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Ilhachis valid A. sp. aff. afficinarum. 



4. Bracteoles present A. Shimadai. 



Bracteoles none A. buisanensis. 



5. Calyx cylindrical A. japonica. 



Calyx obliquely campanulate A . Kaiualcamii. 



Alpinia Pricei HAYATA sp. nor. Canlis circ. 1 in. longus. Folia lineari- 

 lanceolata circ. 30 cm. longa 23 ram. lata apice acuminatissima basi attenuata 

 utraque pagine glabra, ligula oblonga apice obtusa margine dense barbata. 

 Eacemi circ. 10 cm. longi ; rhachis pubescens laxiuscule florata, pedicellis bre- 

 vissimis 2 mm. longis hirsutis. Ovarium inferius globosum villosum 1 \ mm. 

 longum totiusque latum. Calyx campanulato-tubulosus 1 cm. longus 6 mm. latus 

 latere singulo fissus extus hirsutus intus glaber. Corollas tubus cainpanulato- 

 tubiformis 6 mm. longus apice 4 mm. latus extus glaber intus hirsutus, lobis 3, 

 lobo postico obovato 2 cm. longo 1 cm. lato subglabro margine ciliolato, lobis 

 lateralibus paullo angustioribus margine ciliolatis haud convolutis planis. La- 

 bellum obovato-rotundatum 2cm. longum totiusque latum secus medium plica- 

 turn apice rotunda turn brevissime 2-lobulatum margine crenulatum basi cuneato- 

 contractum niedio sursum minute tuberculatum. Stamen 1, filamentis validiu- 

 sculis 12 mm. longis glabris 1 \ mm. latis complanatis rectis, anthera erecta 

 recta 7 mm. longa secus medium plicata. Staminodia obsoleta ; stylo filiformi 

 sursum hirsute apice dilatato ciliolato. Glandula? 2 apice ovarii sitse l^nim. 

 Ionga3 semiteretes 1 mm. latas. 



HAB. Koarong, ad 2000 ped. alt., leg. W. K, PKICE, 1912, (flores albo-mbri). 



Alpinia sp. nov. 



Alpinia officinarum HAYATA in. MATSUM. et HAYATXV Enum. PI. Forrnos. 

 p. 424, (non HAKCE). 



This Alpinia is most closely allied to A. officinarum from which it dif- 

 fers in having very much shorter ligules. Very probably a species not yet 

 described. 



Alpinia Shimadai HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis 1-2 m. altus. Folia lineari- 

 lanceolata 25-70 cm. longa 4-10 cm. lata apice breve acuminata basi attenuata 

 ad marginem hirsuta, ligula oblonga margine hirsuta. Spica late cylindrica 

 12-15 cm. longa cum floribus 5 cm. lata apice obtusa densissime florata ascen- 



