IV. SCITIMINE.^ PHILIPPINENSES. 



By Hexry N. Rioi.ey. 



The present paper was prepared by H. X. Kidley, direetor of the 

 Botanic Garden, Singapore, to whom the material was sent for 

 identification. (E. D. U.) 



Globba Barthei Gagnepaiii. 



Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon (2844 Merrill), July, 1004. 



Globba ectobolus K. Schuni. 



San Mateo, Province of llizal, Luzon ( 184G Ahern's collector). 



Globba campsophylla K. Schum. 



Laniao River, Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon (1461 Ahern's 

 collector); Kias, Province of Benguet, Luzon (G465 Elmer) (flowers 

 white); District of Zamboanga, Mindanao (Copeland), This plant is ap- 

 parently what Schumann intended by his Gloiba campsophylla, but the 

 leaves, though narrow, are lanceolate caudate and not linear. The calyx 

 teeth are ovate, acute, and .subequal. Corolla lobes oblong, rounded, Stani- 

 inodes narrower, and lip broad and short broadly bilobed and tlie flowers 

 appear tfi have been white. Fruit globose, glabrous. 



Globba Merrilli Ridley, n. sp. 



Whole i)lant a little over 2 feet tall, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, acum- 

 inate, base rounded, G inches long, 1 inch wide, thin, very shortly petioled. 

 Panicle lax, 4 inches long, slender, branches remote, 1 inch long or less. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acute, i inch long, pale, caducous. Calyx tube cylindric, 

 tubiform, teeth short, distinct, equal. Corolla white, lobes oblong, obovate, 

 Staminodcs smaller. Lip entire, linear oblong, rounded at tip, spoon shaped, 

 limb short. Filament short and hioad: aiitlicr elliptic; appendages one 

 on each side extending the wiiole length of llie anther, elongate triangular, 

 longer than the anther. 



Lamao River, ^loiuit Mariveles, Province of Bataan. Luzon (.')S1 Wiiit- 

 ford) (1.598 Borden) (:i8Gi) Merrill); District of Zamboanga, Mindanao 

 (Copeland) . 



Globba parviflora Presl. 



J5()sobo.so, Province of lli/.al. Luzon (2782. 278;j .Merrill). 



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