1902.] 



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pedicels about 8-10 mm. in lengtli and 1-flowered ; the lip of tlie flower 

 shortly unguiculate, emargiiiate; lateral staniinode-lobes erect, linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse ; fruit obovato-globose. 



Glohba Hura Hook, et Arn. Bot. Bcechey's Voy. p. 271, non R-xb. ? 



Norn. Jap. Sklvia-haviatahcran (insular Alpinia). 



Hah. IsL. BoNiN (Herb.! Yosldro TanaJca; Herb.! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tukyo, I\Iarch 1879). 



This is perhaps the Bonin plant niculioned by Bentham in the remark 

 to Alpinia chrnensis in his Flora Hongkongensis, p. 349. Leaves similar 

 to the latter species. 



ff 



Alpinia (Autalpinia) japonica (Thunb.) Miq. Ann. Mas. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. III. (1867) p. 140, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 304; Franch. et Sav. Enum. 

 PI. Jap. II. p. 20; Peters, in Engl, et Prantl Nat. Pflanzenf. II. 6, 



p. 24. 



Glohba Japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 23 ; Pers. Syn. PI. I. 

 (1805) p. 4; Willd. Sp. PI. I. (1797) p. 154; Pvclmu. et Schnlt. Syst. Veg. 

 I. (1817) p. 32; Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. (1825) p. 15. 



San Dsiolca, vulgo Jamma Mjoga Ivcmpf. Amoen. Exot. p. 827. 



Norn. Jap. Hana-myo'ja (flowering Alpinia). 



Icon. Iwasaki's Honzo-Uzufu X. fol. 4 verso-5 recto ; linuraa's Somoku- 

 Dzusetzu I. fol. 11 recto. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa: Kamibun {T. Moldno\ Dec. 1891), Ohira {T. Mahino\ 

 Nov. 1892), Ochi {T. Maldno\ May 1889, June 1893); Prov. Hizen : 

 Suwayaraa in Nagasaki (T. IkUyanvil herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 May 16, 1879); Prov. Satsuma : Hhiroyama' (7*. Uchiyamal herb. ibid. 

 May 22, 1879) ; Prov. Kn (Herb. ! ibid. July 29, 1885), Hongu (J. Matsu- 

 mura and S. Okuho\ herb. ibid. July 29, 1883); Prov. AwA (BosnC) : Mt. 

 Kiyosumi (^. Okuhol herb. ibid. June 13, 1882). 



Analytical Kev to Jai'ANEse Speciks of Alpinia 

 (exclusive of a. Galanga Sw., A. formosana 

 K. Sch. AND A. intermidia Gagn.). 



II>euvcs puljescent on botli surfaces A. jaiMnka Mh[. 



I Leaves glabrous on both surfaces -. 



cy I Leaves densely ciliated on the upper margin ;5. 



^Leaves quite glabrous on the margin 4. 



(Panicle cernuous with pubescent rachis -A. sjiccitsa K. Sch. 



VPanicle erect, with glabrous rachis A. Kumalakc Makino. 



