222 SCITAMINE^E. 



longis mm. latis margine dense ciliatis. Ovarium 3-loculare, oviilis oo. 



SCHUMANN notes "Species floribus geminatis glandula inter pedicellos munitis 

 ab omnibus mihi notis differt." So far as I have observed in several specimens 

 collected in Japan and Formosa, there is no gland whatever between the 

 geminate pedicels, but a minute abortive flower. 



Alpinia Kawakamii HAYATA sp. iiov. Caulis 1-2 m. altus. Folia lan- 

 ceolata circ. 40 cm. loiiga 6 cm. lata apice acuminata basi longe attenuata supra 

 glabra subtus velutinosa margine integra, ligulis oblongis 5 mm. longis apice 

 obtusissimis extus intusque glabris. Spica 16cm. longa cum floribus 3cm. 

 longa densissime florata ; rhachis recta erecta validiuscula medio 5 mm. lata 

 sericeo-villosa, pedicellis brevissimis 1mm. longis, brae tea nulla. Ovarium glo- 

 bosum 2 mm. in diametro villoso-toinentosuni. Calyx cylindricus sursum plus 

 minus dilatatus medio 5-6 mm. latus 15 mm. longus extus hirsutus intus 

 giaber apice apertus irregulariter lobulatas unilateraliter alte fissus. Corolla? 

 tubus 6 mm. longus giaber apice campanulatus, lobo postico latissimo obovato 

 l^cm. longo 13 mm. lato apice fere trimcato-rotimdato extus sursumque hirsute 

 intus glabro, lobis lateralibus angustioribus margine plus minus convolutis. 

 Labellmn oblongum 2cm. longum fere totiusque latum glabrum margine crispum 

 (apice?) basi late cuneatum glabrum. Staminodia 0. Stamen 1, filamento 

 6 mm. longo, anthera lineari 8 mm. longa apice breviter 2-lobulata ; stylus 

 sursum plus minus hirsutus. Glandulte 2. 



HAP,. Taito: Bokusekikaku, leg. T. KAWAKAMI, Aprili. 1907 (No. 4917). 



Subgenus III. Catimbium. 



1 . Flowers densely spicate ; spikes oblong A. macrocepliala. 



Flowers usually racemose, paniculate or loosely spicate 2. 



2. Flowers spicate or nearly spicate, i.e. pedicels of the first order not 



longer than 3 mm 3. 



Flowers racemose or paniculate 4. 



3. Flowers larger ; rhachis 25 cm. long, very strong, 7 mm. in diame- 



ter A. uraiensis. 



Flowers smaller than the preceding ; rhachis 15 cm. long, a little 

 more slender than A. uraiensis A. Katsumadai. 



4. Rhachis tomentose or densely hairy 5. 



