TaB. 8570. 
ZINGIBER Mroga. 
Japan, 
ScrramineaE, Tribe ZINGIBEREAE, 
ZINGIBER, Adans.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 646. 
Zingiber Mioga, Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. (1807) p. 848; Franch. 
et Savat. Enwm. Pl. Japon. vol. ii. (1879) p. 20; Schumann in Engl. 
Pflanzenr, vol. iv. 46, p. 188 (1904); Ito, Ic. Pl. Jap. vol. i. No. 1, t. 4; 
species Z. atro-rubente, Gagnepain, affinis, sed spica breviore, calyce 
longiore, labello obovato distinguitur. ; 
Herba perennis. Rhizoma horizontale, circiter 6 mm. diametro. Culmi 
erecti, usque ad 8 dm. alti, glabri, foliorum vaginis longitudinaliter 
striatis glabris obtecti. Folia lineari-lanceolata, apice attenuato-acuminata, 
basi attenuata, usque ad 2°6 dm. longa et 4 em. lata, nervis laterali- 
bus plurimis parallelis cum costa pagina utraque subprominentibus, 
glabra vel pagina inferiore basin versus sparse pilosa, membranacea, cum 
petiolo 1°5 mm. longo instructa; ligula 4-7 mm. longa, 4-6 mm. lata, 
conspicue biloba, lobis apice subacutis vel obtusis, glabra, membranacea. 
Spica ellipsoidea, circiter 6 cm. longa, 8°5 cm. lata; pedunculus circiter 
2 cm. longus, squamis ovato-oblongis vel oblongis acutis obtectus ; bracteae 
exteriores ovato-ellipticae, subacutae, 2°5 cm. longae, 1°8 cm. latae, 
glabrae. . Calyx tubulosus, spathaceo-fissus, fere truncatus, usque ad 2°8 
cm. longus, membranaceus. Corolla flava, tubo anguste infundibuliformi 
fere 4 cm. longo basi 2 mm. apice 1 em. diametro, lobis acuminatis, 2 
anticis oblongo-lanceolatis 3 cm. longis 0:9 cm. latis, postico ovato-lanceo- 
lato 8°2 cm. longo 1°3 em. lato. Labellwm obovatum, integrum, 3 cm. 
longum, 2°1 cm. latum, basi lobis binis brevibus instructum, flavum. 
Staminodia interiora filiformia, 5*5 mm. longa. © Anthera, appendicula 
incurva 1 cm. longa exclusa,1°5 cm. longa. Ovarvwm pubescens, breviter 
cylindricum, 6 mm. altum, 2°5 mm. diametro.—Amomum Mioga, Thunb. 
Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 14; Banks, Icon. Kaempf. t. 1.—W. B. TURRILL. 
The pleasing Gingerwort which forms the subject of 
our illustration is one which has been known to European 
botanists almost as long as the West has had intercourse 
with Japan, and has been grown at intervals in European 
conservatories for more than a century. It is said to 
occur in a wild state in woods and bamboo-groves in the 
warmer parts of Hondo, Shikoku and Kyishi as well as 
in the islands of Tsu-shima in Japan. It is, however, 
more frequently met with as a cultivated plant in 
Japanese gardens. The plant from which the material 
for our plate was obtained is one imported from Japan 
by Mr. H. J. Elwes and presented by him to the Kew 
Auausr, 1914, | 
