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LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. II, Arr. 28 
plant with similar foliage and fruit but with a very dense 
raceme, with shorter very crowded branches silky, was col- 
lected on mount Santo Tomas, Benguet province, Luzon, by 
P. T. Barnes of the Forestry Bureau (number 947) but there are 
no flowers on the specimen. 
Plagiostachys philippinensis Ridl. n. sp. 
Stems 1-2 m. tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, narrowed 
at the base, 20cm. long, 8 cm. wide, glabrous above, more 
or less pubescent beneath. Ligule truncate, sheath bearing, 
petiole winged in adult. Inflorescence lateral near the base, 
cone-shaped, 6 cm. long, simple or 3-branched, branches 
4-6 cm., peduncle stout, covered with ovate sheaths, rachis 
and bracts felted pubescent. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 
woolly. Flowers pale red. Calyx tubular, bilobed at the 
tip, woolly, 1 cm. Corolla tube little longer, lobes linear 
oblong, hooded, all hairy, white with red streaks. Lip obovate, 
glabrous, with a narrow bifid terminal portion, central bar 
of lip elevated, fleshy and warty, ending in 2 short warty 
elevated arms at the base of the terminal tube. Staminodes 
flat, spatulate, as long as the short filament. Anther thick, 
crest rounded, distinct, ovary silky. Capsule obconic, tip 
broad, rounded, 1 em. 
Luzon, Tayabas province, Lucban (Elmer 7915). 
In dry soil of the woeds. 
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