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centre." Anther cells linear. Style slender, little longer than the stamen ; stigma very 

 small, hooked. 



The whole inflorescence, about 7 cm. long, is narrower and fewer-flowered than that 

 of A. tephrochJamys; the calyx is dark brown when dry, and stiffer in texture than 

 the thin membranous one of that species ; the stamen is shorter and more excavate, the 

 wings elevated, and running down to join the lip. The lip is almost 3-lobed, the side 

 lobes being large and rounded. The whole plant diff"ers much in pubescence, the leaves 

 of the fruiting specimen being softly velvety hairy on the back, and those of the flowering 

 specimens nearly glabrous. 



Alpinia {^ Hellwigia) kermesIxVA, E-idl., sp. nov. 



Caulis validus, ultra 1 cm. crassus, kermesinus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, 34-60 

 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, gradatim ad basin angustata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra ; 

 petiolus gracilis, 6 cm. longus ; ligula oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm. longa; vagina 

 cancellata. Panlcula laxa, patens, rigida, 8 cm. longa, pedunculo vaginis tecto 

 10 cm. longo, ramis 4-7 rigidis remotis 4 cm. longis vel brevioribus, rhachi flexuosa 

 lignosa angulata. Bractete bifloroe, tubulosae, coriacese, bicarinatse, ore integro, 

 1'4 cm. longfe. Calyx coriaceus, 1 cm. longus, tubulosus, lobis ovatis triangularibus 

 acutis Esqualibus. Corollce tubus brevissimus, quam calyx miilto brevior, lobis 

 oblongis obtusis, postico longiore 1 cm. longo corniculato, cseteris 5 mm. longis 

 carnosis. Labellum 4 mm. longum, lineari-oblongum, angustatum, obtusum, in 

 ventre carinatum. Filamentmn breve, lineare, planum, dentibus 2 prope antheram 

 I^ositis acuminatis. Anthera oblonga, appendice ovato obtuso hirto. Capsula 

 globosa, kermesina, rotundato-triquetra, basi plana, apice calyce coronata, 9 mm. 

 longa et lata, trilocularis, septis tenuibus. Semina copiosa, minuta, atra, arillo 

 parvo. 

 Camp III, 2500 to 3100 ft. 

 Stem, panicle and fruit crimson, flowers white. This beautiful plant is closely allied 



to Hellwigia pulchra, Warb., differing in the tubular bracts containing only two flowers, 



the glabrous calyx, very short corolla-tube, and the large hairy staminal appendage. 



Like that species, it has the remarkable staminodial teeth on the filament on each side 



of the anther. 



-J Alpinia (^ Hellwigia) rigida, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caulis validus, 1 cm. crassus. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptico-lanceolata, basi 

 cuneata, 40 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, petiolo 8 mm. longo ad basin alato, ligula oblonga 

 truncata lata Integra 5 mm. longa, vagina cancellata. Paidcitla valida, 30 cm. 

 longa, rhnchi angulata 5 mm. crassa costata pubescente, internodiis 2-4 cm. longis. 

 Spic(S sessiles, cylindricse, j^atentes, bifloroe (ima pedunculata, pedunculo 1 cm. 

 longo). Uractea tubulosa Integra 3*5 cm. lonsa, cuspide brevi e carina excurrente 

 et cum ore pubescente. Bracteolce similes minores. Flares 2, pedicellis liuearibus 

 planis molliter pubesceutibus. Ovarium oblougum, 5 mm. longum, sericeo, pubes- 

 ceus. Calyx 2 mm. longa, tubulosa, in uno latere fissa, coriacea, dentibus 3 liuearibus 



