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6. G. gracilis K. Sclium. in Pflanzenreich 1. c. 145. 
Slender, stems 25 to 35 cm tall, the five lowest sheaths narrow, 
acute, pilose and ciliate. Leaves 7 or 8, sessile or very shortly (2 mm) 
petioled, lanceolate or suboblong-lanceolate, acuminate, not distinctly 
caudate, the upper surface papillose rather than pilose, beneath pilose, 
3.5 to 9 cm long, 1.2 to 2.5 cm wide; ligule scarcely 1 mm long, truncate, 
pilose. Panicle 4.5 to 6.5 cm long, minutely pilose, the lower branches 
3.5 cm long, with 4 or 5, rarely 6, flowers. Bracts very caducous. Brac- 
teoles minute, 1 to 1.5 mm long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, caducous. Ovary 
glabrous, scarcely 1 mm long. Calyx 3 mm long, very shortly toothed. 
Corolla-tube very slender, 1.7 cm long, the lobes 3 mm long. Staminodes 
lanceolate, acute, 4 mm long. Lip 5 mm long, bilobed. Anther oblong, 
the spurs curved upwards, acuminate. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Dagatpan, ( Warburg 15480), in forests, 
300 to 1,000 m altitude: Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang. For. Bur. 4572 
Mearns d Hutchinson. Negros, Elmer 10033. 
Endemic. 
7. Globba latifolia sp. nov. 
Stem about 90 cm tall, the lower 30 cm covered with sheaths only, 
which are oblong, rounded at the tip, mucronate, pubescent. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, attenuate, acuminate, acute, not caudate, the base 
cuneate, the upper surface glabrous, the lower pubescent, 20 to 24 cm 
long, 3 to 4 cm wide; petiole very short; ligule short, rounded, ciliate; 
sheath strongly ribbed, the margins pubescent. Panicles 15 cm long, the 
branches spreading, remote, 3 to 4 cm long. Flowers sessile, white. 
Bracts caducous. Bracteoles ovate, acute, pallid, glandular-dotted. 
Calyx cylindric, slightly dilated upwards, the lobes equal, one-third the 
lenghh of the calyx, oblong, obtuse, glandular-dotted. Corolla-tube twice 
as long as the calyx, rather thick, the lobes one-half as long as the tube, 
oblong, blunt. Staminodes very similar, obtuse, linear-oblong. Lip 
short, bifid to the base and with two elliptic-ovate rounded lobes, the 
adnate portion of the lip deeply grooved and with two very distinct 
processes at the upper angle. Filament slender, 1 cm long. Anther 
oblong, with a pair of falcate, acuminate, appendages rising from the 
center of the side and longer than the anther. Fruit elliptic, 1 cm long, 
smooth. Seeds numerous. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copeland s. n., Sax River, 
Williams 2324 ■ Mindoro, Baco River, Merrill 4064- 
Very distinct among the Philippine species on account of its broad leaves, short 
flowers and short, deeply lobed lip. 
8. G. leucocarpa sp. nov. 
Whole plant 1 m tall, the sheaths glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
or lanceolate, acuminate, hardly caudate, the base rounded or shortly 
