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ad summum lineari-caudata basi acuta margine integi-a ad marginem tenuiter 

 hirsuta supra glaberrima subtus subglabra vel rarissime paucissime hirsuta, 

 petiolis i.e. partibus inter vaginara et laminam l|-2 cm. longis. Flores race- 

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

 3mm. longis dense tomentosis; bracteis sub flore singulis dilatato-subcylindricis 

 3^ cm. longis 17mm. latis latere uno usque ad basin fissis apice 3-lobatis extus 

 deorsum hirsutis sursum glabris intus toto glabris alabastrum floris aniplectan- 

 tibus. Ovarium globosum dense longeque villosum, pilis patentissimis, cum 

 pil is 5 mm. latum totiusque longuni. Calyx obconico-cylindricus 22 mm. longus 

 12 mm. latus latere uno ab apice usque ad 12 mm. fissus extus liirsutus intus 

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

 Corolla) tubus 8 mm. longus extus glaber intus dense villosus subcampanulatus 

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

 angustioribus 2J cm. longis obova to-oblong is 1cm. latis margine interiore con- 

 volutis margine ciliolatis apice valde concavis rotundatis glabris. Labellum 

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

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

 ginem radiatim striatum, striis coloratis interdum latiusculis. Staminodia ob- 

 soleta; glandula? ad apicem ovarii sitse 2 semi-cubiformes glabra? l^mm. longa?. 

 Stamen 1, filamento erecto recto vitteeformi glabro 2imm. la to, anthera 12mm. 

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

 bus dilatatis extus hirsutis margine ciliolatis. 



HAB. Hainan, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, 1910. 



Near A. liainanensis K. SCHUMANN (Zingiberaceas in ENGLER Pfl-reich 

 p. 335), but differs from it by the much broader leaves with quite obtuse 

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

 other points. 



Alpinia mesanthera HAY ATA sp. nov. Caulis 1 m.-2 m. altus. Ligulee 

 duas margine interiore connata3 apice rotundata? intus glabra? extus hirsuta? 

 margine longe barbato-hirsutfe. Lamina folii sessilis lineari-lanceolata 60cm. 

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

 ad marginem deusissime sericeo-villosa utraque pagine glabra. Eacemi 27cm. 

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



