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ALPINIA? MAGNIFICA. MAGNIFICENT 
ALPINIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Monanpria (rather Dranprta) Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scrraminez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Anthera duplex stylum amplectens. _Filamentum erec- 
tum, simplex, anthera brevius. Corolle labium inferius 
unilabiatum. Rose. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Atpinta magnifica* ; scapo laterali, floribus numerosis in 
receptaculo communi aggregatis, labio angusto lineari 
apice ovato rubro albo-marginato, filamento styloque 
pubescentibus. Rose. . , 
Aurinia magnifica. Bojer’s MSS. apud Herb. nostr. Roscoe 
Pl. Monandr. cum Ie. 
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Descr. Root large and thick, creeping, forming many 
knots and tubers, from the upper side of which arise the 
stems and scape, while from beneath are sent out several 
rather stout fibres. Stems ten to twelve feet high, erect, 
rigid, and thick in the lower part, narrower above, leafy. 
aves few, oblong, acute, with a midrib, and many oblique, 
rather closely-placed, parallel nerves ; the petiole, (if it may 
‘be so termed) forming a long sheath around the stems. 
Scape five to six feet high, very stout, leafless, sheathed ; 
the uppermost sheath is dilated, and forms a large, leafy, 
green 
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* In honor of Prosper Auprnus, a Venetian, and Professor of Botany at 
Bologna towards the close of the sixteenth century, 
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