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2. Z. Zerumbet Sm. Exot. Bot. 2 (1804) 103, t. 112; Roscoe in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. 6 (1807) 348; Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 84; Horan. Monogr. (1862) 27; Bot. 
Mag. t. 2000; Wight Icon. (1853) t. 2002; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 
(1890) 247; Ridl. Mater. FI. Malay. Penin. 2 (1907) 27; K. Schum. in Pflanzen- 
reich 20 (1904) 172. 
Z. Blancoi Hassle, in Flora 47 (1864) 20. 
Z. amaricans Blume Enum. PL Jav. 1 (1827) 43. 
Z. spurium Koen. in Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 60. 
Z. ovoideum Blume 1. c. 43. 
Z. truncatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1 (1848) 68e. 
Amomum Zerumhet Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 3 (1776) 
t. 54- 
A. spurium Gmel. Syst. 2 (1792) 6. 
A. sylvestre Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 548. 
Zerumhet zingiber Lestib. Ann. Sci. Nat. II 1 5 (1891) 329. 
Amomum zingiber Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 131, non Linn. 
Bhizome thick, yellow, becoming white inside. Stems fairly stout, 30 
to 45 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate, broad, glabrous except along the 
midrib which is hairy, 12 to 15 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide; ligule papery, 
brown, 1 cm long. Spikes globose at first, becoming eylindric, blunt, as 
long or longer than the peduncle. Bracts broad, rounded, green turning 
red, the edges paler, hairy. Calyx spathaceous, 1 cm long, white. 
Corolla-tube twice as long, the lobes lanceolate, acute, white. Lip broad 
and short, the lateral lobes rounded, the middle one orbicular to ovate, 
retuse, pale-yellow and with an orange bar or faintly mottled with pink. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Whitford 1364, Leiberg 6089, Elmer 
7 028: Province of Cavite, Bur. Sci. 1454 Mangubat : Manila, Merrill 3440- 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens. Native names Lumbong 
usa ; Layang usa; Lampuyang. 
This is a widely distributed village plant all over the eastern islands; its 
original home seems to be unknown. 
3. Z. pubisquama sp. nov. 
Leafy stem tall and stout, 1 cm thick. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 
acuminate, acute, the upper surface glabrous, finely ribbed, the back 
glabrous except the ribbed keel which is covered with pale hairs, 22 cm 
long, 3 to 4 cm wide ; ligule very short, oblong, the edges ciliate ; sheaths 
nearly glabrous. Inflorescence elongate, eylindric, acute, 14 to 15 cm long, 
4 cm thick, on a stout peduncle 16 cm long, covered laxly with oblong- 
sheaths 5 cm long, hairy, apex truncate. Bracts narrowly oblong, blunt, 
3 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, closely appressed, hairy; inner bract linear-oblong, 
tip rounded, hairy, 3 cm long, 1 cm wide; floral bract thin, papery. 
Calyx thin, tubular, apex 3-lobed, 1.5 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, 
3 cm long, glabrous, the lobes oblong, acute, hooded at the tip, 1 cm 
long, 3 mm wide. Lip broad, more fleshy. Anther narrowly oblong, 
the connective-beak 6 mm long. Style a little longer, cup-shaped. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1163a. 
Allied to Z. Gas sum unar Roxb. 
