21 



(1805) p. 2 ; EoGm. et Schnlt. Syst. Veg. I. (1817) p. 23 ; Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. I. (1825) p. 14. 



Gcdamja oninor Rumpb. 



Alaranta Galanga /3. Lam. Diet. Enc. metliod. II. (1790) p. 587. 



Nora. Jap. Ao-no-kumataheran (green-sheathed Alpinia). 



Icon. Iwasaki's Honzo-Dzufu, X. fol. 3 verso-4 recto. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : M. Ka.shiwa-zima {T. 3IaUno\ Sept. 1881, Oct. 

 29, ]885) ; Prov. Idzu : Mt. Higashi-yaraa in Isl. Hachidyo-zima (S. Okuho ! 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, May 12, 1887) ; Eyukyu : Kimcban in 

 Isl. Okinawa {J. Matsumura ! herb. ibid. April 1897) ; Prov. Musashi : 

 Tokyo, cult, from Amami Oshima (7'. Mahino\ August 19, 1895). 



Remarkable for having the slenderly linear lateral starainode-lobes 

 turned towards the stamens and horizontally placed beyond them. 



Alpinia (Autalpinia) boninsimensis Makino sp. nov. 



Like A. chinensis Rose, but peduncle simply or dichotoraously pediceled ; 

 pedicels about 8-10 mm. in length and 1-flowered ; the lip of the flower 

 shortly unguiculate, emarginate; lateral staminode-lobes erect, linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse ; fruit obovato-globose. 



Globha Hura Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. p. 271, non Roxb. ? 



Nom. Jap. SJmiia-Jcumatakeran (insular Alpinia). 



llab. Isl. Bonin (Herb.! Yoshiro Tanaka; Herb.! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, March 1879). 



This is perhaps the Bonin plant mentioned by Bentham in tlie ri^mark 

 to Alpinia chinensis in his Flora Hongkongensis, p. 349. Leaves similar 

 to the latter species. 



Alpinia (Autalpinia) japonica (Thunb.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. HI. (1867) p. 140, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 304 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. 

 PI. Jap. II. p. 20; Peters, in Engl, et Prantl Nat. Pflanzenf. II. 6", 

 p. 24. 



Glohba japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 23 ; Pers. Syn. PI. I. 

 (1805) p. 4 ; Willd. Sp. PI. I. (1797) p. 154 ; Reem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. 

 L (1817) p. 32; Spreng. Syst. Veg. L (1825) p. 15. 



San Dsioka, vulgo Jamma Mjoga Ivempf. Amoen. Exot. p. 827. 



Nom. Jap. Ilana-hiiidija (flowering Alpinia). 



