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April (L two or three together erect)

l. two or three together, erect from the rootstock, 4in. to 6in. long, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, green, with whitish stripes, pale green beneath; petioles 2in. to 4in. long, sheathing below. Lo-fan-Shan Mountains, China, 1883. (B.M. 6832.) A. zingiberina (Zingiber-like). fl. erect, 1in. long; calyx about 1/3in. long; lateral and dorsal lobes of the corolla pale green; lip white, veined crimson, broadly ovate, obtuse; panicle nearly erect, 10in. to 12in. long. July. l. 10in. to 12in. long, 3in. broad, oblanceolate-oblong, acute and abruptly cuspidate, glabrous. Stems 4ft. to 5ft. high. Rhizomes 1in. in diameter, resembling ginger. Siam, 1884. (B.M. 6944.)