424 SCITAMINE. 
Racemis paucifloris, floribus secundis ascendentibus, odora- 
tis quoque l-bracteato, bractea alba carinata, cito sphacelata , 
Alabastra perianth saturate viridia. Pedicelli $_uncialis. 
Calyx albus subcylindraceus interne breite spathaceim 
fissus, externe 3-dentatus. 
Corollz tubus calycem paullo excedens, lacinia postica di- 
rectione fere calyces vel ascendens spathulato-concavum, 
apice cochleatum, laterales oblique reflexze obtuse planiuscule 
vel marginibus involutis. 
Labellum unguiculatum, lamina biloba, lobis suberectis 
margine denticulatis, album, venulis sspe irregulariter, li- 
lacinis, ad basin glandule duz oblique sausage-shaped, rubra. 
Filam, angustum simplex, apice subgeniculato ezeterum di- 
rectione petala postico, connectivum emarginatum. 
tylus filamento applicitus sursum circumvolate connectivo 
loculisque antherz, apicem clavato-capitatum. 
tigma terminali, margine pilis ciliatum. 
Ovarium 3-loculare, septis medio ovuligeris, ovula 2 cuique 
loculo, altero ascendent, altero descendente. 
Ceter. non dum visa. 
Has. Malacca. 
The placentation is the same as in A. elatior. Jack with this 
exception that the central lobes of the transverse section 
of the placenta do meet in the axis, 
It belongs to the same squad as a Allughus, and Conchi- 
gera, with which the ovula agree very strikingly. It is per- 
haps А, galanga ?. 
1. Sepals. 
2. Corol. : 
3. Outer lamina petaloid. Alternation of parts legiti- 
mate. 
4. Stamina. 
6. Alpinia conchigera Gr. Pl. CCCLIV. 
Ovarium ovato-globosum, triloculare loculis 2 ovulatis. 
Calyx ose a tubulatus ore rotundatum 
subtrilobo ob 
