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ZINGIBERACEAE. 
Amomum sp. Fig. 21. 
Legit W. M. Docrers van Leguwen, Gedé near Tjibodas. 
The large lip is divided into two lobes of 1.5 cm. At the 
front of the lip a distinct rudiment of a stamen is visible, 1.e. 
the ordinarily vanished undeveloped episepalous stamen. As is 
well known the said stamen is normally represented by a 
vascular bundle in the lip to reappear in optima forma in the 
-metaschematic flower of Alpinia '). 
MUSACEHAE. 
Musa glauca Roxb. = M. gigantea O. K. 
Legit C. A. Backer, Kangean, March 1919. 
As is well known the perianth of Musa shows 3 sepals and 
3 petals of distinctly different character. The front sepal is termed 
carinatum, of the petals the unpaired one is as a rule absent. 
Although the front sepal differs from the two other ones the 
flower may be said to be perfectly symmetrical. 
The six flowers collected by Mr. Backer are all regular pelories, 
for both sepals and petals are — compared between them — 
of the same shape. Of the six flowers at our disposal only one, 
however, shows the normally wanting stamen, and in two of them 
it is the front sepal which in width surpasses the two other ones. 
The remarkable pelories may be considered as nearer represent- 
atives of the original structure of the flower in this family. 
Musa sp. 
Culta in pagis javanicis. : 
Legit W. J. Worrrinz and J. Botpinen, January 1920. 
In the year 1909*) we drew attention to a inflorescence of 
M. Sapientium which 1° was very lengthened and rich in fruit 
2" had grown out in a disproportionate way. This time we have 
another specimen of 7.9 d.m. at hand. The fallen bracts render 
its examination very easy: on the eldest node we see three 
1) This publication, Vol. XIV, p. 95. 
2) This publication, Vol. VIII, p. 41. 
