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.3cm. lata, rliachis gracilis erecta recta glabra, peclicellis ordinis I. iiiiuns quam 

 1 cm. longis laxe clispositis sparsissimc pubesceatibiis apice 3-4-tloi-iferis, perli- 

 cellis ordinis II. Imm. longis vel subnullis. Ovarium m-ceolatum l^mm. longum 

 l^mm. latum miuute hirsutum. Calyx cylindraceus 7mm. longus apice tenuiter 

 3-lobatus giabcr. Corolla? tubus 7mm. longus l^mm. latiis glaber, lobis 3 fere 

 conformibus 6 mm. longis 3 mra. latis margine interiore couvohitis patcntibus 

 apice cuculliforme concavis ; Libclhim oblongum S mm. longum 7 mra. hxtum 

 apice 2-lobatum, lobis triangulari-cuspidiforraibus 2 mm. longis basi 1 mm. latis 

 margine crenulatis, iu exsiccato iiavum medio 2-striato-maculatimi basi con- 

 tractum. Stamina 1, tilamento 5 mm. longo glabro basi utroq[ue latere discis 

 amiculiformibus instructo, anthera oblonga 3 mm. longa medio plicata stylum 

 amplectanti. Staminodia 2 liuearia 2 mm. longa J mm. lata apice acuta a tubo 

 corolLi? augido recto horizontaliter exteriore patcntia glabra ; glan(Uila3 sulx:y- 

 lindrica3 1 ^ mm. longie latere singulo fisso basin styli amplectantes. 



Hab. Formosa : loco non indicato. 



Xear Alpinia chinensis, but differs from it by the nuich broader leaves and 

 by the two lobecl lips ; also separable from the foUowing two species by the broa- 

 der petals and by the somewhat folded 3'ellowisli (in a diyed specimen) lips. 



Alpinia kelungensis Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 79-c). Caulis 1-2 m. altus, 

 Folia lanceolata 35 cm. longa 9 cm. lata apice subito acuminatissima basi acuta 

 margine haiid hirsuta utraque i)agine glabra, ligula oblonga 5 mm. longa ob- 

 tusissima utrarj^ue pagine glalira margiue hirsuta. Eacemi circ. 20 cm. longi | 

 cum floribus 5cm. lati laxe florati ; rhachis florifera gi-acilis recta medio 2 mm. 

 lata 20 cm. longa glabra erecta haud nutans, floribus laxiuscule clispositis, pedun- 

 culis (i.e. pedicellis ordinis I.) a se 1-lJcm. remotis glabris ascenclentibus 4- 

 5mm. longis alternis, (bracteis caducissimis vel eis ad basin pedunculoriun obsole- 

 tis,) apice brevissime denseque ramosis, ramis (i. e. pedicellis ordinis II.) parcis- 

 sime hirsutis vel subglabris apice florem singulum gerentibus 1-2 mra. longis j 

 cum flore articulatis. Flores basi 1-bracteati, bracteis oblongis 6 mm. longis j 

 4 mm. latis semi-hyalinis scariosis valde concavis alabastrum floris amplectanti- : 

 bus margine integi-is apice margine ciliatis. Flores suberecti. Calycis tubus vel j 

 ovarium cylindrico-giobosum subglabrum l^mm. longum 1 mm. latum, limbo | 

 late tubiformr 5 mm. longo 2imm. lato apice plus minus latiore utraque pagine 1 



