420 SCITAMINEAE., 
ALPINIA. 
1. Alpinia carnea. 
Glabra, ligulis mediocribus. Fol. coriaceis oblongis, basi 
ovatis vel subcordatis acuminatis. 
Panicula terminali ovata ramis oppositis subbracteatis 
brevibus 3-5 floris, bracteis inconspicuis. 
Fiores in pedicelli albidos, apices articula parvi ascendentis, 
albi labello lilacino tincto. 
Ovar. ovatum glaberrum nitens. Cal. subinfundibulif., ad 
apicem ovarium construct, irregulariter 3-dentato subspa- 
thaceo. 
Per. exterior reflexi, Іасіпіе oblongze subzequales, (ob dis- 
positionem sepal. lacinear lateratum subbilabiatum est peri- 
anth.) laciniis emarginatis, postico concavo. 
Labellum oblique patente porrectum parvum oblongum, basi 
canaliculatum medium versus utrinque 1-dentata lobo centrali 
ad basin bilobum. 
Dens callosa, fucescens utrinque basis labell. 
Filam. planiusculum carneum, suberectum space between 
the anther cells and apex, occupied by a membranous fleshy 
expansion quite entire. 
Stylus apice infundibulif., stigma an open chink or orifice 
in its vertex. 
Ovarium 3-loculare, walls substantial cells of the size of 
the ovula, which are two in number in each, attached to the 
centre of the septa or placentz. 
Fructus non visus. 
The upper ovule has its foramen downwards, the lower one 
has it obliquely upwards, 
Stamen shortish white with the upper edge subdentate 
anteriorly entirely connate. 
This shews that in Alpinia there is по dependance to be 
placed or the connected integrity or division, and further, 
it shews that in Stenochasma and Achasma, the same may 
hold good 
