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§ Catimbium. 
1. A. Haenkei Presl Symb. Bot. (1832) 06, t. 1/3 ; K. Sclium. in Pflanzcnreieli 
20 (1904) 341. 
A. malaccensis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 110. non Roseoe. 
A. philippinensis Ridl. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1905) 80. 
Stem 1 to 2 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 
base rounded or acuminate, 33 to 55 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, hairy on 
both surfaces or glabrescent above, the edges thickly ciliate-hairy ; petiole 
3 cm long; ligule bifid, the lobes rounded at the tip, hairy, especially at 
the tip; sheath hairy. Inflorescence simple or shortly paniculate, 15 to 
30 cm long, rachis, branches and pedicels closely silky-hairy. Bracts 
ovate-oblong or elliptic, 1.5 to 2 cm long, usually hairy, especially at the 
tip. Calyx short, broadly campanulate, 3-lobed, lobes ovate, acute, hairy. 
1 cm long. Corolla-tube shorter, hairy, the lobes white or pink, oblong, 
obtuse, hairy, 2 cm long, the upper one hooded. Lip broadly ovate, the 
lateral lobes hardly distinct, 1 cm. long, apex oblong, truncate, narrower, 
crisped and more or less bifid, all glabrous, orange-yellow with red spots 
and streaks, except in the mouth of the tube, where there is on either side 
a line of silky hairs leading from the curved, short, oblong staminodes. 
Filament linear, hairy. Anther rather short, broad, glabrous. Ovary 
silky. Capsule globose, 2 cm long, sprinkled with hairs or more hairy 
when young, red. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 1203, 1777, 21/77, 2729 Borden, For. Bur. 
11/1/ Barnes, For. Bur. 21/96 Meyer, Whitford 1058: Province of Pampanga, Mount 
Abu, Bur. Sci. 191(2 Foxworthy : Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6089 : Prov- 
ince of Zambales, For. Bur. 6008 Curran : Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 8901/ 
Curran. Mindoro, Baco River, Merrill 1/01(7, McGregor 158. Negros, Canlaon 
Volcano, Bur. Sci. 111/3 Banks; Gimagaan River, Whitford 1570. Leyte, Palo, 
Elmer 7 290. Negros, Elmer 1021/1/. Palawan, San Antonio Bay, Merrill 858. 
Balabac, Bur. Sci. 1/08 Mangubat. In shady damp forests near watercourses, 
endemic. 
Alpinia Haenlcei is certainly closely allied to A. malaccensis Roxb. chiefly 
differing in its smaller size in all parts. A. malaccensis Roxb. is a native of 
Chittagong, and does not occur, except as a garden plant, in the Malay region. 
A. malaccensis Roseoe, the original species of that name, is based on a figure and 
description of Rumphius in Herbarium Amboinense, and is indeterminable. The 
fine series of specimens cited above, leaves me with very little doubt that my 
A. philippinensis is only a form of A. Haenkei, which is widely distributed in 
the Philippines. 
2. A. Copelandii sp. nov. 
Stem 2 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, long-cuspidate, the base 
unequal, cuneate, the upper surface glabrous, except the hairy channeled 
midrib and edge, the lower surface velvety silky-pubescent, 56 cm long. 
10 cm wide; petiole stout, 7 mm long, hairy; ligule 1 cm, bilobed, the 
lobes subacute, velvety ; sheaths pubescent. Raceme stout, peduncle 
stout, 10 cm long, densely yellow-hairy, the inflorescence 15 cm long, 
crowded, the pedicels short, yellow-hairy. Bracts oblong, 2 cm long, 
sparsely pubescent. Calyx broad, 1 cm longer than the corolla- tube, 
