242 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ^924 



Introduced and cultivated for ornamental purposes, in some regions in 

 the southern Philippines naturalized. In Mindanao certainly of prehis- 

 toric introduction, in Luzon of recent introduction. A native of India, 

 now pantropic, cultivated and naturalized. 



Local names: Banai (Bis.); dansuli (Buk.) ; kamia (Tag., Bik., Sp., C. 

 Bis.); katkatan (Bis.); katotang (Bis.). 



HEDYCHIUM PHILIPPINENSE K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 20 

 (1904) 47; Ridl. in Philip. Joum. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 164; Elm. 

 Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2903. 

 Hedychium mindanaense Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2904, (1919) 

 2978. 



Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Polillo,' Negros, Leyte, 

 Mindanao, Jolo, Elvier 10673, 7909, 15968, Loher 6996, Clemens 7U7, B. S. 

 22S97 McGregor, 35015 Ramos & Pascasia, 27947 Ocampo, 20777 Escritor, 

 15206, 10962, 10003 Ramos, F. B. h252 Everett. In damp forests at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,100 m; often epiphytic or pseudoepi- 

 phytic. Endemic. 



Local names: Dainsuli (Sub.); kalauag (Bag.); tagbak (P. Bis.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Hedychium hasseltii Blume; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 227. 

 11. KAEMPFERIA Linnaeus 



KAEMPFERIA GALANGA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 2; Naves Novis. App. 



(1880) 222; Ridl. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 165; K. 



Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 20 (1904) 77; Merr. Fl. Manila 



(1912) 157, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 110. 

 Kaempferia rotunda Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 5, ed. 2 (1845) 4, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 7; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 222; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 



Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 84, non Linn. 

 Kaempferia latifolia Hornem. Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 22, quoad 



syn. Blanco. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Rizal), Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 

 942, B. S. 26075 Fenix, Jf560 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. India through Malaya to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Disol (Ilk.); doso (Bon.); dosol (Sbl.) ; doto (Bon.); 

 duso (Tag.) ; dusog (Tag.) ; dusol (Tag.) ; gisol (Tag., Pamp.) ; kisol 

 (Buk., Bis.); kosol (Bis.); kusol (Pamp.). 



KAEMPFERIA PHILIPPIN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 

 Bot. 296. 



Luzon (Laguna), B. S. H952 Ramos. In forests along streams at low 

 or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



excluded species 

 Kaempferia latifolia Don; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 223. 

 Kaempferia pandurata Roxb.; Naves 1. c. 



