122 SCITAMINE.I:. 



angustiora ; labelluin basi cuni petalo connatuin, parte libera (lamina) ovato- 

 rhomboidea 4-44 cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice longe caudata, cauda 1 cm. longa, 

 margine subintegra apice ad summum obtusa hand lobata utraque pagiue 

 glabra medio carinata margine flava versus medium rubescente margine eroso- 

 denticulata basi intns deusissime tomeutosa, uLroque latere stamiuodio lineari 

 4-5 mm. longo instructa. Stamen erectum vel recurvum 4cm. louguiu a basi 

 usque ad 1 1 cm. cum petalis lal >elloque connatuin ; anthera late linear! 11 cm. 

 longa 7mm. lata, connective iucrassato brevissime villoso apice 2-lobato ; 

 stylo 4-5 cm. longo glabro, stigmate infundibuliformi hlrsuto. 



HAB. Kusshaku, leg. B. HAY ATA, Mai. 1916. 



Near A. uraiensis HAY. ; but differs from it in the much smaller flowers 

 with rnuch narrow anthers. 



Alpinia macrocephala HAY ATA Ic. PI. Formos. V. p. 222 ; Gen. Tnd. 

 p. 82. 



HAB. Arisau : Inter Keitao et Goshorin, leg. B. HAYATA, ad 4,000-6,000 

 ped. alt, April!. 1916; inter Fuukiko, Karapin et Taroyen. 



Very remarkable in the presence of large bracts embracing the fruits in 

 the basal portions of the spikes. 



Alpinia mediomaculata HAYATA sp. uov. Caulis 1-2 m. altus. Folia 

 superiora sesselia lauceolata 46 cm. longa 7 cm. lata apice acuminata basi 

 acuta utraque glabra margine parce hirsuta, ligulis 2-lobatis extus hirsutis 

 intus glabris. Spica? rhachis florifera 10-15 cm. longa f ulvo-villosa dense 

 florigera, floribus sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis ; brnctois obovatis 2 cm. 

 lougis 1 cm. latis basin alabastri floris amplectantibus apice obtusis plus minus 

 hirsutis vel glabris ; floribus sessilibus ; ovariuni obcouico-cyliudricum 3 mm. 

 longum 2 mm. latum l)reve tomentosum ; calyx obconico-cyliudricus 12 mm. 

 longus 5 mm. latus basi extus plus minus hirsutus sursum glaber apice 2-3- 

 lobatus ad marginem lobormn ciliolatus uno latere al) apice usque ad medium 

 fissus ; petala 3 ; 4 cm. longa a basi usque ad 1 cm. altitudinem connata ; 

 dorsale latins 11 cm. latum apice obtusissimum margine hirsutnm ; lateralia 

 angustiora 7 rum. lata; labellum late ovato-rhomboideum. sessile 21-3 cm. 

 longum 3 cm. latum apice breve 2-lobaturn margine sursum eroso-denticulatum 

 deorsum iutegrum ad basin circum tubum dense hirsutuin versus marginem. 



