May 31, 1919] Zingiberaceae of the Sorsogon Peninsula 2975 



of 16395 are smaller, more greenish brown, less ciliate 

 along the margins; flowers at least twice as long; ovary 

 glabrous, not yellowish pubescent; fruit also glabrous, 

 distinctly costate and whose apex is without any apic- 

 ulations. 



Amomum linearifolia Elm. n. sp. 



Numerously stemmed clusters. Stems .75 cm. thick 

 at the base, terete, erect at the enlarged bases, other- 

 wise ascending, somewhat recurved toward the distal 

 ends, dull green and quite rigid, 1 to 1.75 m. long. Rhizome 

 as thick as the stem, dirty yellowish brown when young, 

 bract covered; roots relatively thick and wiry, of the 

 same color. Leaves in alternating rows, numerous although 

 more scattering and bract-like toward the base, the basal 

 leaflet only 2.5 cm. long, ascending, coriaceous, deeper 

 green on the upper more or less folded surface, lucid 

 above, margins reddish brown and obscurely rugose, gla- 

 brous, the edges very finely brown ciliate, petioled. linear, 

 curing dark brown on the upper side, 2 cm. wide by 3 dm. in 

 length, the acuminate tips usually twisted, subcuneate 

 toward the base, drying brown; petiole 1 cm. long, rigid, 

 caniculate along the upper side, glabrate, pale green 

 but brown when dry; midvein paler brown, prominent 

 beneath, nearly glabrous, faintly striate, deeply channelled 

 above; lateral nerves fine, much ascending, more evident 

 beneath; sheaths overlapping, becoming widely separated 

 from the stem, smooth and glabrous but striate, narrow 

 edge thinner; ligule 7.5 mm. long, erect, interaxillary, 

 rigid, carinate except the margins, puberulent, obtuse 

 and usually unequally bifid, more or less ciliate around the 

 apical edge. Inflorescence cone-like, clustered about the 

 stem bases and arising from the rhizomes, upon 3 to 

 8 cm. long stalks, elongate! y fusiform, in the fruiting 

 state fusiformly ovoid, 4 cm. long, 1.25 to 2 cm. thick; 

 peduncle slender, ascendingly curved, reddish brown 

 bracteate, canescent or softly yellowish brown pubescent; 

 its bracts clasping at the base, much reduced toward 

 the base of the peduncle, the upper ones more scatter- 

 ing but much larger, tapering from the base to the 

 apex, all canescent on the outside especially toward 

 the base, carinate; outer floral bracts 2.5 cm. long, 

 broadly lanceolate, gradually tapering to the acute apex, 

 pubescent at the base and ciliate along the margins, 

 striate, well clasping, fleshy red, chartaeeous; bracteo- 

 les numerous, thinner, narrowly oblong, striate, more 

 rounded at the apex and faintly pubescent; calyx also 



