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RIDLEY. 
wide, narrowed at the base to a short petiole; ligule oblong, truncate, 
bilobed, glabrous or nearly so; sheath-margins pubescent. Capitulum 
ovoid, rounded, nodding, 7 cm long, yellowish-red. Outer bracts ovate, 
rounded, margins sparingly ciliate, the nerves elevated, anastomosing. 
Bracteole utricular, inclosing two flowers, tip 3-pointed, ciliate. Calyx 
tubular, 3-lobed, the lobes acute, ciliate at the tip. Corolla fleshy, tube 
moderately long, the lobes oblong, the upper one oblong-ovate. Lip 
adnate at the base to the corolla-tube and stamen, thick, fleshy, deeply 
bilobed into two linear excurved lobes, convolute when dry. Stamen- 
filament broad. Anther cells linear, pubescent, appendage small, ovate. 
Capsule glabrous, subglobose, with few seeds. 
Luzon, Mount Banajao, Province of Tayabas, Elmer 7 396; Lucban, Elmer 7706 : 
Province of Benguet, Mount Santo Tomas, Elmer 6629 ; Pauai to Baguio, Merrill 
4786. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1210. 
Endemic, in dense woods at 1,000 to 2,100 m altitude. Margins of the sheaths 
purplish-red. Cone dark-red. Bracts reddish, with green margins. Flowers 
yellowish. Complete specimens show that this plant is no Hornstedtia or rather 
Nicolaia, but a distinct genus. 
2. A. pinetorum comb. nov. 
Elmeria pinetorum Ridl. 1. c. 569. 
Plant 2 m tall, all the stems much reclining or recurved. Leaves 
elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, except on the midrib, 
beneath pubescent and above shortly hairy, the margins ciliate-liairy, 
15 cm long, 4 cm wide, base subcuneate, dark-green; petiole very short; 
ligule 2 mm long, thickly white-ciliate ; sheath 7 cm long, edged with 
stiff white hairs. Capitulum terminal, nodding, globose, 6 cm long, 
the outer bracts ovate, rounded at the tip, finely striate, glabrous except 
the white-ciliate edge, dull-red. Bracteole utricular, with three acute 
lobes, white-hairy at the tip, inclosing two flowers. Calyx tubular, 
a little longer, with three acute points with tufts of hair at the tips. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, glabrous, 2 cm long, dilated above, the lobes short, 
oblong, yellow. Lip fleshy, entire, base saccate, oblong, limb triangular, 
acute. Stamen shorter, the anther broad, apex deeply excavate. Style 
slender, shorter. Stigma small, red. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 8548, in small tufts on limestone 
formation in tlie pine region at 5,000 ft. altitude, rare, native (Igorot) name 
Barapat. 
12. LEPTOSOLENA Presl. 
Tall herbs with linear or lanceolate leaves. Inflorescence terminal, 
paniculate. Flowers sessile or pedicelled, large. Calyx tubular, 3-lobed, 
split on one side. Corolla-tube longer, lobes linear or lanceolate. Lip 
entire, oblong, convolute. Staminodes linear-oblong. Stamen short ; 
anther oblong, crested or not. 
Referred by Schumann to Alpinia, but certainly quite distinct and perhaps 
allied to Hedychium. Species two, endemic. 
Flowers pedicelled, 7 cm long 1. L. Haenkei 
Flowers sessile, 12 cm long 2. L. insignia 
