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acl siimmum lincari-caiidata basi acuta margine integiu acl margiuem tonuiter 

 liirsuta supra glaLcrrima subtus subglabra vcl rarissime jiaucissime hirsuta, 

 petiolis i.c. j)i^i'tibus inter vaginam et laminam 1^-2 cm. longis. Flores race- 

 mosi ; rhachis racemi 20 cm. longa vix nutans dense strigoso-hirsuta, peclicellis 

 3 mm. longis dense tomeutosis; bracteis sub tlore singulis dilatato-sulicylincb-icis 

 3Jcm. lougis 17 mm. latis latere imo usque ad basin iissis apice 3-lobatis extus 

 deorsum liirsutis sursum glabris intus toto glabris alabastrum floris amplectau- 

 tibus. Ovarium globosum deuse longcque villosura, pilis patentissimis, cum 

 pilis 5 mm. latum totiusciue longum. Calyx obconico-cylindricus 22 mm. lougus 

 12 mm. latiis latere uno ab apice usque ad 12 mm. fissus extus hirsutus intus 

 glaber apice margine irregulariter denticulatus sub-ciliatus vel haud ciliatus. 

 Corollas tubus 8 mm. longus extus glaber intus dense villosus subcampanulatus 

 ad faucem 8 mm. latus, lobis 3 suberectis, postico latiore, lateralibus paullo 

 angustioribus 2icm. longis obovato-oblongis lcm. latis margine interiore cou- 

 volutis margine ciliolatis ajiice valde concavis rotimdatis glabris. Labellum 

 triangulari-ovatum S^cm. longum 3cm. latum apice obtusum tenuiter 2-lobatum 

 basi late cuneato-contractum glabrum medio striato-subcarinatum versus mar- 

 ginem racliatim striatum, striis coloratis interdum latiasculis. Staminodia ob- 

 soleta; glandulaj ad apicem ovarii sitre 2 semi-cubiformes glabiTC l^mm. longjv. 

 Stamen 1, filamento erecto recto vittreformi glabro 2^mm. lato, anthera 12 mm. 

 longa apiee 2-fida. Stylus filiformis glaber apice cupuliformis dilatatus, parti- 

 bus dilatatis extus hirsutis margiue ciliolatis. 



Hab. Hainan, leg. Z. K\.tsujlvda, 1910. 



Near A. hainanensis K. Schum.vnn (Ziugiberacea> iu Engler Pfl-reich 

 p. 335), biit differs from it liy tlie much broader leaves with quite obtuse 

 ligules, in the absence of terminal bracts. in the straight rhachis and in many 

 other points. 



Alpinia mesanthera Hayata sp. nov. Caulis 1 m.-2 m. altus. Ligula? 

 duaj margine interiore connata? apice rotuudata3 intus glabne extus hirsut;T3 

 margine longe barbato-hirsut;e. Lamina folii sessilis liueari-Ianceolata 60 cm. 

 longa 10 cm. lata apice acuminata basi abrupte cuneato-acuta margine integi-a 

 ad marginem deusissime sericeo-villosa utraciue pagine glabra. Kacemi 27 cm. 

 longi, (peduncidis 5-7 cm. longis hirsutis) ; rhachis 27 cm. longa erecta prtBser- 



