268 MKinni.i.. 



STENOMERIS I'laiidi. 



Stenomeris dioscoreaefolia IMaiuli. in Ann. Si-. .\at. Ml. 18 (1852) :V2.0. 

 In an nl.l drarini: at TOO ni. alt. (No. .")77.")). 

 I'lndcniic to tlic riiili|i|iincs. 



IKIDAOE.E. 



PATERSONIA It. I!i. 



Patersonia lowii Stapf. in Trans. I>inn. Sdc. I'.ot. 11. 4 (1S!I4) 241. pi. 20. 

 f. 1-!). 



()])en iu'iitli.s at 2.400 ni. alt. (No. .).)()(). ('(iniinoii. hut \cry tew spct-inicns in 



llowcr in Xovonihor. 



lioiiu'o. 



The above i.s the fir.st indiyenou.s repre.sentative of tliiN t'aniiiv to lie found in 

 the Philippines, several genera of the Iridacew being credited to tiic l'!nli|i|)iiH's 

 by F.-Yillar and other authors, hut all based on introduced .md cultivated species. 

 Patersonia lowii has previously hccn known oidy from Mount Kinabalu. Xortii 

 Borneo, its occurrence in the Philippines being an addition to tlie coniparat i\cly 

 .small Bornean element already known in the Archipelago. 



Z1X(UBERA(^1LK. 



ALPINIA Linn. 



Alpinia brevilabris I'rcsl Kcl. lla'id<. 1 (ls;iO) llo. I. 11. 

 In forests at 2,000 m. alt. (No. 4458 Mirritt) .huic. I'.IOtJ. 

 Widely distribtited in the I'hilippines. Endemic 



Alpinia sj). near .1. jxnri/lura llolfe. 



In forests at 900 ni. alt. (No. 4301 Merrill) .lune, 1!)0(;. 



Material too imperfect and scanty for accurate identiticatit)n. 



mak'antacej:. 



PHACELOPHRYNUM K. Sch. 



Phacelophrynum bracteosum (Wail).) K. Sch. in l-Jigl. I'llanzenrcich. 11 

 r!!t02) 12:',. 



In forests along the Alag Itiver at 100 m. alt. (No. 01.S2I. 

 Wich'ly distributed in the Philijipines, endemic. 



r.lK.MAXMACIvE. 



BURMANNIA I. inn. 



Burmannia longifolia l'..<c. .Maicsia 1 (iSTSi 244; Kciidic in .lourn. P.ot. 



34 ( ]8!Mi) 355. 



Terrestrial in the v.-ry inos>y ri.lge forests 1 ..'iOO to l.iiOO ni. alt. (No. .■)741). 



Previously collected on ■Dulangao," or more correct ly -'Dulangan." a >|pur of 

 Mount llalcon. I.y W liihlnail. and reiMuicd l>y l{iiiiUi\ I. c. 



Malayan Penin-^ula and P.ornco. 



Burmannia sp. near li. <■!< uitnlis Schltr. 



In dense forests at !J00 m. alt. (No. 55!IS). The third siK'cies of the genus to 

 be found in the Philippines. 



