August 25, 1915] Notes and Descriptions of Zingibbraceai 2H1.°. 



chys philippinensis Ridl. Dedicated to Dr. H. N. Ridley who 

 has published a number of papers on Philippine material 

 of this difficult group of plants. 



Vanoverberghia sepulchrei Merr. ' 



Field -note: — Tall herbs with smooth green stems, usually 

 in densely shaded slopes of fertile soil in thickets of the 

 limestone basins at 2500 feet; stems usually or always re- 

 curved, as long as 18 feet, bulbose at the base, forming 

 loose clusters; leaves in distichous rows, alternating, 2 to 3 

 feet long, paler green beneath; infrutescence terminal, pen- 

 dulous, 8 inches long, upon a dark reddish brown 8 inches 

 long peduncle; capsule erect or ascending, yellowish green, 

 very smooth; peduncle subtended by 3 bracts, the basal 

 one the larger and more or less sheathing; "Barapat" in 

 the Igorot dialect. 



Represented by number 8560, Elmer, Baguio, Luzon, 

 March, 1907. 



Its monstrous size and flagellate leaf tips puzzled ne 

 when it was collected. Besides Father Vanoverbergh' 's speci- 

 mens it has since been collected near Baguio by H. Sandkuhl 

 and by R. C. McGregor on mount Polis. It must be a 

 beautiful plant, both in flower and in ripe fruit which is 

 reported as varying from pink to dark wine red. 



Vanoverbergbia diversifolium Elm. n. pp. 



Loosely tufted perennial herbs; stems slender, somewhat 

 drooping, 1 to 2 m high, smooth, quite hard, at most as 

 thick as a little finger. Leaves alternating, ascending, diverse 

 in size, glabrous throughout except the abruptly and sharply acu- 

 minate tips which are slightly yellowish pubescent, the largest 

 ones in the middle of the leaf bearing stem, scattering and 

 becoming bract-like toward the base, those on the younger 

 stems and toward the apex more numerous and gradually 

 reduced in size, lighter green beneath, curing brown on both 

 sides, sessile or nearly so, flat, the larger blades 2 cm long 

 by 5 cm wide across the middle, oblong, obtuse at the base, 

 the terminal ones linear or lanceolate, 1.25 cm wide and 8 



