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ALPINIA tubiilata 



Demerara Alpinia. 



MONANDIUA MOXOGYNIJ. 



Nat.ord. Cann.^. Jiissiev rjcn. G'2; fincbisis ScirA\ 



SciTAMlNE.^:. Brown prod. 305; fciclusis 

 ALPINIA. Supra vol 2. foL 141. 

 Obs. Alpixi.^ proxima eat llELLExrA, diffcrt vera Jih 

 thcram prodncto et cap^sula autitaceiu Brown \. c. 



A. tuhulata^ foliis alterne bifariis remotissiniis; scapo yagniato latfiali; 

 bracteis comnumibus divaricatis ariilis acuminatis persisttiitibiis; corolla 

 tubulosa; labello incluso; anthcra sessili. 

 Extat in Bibliotheca Lambcriiana icon incditaj inter alia plura pro 



opere Plumieri wre incisa, ex qua plantie nostne genus, si non species, ex- 

 priiiiitur, 



Caulis scapo aliquoiies altior^ strictus. Folia rara, alterne hifaria, 

 sessilia, distantia, patcntia, elongato-oblonya, lanceolato-ovalia, glabra, Ion- 

 giora bipedalia vel circitcr latiiudine subqnadriiinciali ; vagina longa cylia- 

 dricajissay nb oris latere exteriorc lignla aucta. Scapiis radicaUs lateralis, 

 dodrantalis? coloratus tomentosus crassitudine pomce scriptorice^ vagiiiis 

 vidutus memhranaceis alterne bifariis imbricatis rnbicundis vervosis, imis 

 squamarum inslar oblato-abbrevialis, summis lanceolatis elongaiis mclino- 

 sphacelatis, racemi medium attingentibus. Raceniu^ oblougus, laxius 

 vinltijtorusy divaricato-patenSy rosea undique rubens: bracteie communes 

 arido-membranace^, lanceolato-attcnuatcVy divarieatcc, persistcnteSy fiori 

 suba^qnalcs: pedicelli crassi villosi breves, bijiori, Jlorc altera tardiore vel 

 abortiente, seorsim pedicellato : bractex ]><i\t\ales spathacece clavato-tnlndosce 

 monophylla^l bijlorce, bilabiato-Jissce labio altera bidentatOy calgce panlo bre- 

 vioreSy nervosa villosce persistentcs. Calyx spathce partiali similisy aliquanto 

 tamen minor. Cor. stibuncialis caJyce \ circittr longior tubulosa oblonga 



ffraujtloso-puncfafa : tubus aiigiisfior, limbo utroque aliquotits brevior : 

 imbus exterior tripartitus, convolutns fubulosus oblongns ore aperto parttm 

 paten fc, laciniis erectis (watis venosis suba^qnalibus acumine obsoleto ohtuso: 

 interior nnilabiatus, labello antico frmiore variegaio cuneatt dllatalo brevi 

 incluso bast utrinque lacinida subulata diminuia auclo: ungue brcvi lata: 

 lamina cnneato-oblata, imcqualiltr triloba margine sumraa abrupta crcnulatd 

 vel crispato eroad, lobis laleralibus majoribus involutis, medio Irevissimo la- 

 tiusculo emarginato. Stamen sessile limhi exterioris ladnice summa- sub- 

 (equate et basi suoi inscrtum: anlherai lobi bini Uneares utrinque obtusi, 

 basi soluti, ccctenim receptaculo plajio granuloso-pmtctaio mcmbranaceo 

 oblongo erecto ipsis isometro apice obluso Jisso antici adaati. Stylus ^/i- 

 formisy stamen adcequanSy basi compressi dilalalus: stigma capitalO'trigonum 

 antheram superans introrsiim decllve. Corpuscnia bina in aiinulnm crassuvi 

 multijissilem? styli basin exacts includcntem concrcta. Gormen oblonjum 

 dense villosum. Plantam solum siccatam inspeximus. 



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From any acquaintance we have with tlic majority of 



AlpiniAj the present species would not have impressed us 



