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Lkafi.rts of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. 116 



seeds numerous, triquetrous, 3 mm in diameter, blackish 

 brown, conglomerated. 



Type specimen number 1050S, A. D. E. Elmer, Tpdaya 

 (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, May and Septem- 

 ber respectively, 1909. 



Tins type number was discovered in rich soil of a steep 

 open glen among monstrous wild "abaca" or Manila hemp 

 plants at 3500 feet altitude. The native name is "Dalikan" 

 and the Bagobos eat the seeds. The fruits are very simi- 

 lar to the syncarps of certain species of Pandanus. 



Having lost the collected flowers I quote from my field 

 label. "Flowers all erect and curved, odorless, 5 to 8 cm 

 long, subtended by a whitish rather loose bract; calyx and 

 the calyx sheath reddish, soft; corolla lemon yellow, the 

 inner and lateral segments erect, the outer one deeper yel- 

 low, rigid and recurved; staminode bent over the outer petal, 

 yellowish white except the dark crimson apex." 



My number 11759 distributed under the above new name 

 is a much smaller plant and may be the fruiting specimen of 

 Horndedtia dalican Elm. which in turn may more properly be- 

 long to the genus Amomum. There remains also the possibility 

 of Amomum pandanicarpum Elm. belonging to the genus 

 Hornstedtia . 



Amomum pubimarginatum Elm. n. sp. 



Tufied perennials; stems 3 or more, ascending, 1 to 2 

 m long, 1.5 cm thick at least, green, scarcely thickened at 

 the base; young rootstock red bracteate. Blades very smooth 

 on both sides, deeper or darker green above, ascending 

 except the recurved apical portion, upper side duller brown 

 when dry, flat, alternate, the basal ones reduced and scat- 

 tering, glabrous or nearly so above, lighter green beneath 

 and likewise glabrous, the corrugated edges densely fuzzy 

 brown hiiry, base obtuse, distinctly petioled, apex also ob- 

 tuse though abruptly terminated by a setaceous much recurved 

 point, oblong, 2.5 to 3.5 dm long, 7 to 10 cm wide across 

 the middle; petiole relatively slender, 1 to 2.5 cm long, 

 cmiculate, short and yellowish pubescent; midrib raised 

 beneath, channelled above, pubeiulent in the young state; 



