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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. 119 



central extension ticker in texture, shorter, with a truncate 

 apex; lip as long as the lobe, obovately oblong, !the lamina 

 portion hyaline, pai-allel veined, obtusely terminated, at- 

 tenuate toward the base; filament short, adnate to the basal 

 portion of the lip; anther 4 mm. long, bifid at both ends, 

 1.75 mm. wide, apex truncate or very slightly notched, 

 entirely glabrous; style 5 mm. long, bearing a subclavate 

 stigma, slender, glabrous, surrounded by a stockade 

 of linear erect and glabrous appendages 2.5 mm. in length. 



Represented by numbers 16154 and 14603, Elmer, Irosin 

 (Mt. Bulusan), Province of Sorsogon, Luzon, May, 1916. 



Small, more or less scattering clumps in wet ground 

 of talus beds below a ledge of a very densely shaded 

 place at 1750 feet altitude. 



In the original descrption of this species, I expressed 

 the possibility of it belonging to the genus Adelmeria- 



Adelmeria albidum Elm. n. sp. 



Several stemmed tussocks. Stems bulbose at the 

 base, terete, 2 cm. thick, 1 to 2 m. high or long, as- 

 cending, the basal one third leafless. Leaves ascending 

 or horizontal, alternating, rigidly coriaceous, flat except 

 the recurved tips, the middle ones longest and broadest, 

 35 to 45 cm. long, 12 cm. wide across the middle or 

 above it, entire, the brown marginal line minutely in- 

 volute, glabrous, oblong though more gradually tapering 

 toward the sessile or subsessile base, apex acute, base 

 rather obtusely rounded and frequently one sided, connected 

 with the ligulate portion, the terminal blades narrower, 

 the few lower blades scattering and much reduced, duller 

 green above in the fresh state, both sides curing grayish; 

 midvein stout, especially toward the base, glabrous and 

 of the same color, sunken above, prominent beneath and 

 more or less striate; lateral nerves much ascending, 

 obscure yet more evident on the upper side at least in 

 the dry state; sheath easily ' separating from the stem, 

 glabrous, finely striate, edges fringed with a marcescent 

 dull brown margin especially toward the top; ligule at 

 least 1.25 cm. long, somewhat narrower, broadly oblong, 

 quite rigid and reddish brown, subglabrous, apex irreg- 

 ularly obtuse or lobulate, rather conspicuously reticulate 

 on the exposed side. Heads terminal, solitary, erect, upon 

 the upper side of the stem, subtended by a foliaceous 

 bract, the sheath portion of this bract envelopes the 

 young ones; peduncle 3 to 5 cm. long or occassional ly 

 longer, ascendmgly curved, stout, glabrous, terete; in- 

 florescence 8 to 13 cm. long, about, 5 cm, across the 



