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very short. Stigma subemarginate. Capsule pulpy, many(-several)-seeded, irregularly 

 loculicide. — Rhizoma creeping ; flowers in a terminal raceme, supported by a tubular, or 

 sheathing bract let. 



* Scape lateral, at the base of the sterile stem. 



1. R. sylvestris, Gr. Scape radical, glabrous; leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed: 

 petiole produced beyond the ligule; raceme dense, spiciform : bracts 1 -flowered, oblong, 

 blunt, or bluntish, about as long as the shortly pedicellate, yellow flower : tubular bractlet 

 obliquely truncate, half as long as the 3-dentate calyx ; corolla-lobes obovate, shorter than 

 the tube: labellum shortly exserted, broadly obovate, entire, ciliate; filament as broad as 

 the anther; capsule ovoid. — SI. t. 105./. 2. — Amomum, Sw. ! — Scape 1'— 14', sterile stem 

 4'-8' high ; leaves 2£'-l ', coloured bracts about 1 \", pedicels l'"-2'", calyx 1" long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Sw., Pd., Al., Wullschl., in moist woods, S. Georges, Manchester. 



2. R. bracteosa, Gr. (n. sp.). Scape radical, pubescent ; leaves large, oblong, mu- 

 cronate, tapering toward the ligule ; raceme lax : bracts 1-flowered, lanceolate-linear, twice 

 as long as the flower, superior decrescent : tubular bractlet ventricose, broadly and shortly 

 2-fid, much longer than the pedicel, about as long as the broadly 3-dentate calyx, pubescent ; 

 corolla-lobes oblong-oval, shorter than the tube : labellum subincluded, entire ; filament 

 narrower than the anther ; capsule ovoid. — R. spec, Rose. : his characters given at the end 

 of the description ©f R. exaltata, L., agree perfectly. — Scape l£'-2' high ; leaves 3-4/ long, 

 6" broad ; inferior bracts 3£"-2*", pedicels 3"', calyx 10"'-12'" long.— -Hab. Dominica !, 

 Imr. ; [Guadeloupe!]. 



3. R. occidentalis, Or. Scape radical, hispidulous-pnbcscent chiefly at the rhachis and 

 at the pedicels ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, mucronate-acuminate, narrowly tapering toward the 

 ligule ; raceme long, usually compound with short branches : bracts lanceolate, deciduous, 

 inferior, many-2-fiowered, longer than the flowers, superior decrescent : tubular bractlet ob- 

 liquely truncate, blunt, little exceeded by the calyx, about twice as long as the pedicels ; 

 calyx ventricose, Z-fid : lobes oval, blunt ; corolla-lobes obovate, as long as their slender 

 tube; "labellum exserted, emarginate;" capsule ovoid. — Alpinia, Sw. A. jamaicensis, 

 Gartn. t. 12. sec. Sw. — Scape l£'-3' high, sterile stems much higher; leaves 2-1' long, 

 4,y-2" broad ; lowest bracts \\", pedicels 2'", calyx 4"'-5'" long, " the latter purpurascent ; 

 corolla yellow." 



• o. Raceme compound : most branches many-flowered ; pedicels upward one-sided. — Habit 

 of R. aromatica (Alpinia, Jacq. Fragm. I. 74, 75) of Haiti, said to have globose capsules : 

 both are confounded by Roscoe. 



/3. Paro secora (Alpinia, Jacq. Fragm. t. 76). Raceme simple: most bracts 1-flowered, 

 lowest 2-flowered. — Perhaps a distinct species. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March (£) ; S. Vincent !, Guild, (a, j8, Jacq.) ; [Cuba ! (a), Gua- 

 deloupe ! (o) ; Panama !, New Granada !]. 



** Raceme terminal ; labellum 3-lobed. 



4. R. racemosa, Rose. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate : petiole shortly 

 produced beyond the ligule ; raceme terminal, lax, exceeded by the uppermost leaves : 

 rhachis and pedicels glabrous ; bracts 3-1-flowered, most (except the lowest) exceeded by 

 the flowers, lanceolate-linear, bluntish ; calyx shortly 3-dentate, twice as long as the ob- 

 liquely truncate, tubular bractlet ; corolla-lobes spathulate, as long as the tube : labellum 

 obovate— 3-lobed ; filament shortly filiform ; capsule ovoid-globose. — SI. t. 105. f. 1. — 

 Alpinia, Sw., L. {ex parte). A. antillana, R. S. — Stem 2'-3' high ; leaves 8"-10" long, 2" 

 broad ; bracts " red," lowest 1 ", pedicels 2'", calyx 5"' long ; corolla white. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 all coll., in moist woods ; [Cuba I and Mexico ! to Peru !] 



5. R. caribaea, Gr. Leaves broadly lanceolate-oblong, pointed, tapering as far as to 

 the ligule ; raceme terminal, lax, exceeded by the uppermost leaves : rhachis and pedicels 



pubescent; bract9 3-1-flowered, oblong-linear, bluntish; calyx clavate, bluntly 3-dntate, 

 about as long as the common, distant, sheathing bractlet ; corolla-lobes spathulate : labellum 

 obovate-3-Iobed ; filament shortly filiform •, capsule ovoid. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 20. 

 Gartn. Fruct. t. 12 : the capsule. — Alpinia, Gartn. A. racemosa, R. S. (ex parte). — 

 Leaves H'-l' long, 4"-3" broad ; inferior bracts 2"-l*", calyx 8'", capsule 6'" long.— Hab. 

 Dominica !, Imr. 



