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1. H. philippinensis Ridl. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1905) 80. 
Stems 2 m tall and fairly thick. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, caudate, 
glabrous, narrowed at the base, pale beneath, 45 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide; 
petiole 1 to 2 cm long; ligule bilobed, oblong, obtuse, 1 cm long. 
Inflorescence borne on a long rhizome-branch 15 cm long, covered with 
lanceolate acute sheaths. Spikes 4 to 6 cm long on peduncles covered 
with sheaths 2 to 8 cm long. Bracts thin, lanceolate, ribbed, hairy at 
the tip, the largest about 2 cm long. Flowers scarlet. Bracteole oblong- 
lanceolate, strongly nerved, the margins ciliate. Calyx tubular, with 
three acute lobes 3 cm long. Corolla-tube 4 cm long, slender, the lobes 
narrow, linear-oblong, obtuse, 1 cm long. Lip 4 cm long, fleshy, linear- 
oblong, the apex dilated, rounded, entire. Stamen crestless, 1 cm long, 
the apex retuse. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 11109 Curran. Mindoko, Bongabong 
River, For. Bur. 3737 Merritt. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 804 Foxworthy. Negkos, 
For. Bur. 11203 Everett, Elmer 10270. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 76: 
District of Davao, Copeland 416, DeVore & Hoover 111, Williams 2888: Province 
of Surigao, Bolster 221. 
By some mistake in several of the sheets, the fruits of Amomum propinquum 
were distributed as the fruit of this plant, hence my error in describing the fruit 
in the original description. The fruit of this species has not yet been collected. 
It belongs to the group to which Griffith gave the generic name Achasma, being 
allied to H. megaloclieila Ridl. 
Endemic. 
2. H. conoidea Ridl. in Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 005. 
Stems clustered, 3 m high, 3 cm in diameter at the swollen base. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly cuspidate, base very shortly rounded, 
narrowed, 45 to 55 cm long, 8 to 14 cm wide, glabrous on the upper 
surface, beneath sprinkled with silky hairs which are more abundant on 
the midrib and margins; petiole very short (1 cm on some parts of 
the stem), pubescent; ligule truncate, densely hairy; sheath reticulate, 
sparingly hairy above. Spike subsessile, red, ovoid-conic, 7 to 8 cm long. 
Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, rather softly coriaceous, red, finely 
ribbed, and white-silky at the base, 4 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Flowers 
7.5 cm long. Calyx red, tubular, silky-hairy at the base, becoming 
glabrous upward, 5 cm long, split on one side, the lobes acute, tipped 
with hairs. Corolla red, tube 7 cm long, slender, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 
1.5 cm long, rather narrow, the lip entire, fleshy, 2 cm long, blunt, 
margins white, upcurved. Anther hairy, with a thin, rounded, short 
crest. 
Negros, Cuernos Mountains, near Dumaguete, Elmer 10246, in fertile soil in 
damp ravines at an altitude of about 600 m. Native name TagOac. Mindanao, 
Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens, July, 1906. Closely allied to Hornstedtia conica Ridl., 
of the Malay Peninsula, differing in its pubescent ligule and petiole. 
Endemic. 
