ALPINIA PENNICELLATA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. II. SCITAMINER. 
Gen. Cuar.—Anther double, embracing the style; filament erect, simple, not extending beyond the anther ; 
inner limb of corolla unilabiate. 
Srec. Cuar.—Filament short, ovate; leaves lanceolate, strongly nerved; lip tubular, expanding into a broad, 
circular, undulate margin, bright yellow, with crimson streaks. 
Syv.—Alpinia pennicellata. Roscoe, in Linn. Trans. xi. 280. 
Alpinia pennicellata. Smith, in Rees’ Cyclop. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem strong, erect, rufescent towards the base; leaves lanceolate, ineequilateral, strongly nerved, on short 
sheathing petioles; flowers in a terminal spike, bursting from the floral bracte, in loose depending panicles; 
calyx superior, in three leaves, white, tinged with green at the base and pink at the apex; outer limb 
of the corolla in three oblong, ovate sections, white, terminating in pink; inner limb of one petal, tubular, 
involute, but expanding towards the margin into a circular lip, regularly waved at the edge, and beautifully 
painted with equal crimson streaks diverging from the centre; filament very short, scarcely half the length of 
the lip, ovate at the apex, white; stigma projecting a little beyond the filament. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Discovered amongst a series of Chinese drawings in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, 
at Knowsley. From the calyx, the exterior segments of the corolla, and the splendidly coloured lip, we have 
no hesitation in deciding on its genus. Independent of the additions thus made to this beautiful tribe, we 
have been induced to give these figures in the present work, because we conceive they have been drawn 
from the living plants, and entertain some hopes that their beauty may induce those who may have an 
opportunity of investigating their ative. regions, to add to” our’ presentistores @byintroducio oi Deano ie 
country. 
