LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. I. Manila, P. L, March 9, 1909. Art. 31, 
ZINGIBERACEAE FROM SOUTH NEGROS 
BY 
HENRY N. RIDLEY. 
(Dir. Botanic Gardens, Singapore, Straits Settlements). 
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ADELMERIA Ridl. 
Adelmeria bifida Ridl. n. comb. Elmeria bifida Ridl. in 
Elmers Leaf. Philip. Bot. 2; 569, 1909. Hornstedtia paradoxa Ridl. 
in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35; 85, 1905. 
Negros, Cuernos mountains, Dumaguete, (Elmer 9637). 
^ AALPINIA Linn. 
Alpinia brevilabris Presl. 
Negros, Cuernos mountains, Dumaguete, (Elmer 9501 and 
9531). 
Alpinia haenkei Presl. 
Negros, Cuernos mountains, Dumaguete, (Elmer 10244). 
" he genera Elmera and Elmeria would stand as other genera 
similar in name have stood ; but to prevent some one who is more of a 
bibliographical worker than a plant student from making a change; 
the author, Dr. Ridley, suggests that Elmeria be altered to Adelmeria. 
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