SCITAMINE.E. 



3cm. lata, rliacliis gracilis erecta recta glabra, pedicellis orclinis I. minus quam 

 1 cm. longis laxe dispositis sparsissime pubescentibus apice 3-4-floriferis, pedi- 

 cellis orclinis II. 1 mm. longis vel subnullis. Ovarium urceolatmn limm. longum 

 H mm. latum minute hirsutum. Calyx cylindraceus 7mm. longus apice tenuiter 



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3-lobatus glaber. Corollas tubus 7mm. longus lmm. latus glaber, lobis 3 fere 

 conformibus 6mm. longis 3mm. latis margine interiore convolutis paten tibus 

 apice cuculliforme concavis ; labellum oblongum 8 mm. longum 7 mm. latum 

 apice 2-lobatum, lobis triangulari-cuspidiformibus 2 mm. longis basi 1 mm. latis 

 margine crenulatis, in exsiccato flavmn meclio 2-striato-maculatmn basi con- 

 tractum. Stamina 1, filainento 5 mm. longo glabro basi utroque latere discis 

 auriculiformibus instructo, antliera oblonga 3 mm. longa meclio plicata stylurn 

 arnplectanti. Staminodia 2 linearia 2 mm. longa ^ mm. lata apice acuta a tubo 

 corollas angulo recto horizontaliter exteriore patentia glabra ; glandular subcy- 

 lindricps 1 i mm. longfe latere singulo fisso basin styli amplectantes. 



HAB. Formosa : loco uon inclicato. 



Near Alpinia ckinensis, but differs from it by the much broader leaves and 

 by the two lobed lips ; also separable from the following two species by the broa- 

 der petals and by the somewhat folded yellowish (in a dryed specimen) lips. 



Alpinia kelungensis HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 79-c). Caulis 1-2 m. altus, 

 Folia lanceolata 35 cm. louga 9 cm. lata apice subito acurninatissirna basi acuta 

 margine hand hirsuta utraque pagine glabra, ligula oblonga 5 mm. longa ob- 

 tusissima utraque pagine glabra margine hirsuta. Eacemi circ. 20 cm. longi 

 cum noribus 5cm. lati laxe florati ; rhachis florifera gracilis recta medio 2 mm. 

 lata 20 cm. longa glabra erecta hand nutans, noribus laxiuscule dispositis, pedun- 

 culis (i.e. pedicellis orclinis I.) a se 1-lJcrn. remotis glabris ascendentibus 4- 

 5mm. longis alternis, (bracteis caducissimis vel eis ad basin pedunculorum obsole- 

 tis,) apice brevissirne clenseque ramosis, rarnis (i. e. pedicellis orclinis II.) parcis- 

 sirne hirsutis vel subglabris apice florem singulum gereutibus 1-2 mm. longis 

 cum flore articulatis. Flores basi 1-bracteati, bracteis oblougis 6 mm. lougis 

 4 mm. latis semi-hyalinis scariosis valde concavis alabastrum floris amplectanti- 

 bus margine integris apice margine ciliatis. Flores suberecti. Calycis tubus vel 

 ovarium cylindrico-globosum subglabrum li mm. longum 1 mm. latum, limbo 

 late tnbiformi 5mm. longo 21 mm. lato apice plus minus latiore utraque pagine 



