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ALPINIA, 491 
That these Alpinize are of a distinct type, I have no doubt, 
their habit is very different, the flowers are articulated on the 
pedicels, the calyx and indeed the whole flower is shortened, 
the labellum is not supposite subfilament, the perianth is pa- 
tent, and above all, the ovula are definite. 
To this head will belong, A. cochlearis, Allughas and Ga- 
langa. 
To a second, A. nutans, Malaccensis, altera Ophirensis. 
2. Alpinia cristata Gr. 
Caulibus foliosis florigeris, 3-5 pedalis. 
Panicula pubescens terminali erecta conica, fl. inferioris 
racemosis, superioris solitariis, basi bracteis 3-5, lanceolato- 
oblongis ascendentibus, quarum longioris panicula 4 brevior 
stipata. 
Racemis 2-3 floris, basi bractea oblonga suffult. accedit, 
bractea involucrata connata, ore truncato, pedicellos recon- 
dent, si flores 2, adsunt pedicellus unius nudus, secunda brac- 
teola involucrant. pedicello brevior. 
Ovar. dense pubescens, calyx subcylindraceus venosus, ore 
late 3-dentato. 
Tubus per. Corolle gracilis calycem paullo excedens. 
Per. exter. c sepalis 3-tiis erectiusculis, laterali obovato-ob- 
longis, postico latiore, apice cucullato calcarato. 
Labellum cucullatum cochleariform. fere conduplicat. ra- 
tione floris amplissimo, margine dentato basi processubus 2 
dentiformibus. ‘Color. aureum sanguineo-venosum process. 
laterali sanguinea. 
Filam. aureum deorsum curvat. anth. pubescens, margo su- 
perus cristat. utrinque dentatus stigmatis margine denticulato 
setoso, staminoid brevia robusta discreta. ovarium triloculare 
the placentze just meeting in the axis, ovulis pluribus. 
Fol. oblique subdistichis 1-2 repandis, subtus mollibus, 
venis 2, basi exceptis indistinctis. 
Has. Malacca. In sylvis densissima humida inter Asuhum 
et Gummy. 
