Alpinia.'] oxlix. soitamine/e. (J. G. Baker.) 257 



Peeak, alt. 2-3000 ft., King's Collector. — DiaxEiB. Java. 



Leaft/ stem 6-8 ft. Leaves above 1 ft., 2^-3 ia. broad, very scabrous. Paniele 

 1 ft., erect, with a few short spreading compound branches at the base ; branchlets 

 about 1 in., bearing several pedicelled waxy white flowers ; bracts minute. Calyx 

 J in. ; teeth minute. CoroJia-tube as long as the calyx ; segments oblong, i in. 

 Lip not longer than the corolla-segments. Anther -cells divaricate upwards, the 

 truncate connective scarcely overtopping them. Capsule globose, J in. diam. 



Subgen. IV. Geostachys, 5afcr. ^B^Ae?- not crested. 5k£?s enclosed 

 in large bracteoles. Spilce radical. 



16. A. ? decurvata^ Baker ; leaves lanceolate, racemes not secund. 

 Pbeak ; Larut, alt. 3-4000 ft.. King's Collector. 



Leafy stem 4r-5 ft. Leaves 12-15 by 1-lj in., narrowed to a petiole 1 in. long. 

 Racemes 6 in., lax, decnrved ; peduncle short, slender, erect, hidden by the large 

 imbricate green bract-leaves j pedicels deflexed, 4 in.; bracteoles IJ in., green, 

 oblong-navicular, acute, persistent. Ovary oblong, shortly peduncled within the 

 braeteole. Calyx ^ in., spathaceous. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; segments 

 linear-oblong, ^ in. Lip obovate, longer than the corolla-segments. " Flowers 

 bright yellow, tinged with red. Fruit glossy, dark red." 



17. A. ? secunda, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate, racemes secund. 



Perak, alt. 3-4flOO ft.. King's Collector, 8047. 



Nearly allied to A. ? decurvata, with which it entirely agrees in habit and in the 

 flower being enclosed in large persistent oblong-navicular green bracteoles. Leaves 

 6-8 by 2 in. ; petiole short. Raceme simple, lax-fld., secund, deflexed ; pedicels 

 cernuous, J in. ; bracteoles under 1 in. Calyx cyliudrie, spathaceous, 4 in. " Flower 

 light yellow. Fruit deep red." 



19. RKYNCHANTKTTS, 2^00^,/. 



Rootstoek tuberous ; fibres stout, hairy. Stem leafy. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate. Spike terminal. Galyx cylindric, minutely toothed. Corolla^ 

 tube long, subcylindric ; segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Lateral 

 stmninodes obsolete ; lip nearly obsolete ; filament long linear, margins 

 incurved, tip filiform ; anther-cells contiguous, not crested. Ovary 

 3-celled : ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma small, turbinate. 

 Capsule and seeds not seen. 



R. long'iflorus, Rook.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6861. 



Bttrma {Sort. Low). 



Rootdock ovoid, green, 1-14 in. diam. Leafy stem 1^2 ft. Leaves 6-8 by 

 1^2 in. Spike 4-6 in., sessile at the end of the stem ; bracts 2 to each flower, 

 linear, green, 1-1^ in., wrapped round the calyx-tube. CoroMa-tube I5-2 in. ; 

 segments 1 in. Stamen as long as the corolla-tube. 



20. CIiXXTOeYNE, Salisi. 



Bootstoek tuberous or sublignose. Stems leafy, copiously dichoto- 

 mously branched. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Panicle lax-fld. 

 terminal ; flowers in pairs ; bracts long, narrow, firm. Sepals short, free. 

 Petals narrow, connivent. Staminal tube cylindric; segments obovate, 

 petaloid, unequal; anther 1-celled, adnate to the margin of one 

 segment. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; style adnate below to the 

 staminal tube, above free, hooked ; stigma capitate. Fruit indehiscent, 

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