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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. 119 



along borders of shrubberies and in open places of hills 

 up to 3000 feet altitude. Stems soft in texture, usually 

 many and clustered, slender, ascending or the central 

 ones erect, terete, green, averaging 2 feet high; leaves 

 membranous, much lighter green beneath, nearly flat, 

 chiefly horizontal; terminal inflorescence usually erect; 

 flowers delicate, whitish, odorless, the stalks green; carpels 

 green, more or les longitudinally carinate. 



Represented by numbers 15666 and 15381, Elmer, 

 Irosin (Mt. Bulusan), Province of Sorsogon, Luzon, Dec- 

 ember, 1915. 



Exceedingly common and its punctate bracts and 

 flowers are typical of PresVs species collected by Haenke 

 in this same province. Dr. Ridley notes the flowers 

 as yellow, but ours were white or nearly so. 



HEDYCHIUM Koenig. 



Hedychium coronarium Koenig. 



Field-note: — Cultivated and growing in dense masses 

 along a water drain in the town of Irosin at 750 feet 

 altitude. Stems erect, .5 inch thick, subterete, green, 

 1.5 yards high; leaves numerous, alternating every 2 

 inches, ascending, coriaceous, much paler green beneath, 

 the sides somewhat recurved; terminal inflorescence erect, 

 terete, green except the corollas and loosely bracteated; 

 buds erect, cremeus; petals pure white, spreading and re- 

 curved; the flowers very showy and exceedingly fragrant. 



Represented by number 16434, Elmer, Irosin (Mt. 

 Bulusan), Province of Sorsogon, Luzon, June, 1916. 



Not common in the provinces, and deserves to be 

 more extensively cultivated for its beauty and fragrance. 



Hedychium mindanaense Elm, 



Field- note:— Solitary or in small tufts, mainly upon 

 the lower limbs of trees at 1000 feet altitude and in 

 humid woods. Stems ascending; coriaceous leaves much 

 paler green beneath; capsule hard, shining, green, red 

 when mature. 



Represented by number 15908, Elmer, Irosin (Mt. Bu- 

 lusan), Province of Sorsogon, Luzon, April, 1916. 



The size and color of the flower are as described in 

 the original description, and in other respects it seems 

 typical Hedychium mindanaense Elm. rather than Hedy- 

 chium philippinense K. Schum. of Jolo. 



