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Panicula terminali nutante purpurascens coarctata. 
Bracteis communibus 3-4 scariosis scaphifor mibus, throw 
back on the upper side or sursum secundis partialibus (race- 
morum) oblongis concavis. 
Racemi apice pluriflori, congestum, flores subsecundi, quis- 
que cinctus bractea circulari involuerant. interdum alba, pe- 
taloidea. 
Flores ampli, 
Cal. pressione angulat. ore subtruneatis. Рег. exter. folia 
deo-carnos. laciniis lateralibus minoribus omnibus cucullatis 
cuculis posticis interdum calcaratis. 
Labellum calceolare cucullatum integrum marginibus te- 
nuiter fimbriato denticulato albis, czeterum aureum, venis 
fundo sanguineis processubus lateralibus dentiformibus san- 
guineis obsoletis ? 
Stamen pubescent velutin, Anth. profunde biloba, simplex. 
Staminoid discreta. Stylo basin involvent. 
Fructibus ovato-rotundatis size of a gooseberry, calyce co- 
riaceo scarioso subsiccis, velutino pubescent. 
Loculis (siccatato) decendentibus in corpis libera trisulca- 
tum membrana alba vestita. 
Semen cuique loculo 00. 
Has. Malacca at Ayer Punnus, near Rhim. 
A very distinct species. Not distant from Alpinia nutans. 
Caule folioso florigero, (alto) foliis subtus velutinis tactu 
mollibus panicula coarctata, nutante subsecunda. Bracteis 
generalibus magnis scaphiformis ultimis petaloideis flores 
involucratantibus, anthera pubescente, labello indiviso coch- 
leariform. 
5. Alpinia viridiflora Gr. Pl. CCCLIII. 
Species ampla, 6-pedalis, foliis sesquipedalibus carinatis, 
deorsum arcuatis, leviter subrepandis. The usual liguliform 
process being present. 
Panicula thyrsoidea ampla erminalis erecta. 
