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Plauta inter genera Amomi et Eletterise vacillat, scd limites 

 horum generum affiniumque tamiliu incerti restant, quamdiu uUeb 

 species remanent detegeuda) aut uielius coguoscenda?. Detector 

 fructum edibilem dixit saporo Anana.s. Speciem autem superbam 

 signavi nomiue fratrum Scott, qui magna beniguitate cxcursiones 

 detectoris circum liockingham^s Bay adjuverunt. 



Amoiiium Dallachyi, 



Erectum, foliis angusto-lanceolatis elongatis glabris, scapis bre- 

 vissimis, capitulis multiflorisj bracteis involucrantibus plerisque 

 breviusculis, bracteola calycem laxe vaginaiite et eodem conspicue 

 breviore Inferne cylindrica, calycls tubo sursum ampliato ore 

 breviter trilobo, corollce Jlavoi lobis tubo paulo lougioribus later- 

 alibus oblongis, lobo tertio late ovato, labello orbicidari basi 

 cimeato antice breviter obtuseque lobato, connectivo trans antherrB 

 apicera petaloideo trilobo, stylo apicera versus pilosulo, capsiilis 

 iimbellato-capitatis globosis v. globoso-ovatis ecJiiiiuIatis tarde 

 trivalvatis^ pericarpio crasse coriacco^ seminibus fuscis nitidulis. 



Secus amnes silvarum sinus mariuiEockiugham'sBay ; Dallachy. 



Folia alterna, 14' longa v. breviora, usque 2" lafa, subtus con- 

 spicue pallidiora, sessilia v, brevissime petioluta, tenui-acurainata. 

 Vaginge adnata?, glabro^, infcriores spithamam longse, superiores 

 per gradus breviores, omnes ultra petiolum (sive folii basim) in 

 ligulam scariosam fuscam ciliolatam amplexantem paucilinearem 

 productje, Bractearum maxima? sesquipolUcem metientes, paucae, 

 lanceolatse, chartaceae ; plures gradatim breviores. Bracteolae soli- 

 tariie, transluceutes, vix ^" longa;, antice sursum fissi^, oxtus 

 puberulEe, apice breviter bidentatEe. Calyces circiter pollicein 

 longi, membranei, venoso-striati, apice in dentes tres triangulares 

 passim confluentes producti. Corolla? lobi unciam longi ; tubus 

 tenui-cyliudricuSj extus pubescens. Labellum corollam aequans, 

 latum, tenerum, axin versus crassius. Fiiamenti pars libera 

 exserta linearis, glabra, antherse vix sequilonga. Connectivi lobi 

 laterales semiovati, lineam lati ; lobus terminalis paulo minor. 

 Anthera fere 4'^*longa ; loculi contigui, secus marginem exteriorem 

 non alati* Stylus capillaris, apice haud incrassatus. Stigma semi- 

 globosum, I'" latum^ brevissime ciliolatum. Capsulre statu recente 

 maturoque virides, sparse et in^qualiter echinulat^e, extus tenuis- 

 sime puberul^e, pedicello crasso jmberulo \-^' longo praeditse. Se- 

 mina satis numerosa, liueam vix excedeutia, paulo angulata. 



Flores tantum tegre servatos dissecui. 



Helleiiia arctijiora. 



Alpinia arctiflora, E. M, coll. 



Elata, foliis chartaceis elongato-lanceolatis integerrimis per- 

 breviter petiolatis, injlorescentia terminali in paniculam sessilem 



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