412 | SCITAMINEA. 
The genuine Alpiniz, have the labellum more or less ex- 
planatum, rarely embracing or supposite to the column, the 
base of the labellum is bicallous the anther deeply bilobed. 
The stigma occupies the apex of the style. 
The filament has several vascular fascicles, the anther 4 
or 3. 
Genuine Alpinia also appear to differ in the ovula which 
during inflorescence, have a very wide foramen, no arillus, and 
are of smallsize, some have definite ovula, the perianth is 
bilabiate, the coats short. 
ZINGIBER. 
I. Zingiber sp. Pl. CCCLI. 
Vaginis striatis compressis, fere ancipitibus, foliisque subtus 
pubescent.ligula membranacea integra tenuissima, petiolis 
basi carnosus brevis, lamina poo acuminata. 
capus rotundato-clav 
tus, ар » mucilagina aquosa 
repleta, bracteis omnino vestitis. 
Bractez inflorescent late rotundate concave, margines sub- 
incurve membrane pubescenti. 
Bracteola (e 2 connat.) membrana laxa mucilagine repleta. 
Flores solitarii mediocres ochroleuca calyx tenuissimis 
niembranaceis. 
Per. ext. lacin. subzqual. concavo-involute, acute pa- 
tente ascendent, 
Tubus curvatus infundibul. dract. 4 longior. 
Labellum 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus ascendentibus, oblongis, 
centrali bifido basi carnosa, gibbe anthere applicit. czeterum 
petaloid. venosum cito marcescens, marginibus quasi undulatis. 
ilam. liberum brevissimum. 
Anthera in labello decumbens rostro incurvo, stylus apis 
infundibuliforme margine hispido. 
Ovar. 3-loculare, ovula plura angulis centrali afixa, arillo 
hinc collo foraminigero perforat. 
