242 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1924 



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. Pfianzenreich 20 

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

 Lean. 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, Elmer 10673, 7909, 15968, Loher 6996, Clemens 747, B. S. 

 22897 McGregor, 35015 Ramos & Pascasio, 27947 Ocampo, 20777 Escritor, 

 15206, 10962, 10003 Ramos, F. B. 4252 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. Pfianzenreich 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, 4.560 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. 14952 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. 



