August 2o, 1915] 



Notes axd DEacwPTroxs of Zinotberaoeae 



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recurved except the middle suberect one which is broader 

 and deeply forked singly or doubly from the apex, all glabrous; 

 exerted filament about as long as the corolla segments, glabrous, 

 yellowish red, recurved; anther horse-shoe shaped, 1.5 cm 

 long, linear, attached below the middle, basal portion caudately 

 lobed, obliquely truncate at the apex, linear; the hairy 

 capitate stigma barely exerted above the anther; style extend- 

 ing through the tubular filament and between the anther 

 cells. Fruit not known. 



Type specimen number 10673, A. D. E. Elmer, Todays 

 (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 



Discovered upon a partly decayed snag ten feet above 

 ground of an open steep slope at 3500 feet altitude. The 

 Bagobo name is "Calawag". 



Leaves and flower too large for Hedychium philippinensc 

 K. Schum. 



Hornstedtia philippinensis Ridl. 



Field note: — Scattering herbs, usually forming patches 

 along the border line of meadows and thickets or light 

 woods at 2250 feet; stems rigid, hard, green, smooth, 1 

 inch thick, about 3 to 9 feet high, leaf bearing from be- 

 low the middle; leaves ascending, the lowermost scattering 

 and much reduced, smooth, darker green above, strongly 

 conduplicate on the upper side, easily breaking; inflorescence 

 upon a 1 to 5 inches long flattened usually curved brne- 

 teate peduncle arising from the rootstock some few feet 

 from the base of the stems; flowers barely above ground, 

 spreading, bright, cardinal red, the calyx pink, Btigmatic 

 head very dark red. 



Represented by number 9280, Elmer, Lucban (Mt. IJana- 

 hao), Luzon, May, 1907. 



Although common in middle elevations throughout our 

 archipelago and baa repeatedly been collected with leaves and 

 flower, its fruits are till now unknown. The slender sub erect 

 and crimson red flower is of short duration and only one or two 

 are in anthesis at the same time. Underground rhizomes long 

 and horizontally ramifying, the inflorescence frequently appears 

 considerable distance from the leafy stems. 



