Kempferia.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 331 
short lanceolate; staminodes obovate, lip deeply cut into two obovate 
lobes, anther-crest ovate entire. Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5600; Horan. 
Prodr. 21. K. Roscoei, Wall. Cat. 6584. 
Burma, Wallich (not NEPAL, as stated by Horaninov). . 
Root-fibres many, fascicled, cylindric. Leaves 2, spreading flat on the. ground, 
obscurely ‘cuspidate, 4-5 in., firmer in texture than in K. Galanga, margins pale, 
obscurely crisped. Flowers few, in a sessile central tuft; bracts and calyx under 
lin. Coroila-tube 1-1} in. ; segments A in.; staminodes j in. long and nearly as 
broad; lobes of the lip similar in shape and size; crest of the anther small and not 
at all lobed.—Nearly allied to K. Galanga. 
9. K, parviflora, Wall. Cat. 6587; leaves subsessile ovate, corolla- 
segments short linear-oblong, staminodes narrow, lip lilac obovate-cuneate 
emarginate, anther-crest orbicular entire. 
BURMA ; banks of the River Attran, Wallich. 
Root-fibres slender. Leaves thin, ovate, 3-4 in. long, rounded at the base, plain 
Breen ; petiole short, channelled. Flowers few in a sessile central tuft 3 bracts 1 in., 
ceolate, green. Calyx not longer than the bract, Corolla-tube 14 in. ; segments 
greenish, } in., upper ascending, rather concave. Lip j by 4 in., subemarginate ; 
anther-crest obtuse, as broad as long.— The flower resembles that of a Gastrochilus, 
but the anther is crested. 
10. 3 involucrata, King mss.; leaves oblanceolate-oblong long- 
tioled erect, flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 
bracts, Corolla-segments ascending, staminodes rather longer than the 
corolla-segments, lip orbicular bifid twice as long as the corolla-segments, 
anther-crest orbicular entire. 
Diren HIMALAYA, Jaffray. Assam, Jenkins. 
Stemless. Petiole 5-6 in.; blade 6-7 by 14-2 in., green, membranous, nar- 
md gradually to the base. Peduncle 1-4 in.; outer bracts membranous, 13-2 in., 
ner small lanceolate. Corolla-tube l} in.; segments small, oblong, whitisb. 
y ow b H 3 , e? D . ng > 
ll X. Andersoni, Baker; leaves oblong acute shortly petioled 
flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 
mcts, staminodes small obovate lip orbicular emarginate, anther-crest 
orbicular entire, , 
Burma, T. Anderson (in Hort. Bot. Cale 
Petiole 1-2 in. ; blade 3-4 iu, Et arena, not mottled, narrowed to the base. 
smal] 3 bracts 11-2 in. Corolla-tube shorter than the bracts; segments 
V NS lip above 4 in, long and broad, pure white with a yellow spot at the 
USC Nearly allied to K. involucrata. 
See concinna, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate long-petioled 
than gag, spikes oblong shortly peduncled, corolla-tube rather longer 
the bract, flower white blotched with red, lip oblong margins incurved, 
s. rent small entire, 
oon p alt. 4-600 ft. King's Collector. 
petio] Diech Very slender. ‘Leaj-blade subcoriaceous, glabrous, 6-8 by 2 ni 
2 vender, 3-12 in, Spikes mauy-fld. ; bracts 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, reddish. 
tegmente H short. Corolla-tube very slender, gradually dilated to the throat ; 
ts oblong, 3 in.—Habit of K. pandurata. 
Sübgen II, p t produced 
i Ji Protanthium, Horan. Stemless. Leaves not pr 
til after the flowers, Spikes radical. Lip and anther-crest bifid. 
