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glanduloso-punctatus, tubo tertiá parte brevior ore hinc fisso inde acer- 
vulo pubescentim.  ** Limbi exterioris lacinie angusto-lanceolatz, con- 
caviuscule, acute, tubo breviores, post expansionem reflex: ; tertia 
acumine brevi subulato ; inferioris lacinie laterales ovales, obtusiuseulz, 
longitudine limbi exterioris, ejusdem laciniis duplo et ultra latiores, 
punctis minutis glandulosis creberrimis instructee, immerse venoss. 
Labellum minutum, vix octavam partem longitudinis lateralium emetiens, 
latius quam longum, retusum, punctatum. Filamentum intra laciniam 
acuminatam limbi exterioris insertum, cum basi labelli oppositi quasi 
continuum, breve, lineare, concaviuseulum. Anthera lato-linearis, apice 
nuda, basi semibifida. Stigma bilabiatum hispidum, labiis ciliatis, in- 
feriore triplo longiore subovato."' 
The delicacy of the flower is that of a Monolophus, but in all other 
respects our plant has the appearance of a Hedychium, with this striking 
difference, that the labellum is exceedingly small, so as to be hidden 
almost from sight, and consists of a very short broad concave retuse 
body. 
I subjoin the generic character of Hedychium, amended according 
to the preceding 23 species; although I think the genus ought to be 
still further enlarged, so as to comprise Kempferia and Monolophus, and 
bear the name of the former of these. ; 
Calyx tubulosus, tridentatus, deciduus (excepto H. scaposo). Co- 
rolle tubus elongatus, gracilis; limbi laciniæ exteriores angustæ; in- 
teriores difformes; labellum majus (preter H. Horsfieldii) bifidum, raro 
indivisum. Filamentum filiforme, nunc planiusculum. AÆnthera termi- 
nalis linearis (minuta in H. villoso), loculis basi solutis, connectivo 
apice nudo (in H. scaposo cristà brevi terminato). Stylus filiformis ; 
stigma infundibuliforme (præter H. Horsfieldii, cui inæqualiter bilobum). 
Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare; ovula plurima, angulo centrali loculi 
adfixa, horizontalia. Capsula 3-locularis, nuda (salvo H. scaposo, cui 
calyce immutato coronata), loculicido 3-valvis. Semina plurima, arillata. 
—Herbæ asiaticæ caulescentes, erectz ; radice rhizomatosá horizontali 
(tuberosá in H. scaposo) ; foliis in vaginis semiamplexicaulibus petiolatis 
vel subsessilibus ; inflorescentià terminali spicatá, spathis (bracteis ex- 
terioribus) arcte imbricantibus vel patulis, floribus solitariis vel fascicu- 
latis bracteis propriis involutis. 
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