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Floral bracts tubular bilobed, lobes ovate triangular, 

 strongly ribbed pubescent, containing 5 flowers, inner 

 ones contained in similar but smaller bracteoles. Calyx 

 broad tubular 3 lobed, lobes ovate subobtuse, half an inch 

 long apparently red. Corolla tube hardly longer, lobes 

 broadly oblong keeled, upper one hooded yellow. Lip 

 rather longer cymbiform edge crisped and curled, fleshy 

 " veined with red brown below the throat." Stamen 

 rather short, filament broad linear, anther lobes thick 

 and fleshy unappendaged. Fruit capitulum very large, 

 six inches through. Capsule glabrous hairy an inch 

 long, crowned with the persistent calyx tube. 



Sarawak: Kuching (Hewitt). 



This fine plant is closely allied to Alpinia capitellata, 

 Jack, and A. javanica, Bl. but a very much larger plant. 



Zingiber longipedunculatum, n. sp. 



Stem stout. Leaves lanceolate acuminate caudate 

 narrowed to the base, widest about the middle, slightly 

 pubescent at the base otherwise glabrous 12 inches long 

 2 inches wide, ligule rounded ^ inch long pubescent, 

 sheath 4 inches long pubescent. Scape peduncle 12 

 inches long stout covered with oblong truncate sheaths 

 tubular at the base 2 inches long, about 5. Spike cylin- 

 dric acuminate, base not narrowed, 6 inches long 1 inch 

 through. Bracts ovate obtuse with a scarious edge, pu- 

 bescent, I inch long J inch wide. Corolla tube thick, 

 lobes lanceolate acuminate acute J inch long. Lip broad. 

 Stamen hardly longer than corolla. Anther thick, ap- 

 pendage, curved narrowed to a long point. Style stout, 

 stigma broad flattened triangular with long hairs on the 

 edge. 



Sarawak (J. Hewitt). 



Z. chryseum, n. sp. 



Steins tufted about 6 feet tall stout. Leaves oblong 

 lanceolate caudate dark green paler beneath glabrous, 



R. A. Soc, No. 50, 1908. 



