296 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science isis 



ZINGIBERACEAE 



ALPINIA Linnaeus 

 ALPINIA BRACHYANTHA sp. nov. § Hellenia. 



Species A. pubiflorae K. Schum. ut videtur affinis, differt 

 floribus multo minoribus vix 1 cm longis, connectivo inappen- 

 diculato. 



Simple, erect, nearly glabrous, except the pubescent inflores- 

 cence, apparently less than 1 m high. Sheaths rather loose, 

 ciliate on their margins; ligule 8 to 10 mm long, oblong-ovoid, 

 obtuse, margins ciliate. Leaves lanceolate or narrov^^ly oblong- 

 lanceolate, 22 to 30 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm vi^ide, subequally 

 narrowed at both ends, subcoriaceous, glabrous, base cuneate, 

 apex sharply acuminate. Panicle erect, about 20 cm long, the 

 branches two or three, spreading-ascending, about 7 cm long, 

 many-flowered, the rachis and pedicels softly pubescent with 

 short, spreading hairs, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long; bracteoles 

 apparently small, very caducous (not seen). Ovary globose to 

 ovoid-globose, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter, purple when fresh, very 

 densely ciliate-pilose. Calyx-tube about 7 mm long, subequally 

 3-toothed, glabrous, the teeth broadly ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long 

 or less, ciliate at their apices. Corolla-tube 6 to 7 mm long, 

 about 1 mm in diameter, light green, glabrous, the lobes oblong, 

 somewhat cucullate, 4 to 5 mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Lip 

 3 mm long, glandular-punctate, twice cleft, the lateral lobes 

 rounded, obovoid, twice as wide as the oblong, obtuse inner 

 lobes, white marked with purple. Anther 3 mm long, the con- 

 nective inappendiculate. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, Weber 1571 (type), Feb- 

 ruary, 1912, altitude about 60 meters; same locality. Bur. Sci. 13920 Ramos, 

 For. Bur. 19617 Curran. 



A species allied to Alpinia pubiflora K. Schum., but at once distinguished 

 by its much smaller flowers and its inappendiculate anther-connective. 



KAEMPFERIA Linnaeus 



KAEMPFERIA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. § Monolophus. 



Planta erecta, saltem 50 cm alta, leviter hirsuta ; f oliis 9, lan- 

 ceolatis, subcaudato-acuminatis, basi angustatis, acutis, vix vel 

 breviter petiolatis, circiter 20 cm longis; spicis solitariis, pauci- 

 floris, in vaginis superioribus, corollae lobis inaequalibus, supe- 

 rioribus valde tubuloso-cucullatis. 



A rather slender, erect plant at least 50 cm high, the stems 

 3 to 4 mm in diameter, the sheaths, leaves, and inflorescence 

 with scattered, spreading, pale brown, ciliate-hirsute hairs. 



