Alpinia MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA- 59. 
faces smooth; length from twelve to twenty-four inches, and from 
four to six broad.—Sheaths smooth, with a short, rounded, ciliate, 
stipulary process above the insertion of the leaf.— Panicle terminal, 
erect, oblong, crowned with numerous, spreading, simple dichoto- 
mous branches, each supporting from two to five, or six, pale greenish 
white, somewhat fragrant flowers.— Involucre of Konig, in our plants 
gméraly two-leaved, lanceolate, first withering, then falling before, or 
while in blossom.— Bractes concave, solitary at the divisions, and sub- 
divisions of the panicle---Calyx superior, sub-cylindric, smooth, white, 
scarcely the length of the tube dd ms corol, mouth one-toothed.— 
Corol. Exterior border of three, n early equal , linear, recurved, smooth, 
pale greenish divisions. Inner border, or lip unguiculate, Somewhat T 
ascending, so as nearly to meet the slightly declining: anther; | : 
or ovate oblong, concave, apex divided into two- lobes by a We 
deep, straight fissure ; margins incurved, curled, minutely laciniate, 
white, with here and there a small reddish speck, and two recurved 
fleshy, coloured hornlets at the base of the claw.— Filament rather 
longer than the claw of the lip. Anther double, apex deeply emargi- 
nate, projecting horizontally over the middle of the lip.— Germ be- 
neath, smooth, oval, three-sided, three-celled, with only two ovula 
in each cell, attached to the middle of the partition, Style filiform. 
Stigma funnel-shaped, fringed ; while the flower is in vigorous blos- 
som erect between the lobes ofi the anther, afterwards recurved under | 
the anther.— Nectarial bodies (of Kénig) nearly square, fluted.— 
Germ oblong, smooth, three-celled, with two ovu/a in each, attached 
to the axis.— Capsule the size of a small cherry, obovate, smooth, deep . 
orange red, three-celled, but entire, as no separation seems to exist, ; 
the thin diy cortex crumbles, or breaks to pieces, without any - 
tendency to separate into valves.— Seed. one, rarely two in each. 
cell, much compressed, size of a grain of black pepper. Aril nearly - 
~ complete, there being only an opening at the apex, thin, rather fibrous, 
and of a dull white color. Integuments two, or three; exterior, | to 
fibrous, polished, of a dark chesnut colour, a little wrinkled, $ 
dark brown ; between the two isa spongy punk of ET 
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