188 
RIDLEY. 
10. A. pubiflora K. Sebum. in Pflanzenreicli 20 (1904) 313. 
Hellenia pubiflora Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 235. 
Stem 1 to 2 m tall, slender. Leaves narrow, linear-lanceolate, atten- 
uate, very acuminate, glabrous, 30 cm long, 3 cm wide, narrowed to the 
base, hardly petioled; ligule 5 mm long, ovate, edge white-ciliate. Pani- 
cle 20 cm long, the peduncle about 10 cm long, inclosed in the upper 
leaf-sheaths, the two lower branches distant, 5 to 10 cm long, the upper 
part fairly dense, with short branchlets each carrying 3 or 4 flowers, 
the rachis and branches pubescent. Bracts caducous. Flowers white, 
nearly 2 cm long. Calyx tubular, gradually dilated upward, 3-lobed, 
the lobes obtuse, ovate, all pubescent. Corolla-tube hardly longer, the 
lobes oblong, rounded at the tip, glabrous. Lip fleshy, base narrowed, 
channeled, limb bifid into two unequal, linear-oblong lobes much shorter 
then the petals. Stamen glabrous; filament nearly twice as long as the 
lobes; anther half as long as the filament, crestless. Staminodes short, 
tooth-like, from the tube of the lip. Fruit globose, glabrous, 1 cm long, 
4-seeded. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Elmer 626S. Guimaras, Ritchie 31y. Mindanao, 
Taumo, (Warburg 14586): District of Davao, Copeland 319: District of Zam- 
boanga, For. Bur. 9100 Whitford & Hutchinson : Province of Surigao, Bolster 213. 
Endemic. 
11. A. flabellata sp. nov. 
Stem slender, about 1 m tall. Leaves narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, 
with a long point, glabrous, margins denticulate at the tip, 30 cm long, 
2 cm wide; petiole short, or sometimes 1 cm long; ligule ovate, entire, the 
margins minutely white-pubescent. Panicle rather strict, with two or 
three densely flowered ascending branches, glabrous, the peduncle 15 cm 
long, the panicle as long. Bracts minute. Calyx cylindric, tubular, the 
lobes 3, short, ovate, obtuse, ribbed, all glabrous, 8 mm long. Corolla- 
tube a little longer, the upper lobe .oblong, hooded, mucronulate, the 
lower lobes obovate-oblong, rounded. Lip nearly as long, fan-shaped, not 
bifid, with a short claw, then expanding abruptly into a subreniform 
4-lobed limb, the lobes subequal, the lower ones broadest, all rounded 
and strongly veined. Staminodes nearly as long as the claw of the lip, 
linear from a broad base. Stamen-filament short, linear, glabrous. 
Anther oblong, shorter, crestless. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 2718, 2871 M earns: Province of Rizal, 
Bosoboso, Merrill 1878. Mindoro, Pola, Merrill 2226. 
Var. major var. nov. 
A stout plant 6 m tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 
16 to 30 cm long, 5 to 7.5 cm wide, the base broad; petiole short or none; 
