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3, 2 cm. longa basi usque ad I cm. altitudinem connata glabra ; dor/sale latins 

 1 cm. latum apice rotundatuin valde concavum ; lateralia 7 min. lata apice 

 rotuudata ; labellum late ovato-rotundatum 18 mm. loiigum totiusque latum. 

 apice rotundatum margine crispato-crenulatuui glabruui flavum medio rubes- 

 -cens basi ad faucem tenuiter hirsutum ; stamen arcuatum, parte libera fila- 

 nienti 1 cm. longa ; anthera 5 mm. louga ; connective latiore in explicate 3 mm. 

 lato crassiusculo breve hirsuto-plicato apice externe reflexo 2-3-denticulato ; 

 stylus glaber, stigmate infundibuliformi plus minus hirsute. 



HAB. Shichiseitonzau, leg. Y. SHIMADA, ad 300 ped. alt. ; Hokuto, leg. 

 Y. SHIMADA, Mai. 1917, (typus !). 



Near Alpinia Schumanniana VAL. ; but differs from it in the much smaller 

 flowers with distinct stamiuodes. 



Alpinia Kawakamii HAYATA Ic. PL Fornios. V. p. 222 ; Gen. Ind. p. 82. 



HAB. Soseikyaku, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 1916. 



NOTE : Leaves very dark green above, villose beneath ; flower-buds 



light pink. 



Alpinia kelungensis HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. V. p. 216, Fig. 76-C., 

 Gen. Ind. p. 82. 



HAB. Kelung, Heirinbi, Agioku, Ochobi. 



NOTE : 2-3 m. tall ; leaves dark green, shining above ; pedicels reddish ; 

 : >vary green ; fruits scarlet. 



Alpinia kusshakueiisis HAYATA sp. uov. Folia supariora lauceolata 

 circ. 50 cm. louga 10 cm. lata apice subito acuminata basi attenuate breve 

 petiolata vel sessilia utroque pagine glabra sed ad margiuem brevissime villosa, 

 ligulis 8 mm. longis extus brevissime villosis intus glabris 2-lobatis, lobis 

 obtusissimis. Spicse densiuscule florigerse 15 cm. longse ; rhachis 15 cm. longa 

 dense villosa, floribus subsessilibus vel breve padicellatis. Ovarium dense 

 villosum cyhndrico-obovoideum 1 cm. longum 5 mm. latum ; bracteis conchi- 

 formibus 2^-3 cm. longis apice 2-3-dentatis in explicato 2J- cm. latis glabris 

 apice et margine plus minus hirsutis ; calyx obconico-cyliudricus 2 cm. longns 

 extus basi hirsutus ab apice usque ad medium fissus apice obtusissimus ; petala 

 3-4-5 cm. louga a basi usque ad 1 cm. altitudinem connata ; dorsale latius 

 obovato-spathulatum 1| cm. latum apice plus minus hirsutum ; lateralia 



