ALPINIA. 425 
Cor. tubus calyce paullo excedens, obconicus. Per. ex- 
terius 3-partitum, laciniis subsimilibus postico oblongo plani- 
* usculo reflexo vel patent. lateralia cordata Saccato-concava, 
sublabellum porrect. membranaceo viridia. 
Labellum trilobum carnosum, lobis lateralibus dentiformi- 
bus, centrale cochleat. margine denticulatis, the floor with 
transverse fleshy rugæ, of which the two hindmost ones where 
the style passes down are large and tooth-shaped. 
Color. ochroleucus lobis lateral. intus chiefly blood colour- 
ed, rugis fundi sanguineo-punctulatis, lineis ejusdem. The 
colour is well pronounced chiefly along the vessels of the 
lamina, margo precipue apices purpureo-sanguineo. Filam 
ex appendiculato arcuata, connectivo crasso apice í— оё 
lis linearibus pollina albo. 
Stylus secus filamentum ascendens, stigma paullo exsertim 
flattened, funnel-shaped, stam. sterilia 2, glanduliformia, ovula 
2 cuique loculo, supero ascendente, infero descendente, arilla 
annuliformia ? 
Has. Malacca. 
7. Alpinia elatior. Jack mal. mise. 2, no. VII. 
Spica globoso-conica, longe pedunculata, pedunculo ro- 
busto cauliformi foliaceo bracteato. 
Bractee capites inflorescentie numerosissime elongato- 
lanceolate vel lineari-lanceolatze exterior majores reflex vel 
patentes, interior connivent. colorus pulchre rosaceus, albo- 
marginatus. 
Flores numeros. singulus sessiles in axilla bractes 14 
unciales vix ultra bracteas inserti, subcylindracei deorsum ar- 
cuatim. : 
Cal. exterior tubo mediocri spathacei fissus membrana- 
ceus, ovario non adnatus. Interior longitudinis fere corolle, 
postica fissurus spathaceas, apice læte coccineo-roseas, antica 
bidentatus. 
Per. exterioris laciniis lineares apice concavo-carinate 
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