriangular. Lip small, oblong, truncate, almost quadrate, 
crest large, semiovate, longitudinal ridge silky. Capsule oblong, 
red, 1 em. long, hairy. Seed nearly 1 cm. long, obscurely 
rugose, tubercled. 
Leyte at Palo, (Elmer 7289). 
This species is most nearly allied to the Malay peninsula 
P. malaccense Ridl., differing in its more glabrous leaves, 
nearly glabrous sepals and form of the lip. It has been con- 
fused with P. capitatum Willd. a Chittagong plant with purple 
sessile flowers. 
Alpinia penduliflora Ridl. n. sp. 
A tufted plant, 3-4 m. tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous, 35 cm. long, 16 
em. wide, midrib stout, petiole very short. Ligule as long, 
truncate, entire. Sheath broad, glabrous. Inflorescence 4-5 
dm. to 1 m. long, terminal, pendulous, peduncle short, ra- 
chis stout. Branches very numerous, puberulous, short, 2 
em. long, clustered, with short lateral erect branchlets. 
Bracts small, ovate, puberulous. Calyx tubular, 1.5 cm.  — 
long, trifid with 3 pubescent subacute lanceolate leaves. Corolla 
tube barely as long. Lobes white, crisped and rounded, up- 
per one linear-oblong, obtuse, lateral broadly obcuneate bilob- . 
ed lobes. Stamen filaments rather short and thick, cells — 
large. Capsule globose, 1.5 em. long, glabrous, ribbed, many 
seeded. cea 
Leyte at Palo, (Elmer 7288). Endemic. 
Perhaps most nearly aren to A. he Willd. An allied 
