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ALPINIA malaccensis 

 Petiolate Alpinia. 



MONANDRIA MOXOGYX/A. 



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Nat. ord. Cann^, Jussieu gen, 62. 



ScrTAMiNEiE- Brown prod. 305- 

 ALPINIA. Supra voL 2.foL 141, 



vestitit superni vUlost^ 



A, malaccensis, foliis Janceolatis, petiolatis, subtus vilJosis: racemis termt* 

 nalibus, simplicibus. Labello trfinsversim Jatiore^ obsolete trilobo^ lobii 

 in tubum invoJuto-conniventibufi- RoxL in nsiat. res, 11.353- 

 Alpinia malaccensis. Roscoe in trans, linn. soc. S. 34-5. 

 Alpinia petiolaris, Soiander in sched. hanks, et ad specimen in Horto ketjoenn 



Jioridum herbarioque bankstano repostum^ 

 Renealniia sumatrana. Bonn cant. ed. 8. 2. 

 Maranta malaccensis. Burm. ind, 2. WiUd.sp.pl. 1. 14. 

 GalangM malaccensis. Humph, amb. 5. 176. t. 71-/^- K 

 Daun Andong. Patjing. Malayensibus. 



Caules simplicesy erectly iereies, vaginis Jbliorum 

 5-8 pedes alti. Fol. aUerna, peliolafa, ovalo-oblongaj ellipticaf acuminata^ 

 tnte^errima^ supr^ glabra^ subtus villosa, 2'pedatiat prctaita nervis nume^ 

 rosissimisj tenuissiviist ad unguium acutum convergerUibus. Petioli supri 

 canaliculati, palmares. Racemus temiinalis^ simplex, spic^ormis^ subcylin-^ 

 ^raceusy multiflorus, pedalis. PedicelH nniflori, breves, 2 v- 3 lineas longi, 

 subiBqualeSy villosi. Spatha infera, oblongo-ovata, "jentricosa, glabra, niveCp 

 unciam tonga, biparttta: Laciniffi ovat^y acuta: apicibus rubicundis. Peri- 

 anthium superum^ monophyllum, tubulosum^ in/erne gibbosum, glabrum, 

 olbum, ahitudine spatha^ basin corolla arete invotvens^ marcescenti-persistens^ 

 apice trifidum: Laciniae ovata, acuminata^ apice rubicunda. Con exterior 

 'ntonopetala, albida, sesquiuncialis. Tubus cylindraceus, erectus, glaber, se^ 

 fnuncialis. Limbus defiexus, S-partitus: Laciniae oblongas^ obtusa^ extHs 

 villosa, sericea: suprema reliquis paulo latior: cor. interior (labetlum) 

 Tnonophylla^ longior extertore, basi in tubum contracta^ Jhuci exterioris adnata^ 

 dein diUitata et tandem expansa in Laminam magnam, subrotundam, margine 

 undulatam, apice in lobis ^ oblongis {^tineas hngisj productam sursiim in-- 

 dinatam; iniiis rubram punctis hneolisgue interruptis lutds irroratam: exiiU 

 luiescentem lineis paucis rubris omatam. Fii* 1, tubo corolla interioris 

 (labelli) sub lacinia superiore exterioris insertum, crassum^ laliusculumy SU' 

 perne pro antherd dilatatum, albidum^ longitudine corolla. Antb. maxima^ 

 adnata^ longitudinaliter bipartiia^ apice bijida, atbida. Germ, in/eruj»^ 

 globosum^ vitlosum. Styinsjltybrmis, tenuis^ longitudine stamnis, JJamento 

 adpressus^ inter lobos anthera supeme indusus. Stigma capitaium, compreS' 

 sum^ album. Caps, globosa, villosa, crassiuscula, 34oc. lybrti etihm S-valv.). 

 Sem. nonnulla, subrotunda^ angulata. Solander in «ched. baaks- sob 

 Ah^imA petiolari^ 



In Dr- Roxburgh's opinion this is the most stately of all 

 the scitamineous plants of India, not excepting the nutani 



