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1. L. Haenkei Presl Eel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 111, t. IS. 
Alpinia leptosolenia K. Schum. in Pflanzenreicli 20 (1904) 312. 
Stem fairly tall. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, attenuate- acuminate, 
caudate, base acute, glabrous, 30 cm long, 2.2 cm wide; ligule 2 mm 
long, retuse, glabrous. Panicle erect, 7 cm long, ovate, many-flowered, 
rachis glabrous, with usually four bracts at the base. Flowers pedicelled, 
the pedicels 2.5 cm long. Ovary glabrous. Calyx tubular, 1.5 cm long, 
tip shortly 2-lobed. Corolla-tube 7 cm long, narrowly tubular, glabrous, 
the lobes 1.2 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Lip twice as long, 
oblong, obtuse, recurved. Stamen-filament very short. Anther 5 mm 
long, connective not prolonged. 
Luzon, (Haenke). 
2. L. insignis Ridl. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1905) 84. 
Stem 1 to 2 m tall. Leaves linear, acuminate, glabrous, narrowed 
to the base, tip caudate, 25 cm long, 1 cm wide, midrib stout; sheaths 
15 cm long, with the ligule as an erect pair of auricles oblong and 
rounded at the tip. Bracts at the base of the inflorescence 3, papery, 
lanceolate, caudate, 15 cm long, 2 cm wide. Panicle 7 cm long, with 
distant, 2 cm long branches, each bearing two or three flowers. Flowers 
sessile, white. Calyx tubular, 6 cm long, bilobecl, the lobes short, ovate, 
the tube split down one side. Corolla-tube slender, 12 cm long, the 
lobes linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 cm long. Staminodes linear-oblong, 
shorter and narrower. Lip fleshy, elongate, 2 cm long, rolled up when 
withered. Stamen short. Anther oblong, the crest broader, large, 
rounded, entire. Style longer. Stigma cup-shaped, hairy. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks, Elmer 6428, on gravelly land-slides 
in the pine region. 
13. KOLOWRATIA Presl. 
Tall herbs. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, petioled, the ligule 
entire. Inflorescence terminal, branched, rachis flexuous. Spikes alter- 
nate, distant, with linear-oblong bracts, densely arranged. Calyx spatha- 
ceous, cleft on one side, apex trifid. Corolla-tube short, the lobes broad, 
hooded. Staminodes subulate. Lip small, obovate, with trilobed 
apex. Stamen-filament broad, fleslry, adnate to the corolla-tube. 
Anther linear, elongate, with a short prolongation of the connective. 
Capsule woody. 
Species two, endemic. 
1. K. elegans Presl Eel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 113, t. 20. 
Renealmia gracilis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 1. 
Renealmia exaltata Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 1. 
Alpinia gracilis Eolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 316. 
Alpinia gigantea F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 225. 
Alpinia elegans K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jalirb. 27 (1899) 288; Pflanzenreicli 
20 (1904) 352. 
