136 Zingiberaceae C.Rch. — Cannaceae Agrdh. 



foliis undulatis, filiformi acuminatis, bracteis subreflexis 2 — 4-floris, 

 labio filamento breviore, laciniis limbi acutis linearibus, vaginis haud 

 viridibus glaberrimis, lingula brevi. 



Descrpt. Caulis erectas, 2,5 — 3,5 ped. altus coin- 

 pressiusculus ; vaginae virides glabrae ; lingula longissima 

 1,0 — 1,3 poU. longa, obtusa, emarcida in vaginam decurrens; 

 folia superiora maxima, elliptico- aut ovato-lanceolata, mar- 

 gine revoluta, nunc ad nervum medium usque supra viridia 

 glaberrima, subtus glaucescentia , villoso-pubescentia ; spica 

 racemosa vix e vaginis foliorum summorum exserta bracteata ; 

 bracteae patentes glaberrimaesvirides obtusiusculae, subciliatae, 

 3 — 4-iloraej bracteolae angustiores ; calycis limbus glaberri- 

 mus nitidus vaginans, tubum coroUae dimidium vix aequans ; 

 corollae fragrantis tubus 3 poll. longus et ultra, leviter apice 

 antrorsum curvatus albido-flavescens ; limbus externus,3-parti- 

 tus; laciniae lineares reflexae, convolutae flavescentes ; interni 

 3-partiti fragrantis laciniae laterales spatliulato-oblongae, ob- 

 tusae nunc subemarginatae, candidae basi flavescentes ; labium 

 unguiculatum subrotundum, bifidum, e sinu ad basin croceo- 

 flavescens, caeterum candidum; stamen 1, filamcntum labium 

 subaequans aut vix superans, latum apice attenuatum, an- 

 thera articulatim inserta aurantiaca ; stigma in stylo filiformi 

 tenuissimo viride infundibuliforme, ad apicem antherae pro- 

 minulum. — Nom. sund, ac mal. totius generis Gandasoli. 



82. ALPINIA CERNUA Bot. Reg. 



Char, Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 1632. Msn. Gen. 388. Comm. 291. 14. 

 Char. Spec. cf. Dtr. I. 45. 18. Hsskl. Dec. 1. 



Descrpt. Caules erecti 8 — 10 ped. longi compressius- 

 culi ; vaginae virides glabrae ; lingula magna viridis, rubro- 

 puberula, rubro - marginata ; folia bifaria, breviter petiolata, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, viridia glabra, subpergamacea, basi inae- 

 qualia in petiolum decurrentia, apice acuminata contorsa, 

 margine membranacea, ciliato-scabra ; panicula racemosa cer- 

 nua , spathata ; spatha longe lanceolata , acuminata , dein 

 marcescens persistens, convoluta subcoriacea; pedu7iculus 

 basi erectus, apice cernuus, ruber articulatus, ad articulos 



