194 ORCHIDE,E. SCITAMINE.E. 



Orchideae. 



Galcola LOUR. 



Galeola altissima REICHB. ; MATSUM. Ind. PI. Jap. II.-1. p. 246. 

 HAB. Bioritsu : Mauapan. (Herb. Taihoku Museum.) 

 Owing to the imperfectness of the specimens, the determination is rather 

 conjectural. 



Scitaminese. 



Zingiber ADANS. 



Zingiber Zerumbet Rose. ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. III. p. 70. 

 HAB. Cult. (Herb. Taihoku Museum). 



Musa LINN. 



Musa iusularimontana HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis subcylindricus, 



caispitosus. Folia angustiora. Inflorescentia tenuis curvato-nutans, bracteis 

 ovato-lanceolatis 7 cm. longis 3 cm. latis valde concavis fusco-rubescentibus 

 concoloris. Flores 8 in siugula bractea, 2 seriatim dispositi, sessiles. Fl. J : 

 Perigonium cylindraceum latere fissum 3 J cm. longum apice 5-lobatum, lobis 

 3 exterioribus et 2 interioribus ; lobis exterioribus 2 lateralibus oblongo- 

 triangularibus 5 mm. lougis 4 rnm. latis apice obtusis dorso corniculatis, 

 (cornibus triaugularibus verticaliter compressis) margine integris tenuibus, 

 lobo exteriore central! ovato apice obtuso non corniculato 3 mm. longo 

 totiusque lato ; lobis interioribus oblique ovatis, altro latere 4 mm. lougis 

 altro 3 mm. longis basi auriculato-cordatis apice obtusissimis margine 

 tenuibus. Petala elliptico-obovata 1 cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice truncate, 

 vel emarginata ad centrum breve cuspidata, (cuspidibus 1 mm. longis), basi 

 obtusa contracta ad insertionem -|- mm. late margine integra (excepte partem 

 apicalem truncatam) apice irregulariter denticulate. Stamina 5 cum calyce 

 sequilonga vel breviora 28 mm. longa, filamentis validiusculis 1 cm. longis, 



