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ad sum mum lineari-caudata l)asi acuta margine Integra ad margineni tenuiter 

 liirsuta supra glaberrima siibtus subglabra vcl rarissime paucissime hirsuta, 

 petiolis i.e. partibus inter vaginam et laminam 1J-2 cm. longis. Flores race- 

 mosi ; rhacbis racemi 20 cm. longa vix nutans dense strigoso-hirsuta, pedicellis 

 3mm. longis dense torneutosis; bracteis sub flore singulis dilatato-subcylindricis 

 3 Jem. longis 17mm. latis latere uno usque ad basin fissis apice 3-lobatis extus 

 deorsum birsutis sursurn glabris iutus toto glabris alabastrum floris amplectan- 

 tibus. Ovarium globosurn dense longeque villosum, pilis patentissirnis, cum 

 pi] is 5 mm. latum totiusque longuni. Calyx obconico-cylindricus 22 mm. longus 

 12 mm. latus latere uno ab apice usque ad 12 mm. fissus extus birsutus intus 

 giaber apice margine irregulariter denticulatus sub-ciliatus vel baud ciliatus. 

 Corolla) tubus 8 mm. longus extus giaber intus dense villosus subcampanulatus 

 ad faucem 8 mm. latus, lobis 3 suberectis, postico latiore, lateralibus paullo 

 angustioribus 2J cm. lougis obovato-oblongis 1cm. latis margine interiore con- 

 volutis margine ciliolatis apice valde concavis rotundatis glabris. Labellum 

 triangulari-ovatum 3 Jem. longuni 3cm. latum apice obtusum tenuiter 2-lobatum 

 basi late cuneato-contractum glabrurn rnedio striato-subcarinatuni versus inar- 

 ginem radiatirn striatum, striis coloratis interdum latiusculis. Staminodia ob- 

 soleta; glandulse ad apiceni ovarii si foe 2 semi-cubiformes glabra? IJmm. longa?. 

 Stamen 1, filarnento erecto recto vitfoeformi glabro 2imrn. lato, antbera 12mm. 

 longa apice 2-fida. Stylus filiformis giaber apice cupuliforniis dilatatus, parti - 

 bus dilatatis extus birsutis margine ciliolatis. 



HAB. Hainan, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, 1910. 



Near A. hainanensis K. SCHUMANN (Zingiberacea? in ENGLER Pfl-reicb 

 p. 335), but differs from it by tbe much broader leaves with quite obtuse 

 ligules, in the absence of terminal bracts, in the straight rhachis and in many 

 other points. 



Alpinia mesanthera HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis 1 m.-2 m. altus. Lignite 

 dua3 margine interiore connata? apice rotondatas intus glabra3 extus hirsute 

 margine longe barbato-hirsuta?. Lamina folii sessilis lineari-lanceolata 60 cm. 

 longa 10 cm. lata apice acuminata basi abrupte cuneato-acuta margine Integra 

 ad marginem densissime sericeo-villosa utraque pagine glabra. Racemi 27 crn. 

 longi, (pedunculis 5-7 cm. longis hirsutis) ; rhachis 27 cm. longa erecta prnsser- 



