LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 



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Vol. VIII. Manila, P. I.. August 25, IQIS. Art. HO. 



NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ZINQIBERACEAE 



by 

 A. D. E. Elmer 



Adelmeria alpinum Elm. n. sp. 



Small tufts; stems ascending, 1 to 2 m high, 1.5 to 2 cm 

 thick, swollen at the base, dark green. Leaflets subsessile, 

 ascending, thinly subchartaceous, rather straight, dull green 

 on the upper deeply condnplicate side, almost flat, paler green 

 beneath, glabrate on both sides, curing dull brown, margins 

 coarsely undulate and occasionally a trifle ciliate, linear to lan- 

 colate in shape, 2 to 4 dm long by 3 to 5 cm wide, gradually 

 tapering to the acuminate apex, base obtuse or nearly so, the 

 terminal or younger leaves purplish beneath, scattering and 

 alternate, toward the base much reduced even to small 

 bracts; sheath split, margins glabrous, thin and dark straw 

 brown or purplish toward the ligule, striately ridged along 

 the dorsal middle portion, glabrate, easily separating from 

 the stem especially while curing; lignle 1.25 cm long, 

 quite variable in size and shape, ovately oblong or trian- 

 gular, acute to acuminate, occasionally obtuse, somewhat de- 

 current, glabrous, reddish when fresh, occasionally irregu- 

 larly toothed or even margined. Heads terminal, erect, 

 ovoid, 5 to 8 cm across, upon a short peduncle subtended 

 by one or more foliaceous bracts; bracts greenish red, gla- 



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