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SCITAMINE^E. 



3cm. lata, rhachis gracilis erecta recta glabra, pedicellis ordinis I. minus quam 

 1 cm. longis laxe dispositis sparsissime pnbescentibus apice 3-4-floriferis, pedi- 

 cellis ordinis II. 1 mm. longis vel subnullis. Ovarium urceolatum l^mm. longum 

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

 3-lobatus glaber. Corolla? tubus 7mm. longus IJmm. latus glaber, lobis 3 fere 

 conformibus 6 mm. longis 3 mm. latis margine interiore convolutis patentibus 

 apice cuculliforme concavis ; labellum oblongum 8 mm. longum 7 mm. latum 

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

 margine crenulatis, in exsiccato flavivrn medio 2-striato-maculatum basi con- 

 tractum. Stamina 1, filamento 5 mm. longo glabro basi utroque latere discis 

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

 amplectanti. Staminodia 2 linearia 2 mm. longa ^ mm. lata apice acuta a tubo 

 corolla? arigulo recto horizontaliter exteriore paten tia glabra ; glandula? subcy- 

 lindricoe 1 J mm. longa? latere singulo fisso basin styli amplectantes. 



HAB. Formosa : loco non indicato. 



Near Alpinia cliinensis, but differs from it by the much broader leaves and 

 by the two lobed lips ; also separable from the following two species by the broa- 

 der petals and by the somewhat folded yellowish (in a dryed specimen) lips. 



Alpinia kelungensis HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 79-c). Caulis l-2m. altus, 

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

 margine haud hirsuta utraque pagine glabra, ligula oblonga 5 mm. longa ob- 

 tusissima utraque pagine glabra margine hirsuta. Racemi circ. 20cm. longi 

 cum floribus 5cm. lati laxe florati ; rhachis florifera gracilis recta medio 2mm. 

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

 culis (i.e. pedicellis ordinis I.) a se 1-l^cm. remotis glabris ascendentibus 4- 

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

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

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

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

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

 bus margine integris apice margine ciliatis. Flores suberecti. Calycis tubus vel 

 ovarium cylindrico-globosum subglabrum 1 mrn. longum 1 mm. latum, limbo 

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



