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RIDLEY. 
at the tip, woolly, 1 cm long. Corolla-tube a little longer, the lobes 
linear-oblong, hooded, all hairy, white with red streaks. Lip obovate, 
glabrous, with a narrow, bifid, terminal portion, the central bar elevated, 
fleshy and warty, ending in tivo short warty elevated arms at the base 
of the terminal lobe. Staminodes flat, spatliulate, as long as the short 
filament. Anther thick, the crest rounded, distinct. Ovary silky. 
Capsule obconic, the tip broad, rounded, 1 cm. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7915: Province of Laguna, For. 
Bur. 9567 bis Curran. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens 855 : 
Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. 457 If Hearns cC- Hutchinson: 
District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 1202. 
Both Mrs. Clemens and Mr. Elmer state that the species is common. It is 
rather remarkable for the wooliness of its inflorescence and for the distinct pro- 
longation of the anther-connective which extends beyond the anther-cells, and 
also for the shape of the lip. 
Endemic. 
2. P. elegans sp. nov. 
Stems 40 cm tall, glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 
caudate, the base acuminate, epetiolate, glabrous, 23 cm long, 2 cm 
wide; sheath ribbed, glabrous; ligule short, truncate, bifid. Spike less 
than half-way, protruding from the stem, 2 cm long and thick, simple, 
obovoid, dense. Bracts broad, wrapping the base of the flower, oblong- 
ovate, cuspidate, pubescent. Calyx urceolate, ampliate, 5 mm longer 
than the corolla-tube, the lobes 3, ovate, rather large, all hairy. Corolla- 
tube short and thick, the lobes lanceolate, the upper one hooded, with 
a conic mucro, the others blunt. Lip short, broad, quadrate, oblong, 
bilobed at the apex, base pubescent. Staminodes subulate. Anther 
oblong, pubescent along the cells which are divaricate at the apex, the 
connective truncate, not projecting beyond the cells. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens, July, 1907. 
A very distinct species, tlie smallest known one in the genus. 
3. P. ? parviflora comb. nov. 
Amomum parviflorum Presl Bel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 112, t. 19. 
Alpinia parviflora Rolfe; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 152, partim; K. 
Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jalirb. 27 (1899) 299; Pflanzenreicli 20 (1904) 368. 
A slender herb from a horizontal tuberous rhizome. Stems 50 cm 
tall. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate and 
cuspidate, narrowed at the base, quite glabrous, 30 cm long, 2 cm wide ; 
petiole distinct, 2 cm long ; ligule very short, truncate, glabrous. Spike 
emerging from a leaf-axil shortly above the rhizome, erect, short- 
peduncled, dense or very dense, looser below, cylindric, obtuse, 5 cm 
long, 2.5 cm thick. Bracts ovate, acuminate, membranaceous, densely 
silky- tomentose, 10 mm long. Bracteoles tubular-campanulate, trilo- 
bulate, white, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Calyx 3-lobed, the lobes 5 
mm long, triangular, acute, glabrous. Corolla-tube 1 cm long, glabrous. 
•Upper lobe cucullate, 3 mm long, lateral lobe shorter and wider. Lip 
