SCITAMlNEiE. 12:} 



suball)um medio rubrum. Stamen : flMmenti pavte libenx 6-7 mm. lt)nga com- 

 pLiuatci brevissime Lirsuta ; antliera linearis 11 mm. longa 4 mm. lata apice 

 2-lobata ; stjlus 21 cm. longus glal)er, stigmate infundibuliformi liirsuto. 

 Spica fructifera 25 cm. longa, fructibus globosis 13 mm. longi--. tenniter liirsutis, 

 semiuilnis tetrahedriformibus 3i mm. longis. 



Hab. Inter Raliao et Tonroku, leg. B. H.\.yata, Mai. 191(5. 



Near Alphiia macrocephala H.VY. ; but separal)le from it in total al)seuco 

 of bracts iu tlie fruitiug spikes ; also near A. denscsjyicata, but differs from 

 it in the cpiite smooth (not costulato) fruits. 



NoTE : riant 1-2 in. tall ; bracts and sepals pink or white ; fruits:orange- 

 sciirlet. 



Alpinia Shimadai Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. Y. p. 219. -... Descriptio 

 aucta : — Spica fructifera circ. 10 cm. longa 3-4 cm. lata, fructibusf ;globosis 

 13 mm. in diametro minute hirsutis plus miuus costulatis ; calycibus; persis- 

 tentibus, bracteis evanescentibus. 



H.A.B. Chikusliizan ; Nauko, Dainan-6, Soseik^^aku, Shakko. 



Alpinia speciosa K. Schumaxn; Hayata Ic. Pi. Formos. ^'. p. 227; 

 Gen. Ind. p. 82. 



H.U). Shokei, Busegan, Seisui, leg. B. Hayata, Mai. 1917. 



NoTE : Plant 2-3 in. tall ; spikes somewhat uodding ; li[) yellow at tho' 

 margiu, red towards the center. 



Alpinia suishaensis H-vyata sp. nov. 



Alpinia sp. Hay.a.ta Ic. Pl. Formos. V. i3. 217. 



Hab. Suisha, Holisha, Mu.slia. 



Differs froni A. helimgensis, m. tho much naiTowor leaves and in tho 

 labellum A\ith two lobes at the aj^ex. 



NoTE : Fruits scarlet-red ; rnuch smaller tban thoso of A. kelurigensis. 



Alpinia tonrokuensis H.vya'J'a sp. nov. Cauhs 2-3 m. altus. Folia 

 sui)oriora subsessilia, ligulis 2-lol)atLS 8 nnn. longis extus villosis intus glabris 

 obtusis, laminis lanceolatis 55 cm. longis 10 cm. Lxtis aj^ice subito acuminatis 

 ad caudani hnearem 2 cm. longam 2 mm. hitam abeuntibus niargine integem- 

 mis ad rnarginem hirsutis utraque pagine glabris basi acutis. Spicfe erecta3 

 cylindrica? dense floriferfe 20-25 cm. longse, floril)Us fere sessilibus ; rhachis. 



