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ALPINIA malaccensis. 
Petiolate Alpinia. 
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MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. CANNE. Jussieu gen. 62. 
SciraMInex. Brown prod. 305. 
ALPINIA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 141. 
A. malaccensis, foliis lanceolatis, petiolatis, subtis villosis: racemis termi- 
nalibus, simplicibus. Labello transversim latiore, obsoleté trilobo, lobis 
in tubum involuto-conniventibus. Roxb. in asiat. res. 11. 353. 
Alpinia malaccensis. Roscoe in trans. linn. soc. 8. 845. 
Alpinia petiolaris. Solander in sched. banks. et ad specimen in Horto hewensi 
Hloridum herbarioque banksiano repostum. 
Renealmia sumatrana. Donn cant. ed. 8. 2. 
Maranta malaccensis. Burm. ind. 2. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 14. 
_ Galanga malaccensis. Rumph. amb. 5. 176. t. 71. fig. 1. 
Daun Andong. Patjing. Malayensibus. 
Caules simplices, erecti, teretes, vaginis foliorum vestiti, superné villosi, 
5-8 pedes alti. Fol. alterna, petiolata, ovato-oblonga, elliptica, acuminata, 
integerrima, supra glabra, subtus villosa, 2-pedalia, predita nervis nume= 
rosissimis, tenuissimis, ad angulum acutum convergentibus. Petioli supra 
canaliculat?, palmares. Racemus terminalis, simplex, spiceformis, subcylin- 
draceus, multiflorus, pedalis. Pedicelli uniflori, breves, 2 v. 3 lineas longi, 
subequales, villost. Spatha infera, oblongo-ovata, ventricosa, glabra, nivea, 
unciam longa, bipartita: Laciniz ovate, acute: apicibus rubicundis. Peri- 
anthium superum, monophyllum, tubulosum, inferné gibbosum, glabrum, 
album, altitudine spathe, basin corolle arcté involvens, marcescenti-persistens, 
apice trifidum: Lacinie ovate, acuminate, apice rubicunde. Cor. exterior 
monopetala, albida, sesquiuncialis. 'Tubus cylindraceus, erectus, glaber, se~ 
muncialis. Limbus deflexus, 8-partitus: Lacinie oblonge, obtuse, extis 
villose, sericee: suprema reliquis pauld latior: cor. interior (labellum) 
pepnontytey longior extertore, bast in tubum contracta, fauci exterioris adnata, 
dein dilatata et tandem expansa in Laminam magnam, subrotundam, margine 
undulatam, apice in lobis 2 oblongis (4: lineas longis) productam surstim in- 
clinatam ; intis rubram punctis lineolisque interruptis he irroratam: extis 
lutescentem lineis paucis rubris ornatam. Fil. 1, tubo corolle interioris 
(labelli) sub lacinid superiore exterioris insertum, crassum, latiusculum, su 
perné pro anthera dilatatum, albidum, longitudine corolle. Anth. maxima, 
adnata, longitudinalitér bipartita, apice bifida, albida. Germ. inferum, 
globosum, villosum. Stylus jiliformis, tenuis, longitudine staminis, filamento 
adpressus, inter lobos anthere superné inclusus. Stigma capitatum, comprese 
sum, album. Caps. globosa, villosa, crassiuscula, 3-loc. (forté etiam 3-valv. ), 
Sem. nonnulla, subrotunda, angulata. Solander in sched. banks. sub 
ALPINIA petiolari. 
In Dr. Roxburgh’s opinion this is the most stately of all 
the scitamineous plants of India, not excepting the nutans 
