222 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) [ Kampfería. 
13. X. rotunda, Linn. Sp. 3; leaves oblong erect petioled, corolla. 
segments long linear, staminodes oblong acute white, lip lilac or reddisa 
deeply cut into two suborbicular lobes, anther-crest deeply bifid. Roxb. " 
Asiat. Res. xi. 327 ; Hort. Beng.1; Fl: Ind.i.16; Rose. Scit. Pl. t. 97; Bot. 
Mag. t. 920 and 6054; Wight Ic. t. 2029; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 208; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl., Suppl. 86; "Tim, Enum. 316. K. longa, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenb. t. 817; Red. Lil. t. 49. K. versicolor, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. 
Soe. i. 286.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 9. 
Throughout INDIA from the HrMALAYAS to CEYLON and the MALAY PENINSULA, 
often cultivated.— DISTRIB. Malay Islands. . 
Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres many, very thick. Leaves erect, petiole short 
channelled; blade 12 by 3-4 in., usually variegated with darker and lighter green 
above and tinged purple beneath. Spikes 4-6-fd., produced in March and April 
before the leaves; bracts oblong, acute, outer short, the inner 2-3 in. long. Calyz 
nearly as long as the corolla-tube, minutely toothed, slit down one side. Corolla- 
tube 2-3 in., segments spreading, nearly as long as the tube. Staminodes 11-2in.; 
lip rather shorter, reflexed, 2-lobed to below the middle lobes 3-1 in. broad, deeply 
tinged with lilac or red-purple ; anther-crest cut half way down into two lanceolate 
lobes, with often a small tooth between them. 
14. K. candida, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i. A7, t. 56; Cat. 6585; 
flowers white, corolla-segments lauceolate, staminodes obovate obtuse, lip 
orbicular-cuneate shallowly bifid, anther-crest bifid. 
Burma, Wallich, &c ; Shan Hills, 3000 ft., Collett. 
Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres slender, with large tubers at the end. Leates 
not known. Spikes 6-8-fld.; bracts broader than in K. rotunda, inner 2-3 in. long. 
Calyx 1 in., minutely toothed. — Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; segments 
1 in. or less; staminodes 1} by 1 in., erect, pure white; lip reflexed, 1j in. long 
and broad, tinged yellow in the centre; anther-crest much smaller than in ^. 
rotunda. 
Subgen. III. Monolophus, Wall. (gen). Leafy stem usually pro 
duced. Leaves contemporary with the flowers. Spikes terminal on thé 
leafy stem. Lip bifid or entire. Anther-crest entire. 
15. X. siphonantha, King mss.; leafy stem none, leaves oblong 
oblique at the base, petiole longer than the blade, flower lilac, staminodes 
oblong, lip broad deeply bifid. 
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, King’s Collector. d 
Annual, stemless ; root-fibres slender. Leaves 3 in a tuft; petiole 6 in. ; tet 
4-5 in., oblong, acute, membranous, glabrous, base unequal-sided, sides rounded. 
Flowers solitary at the end of a long very slender spike; bracts few, narrow, mem- 
branous, Corolla-tube much exserted from the upper bract ; segments 4 in., oblong: 
lanceolate, greenish. 
16. K. elegans, Wall. Cat. 6593; leafy stem short or none, leaves 
oblong, petiole rather shorter than the blade, flowers bright lilac, stam» 
nodes obovate-cuneate, lip cut nearly to the base into two obovate lobes- 
K. Crawfurdii, Wall. ined. Monolophus elegans, Wall. Pl, Asiat. Rar. } 
24, t. 27; Horan. Prodr. 22, 7 
PEGv, MARTABAN, Tavoy, and TENASSERIM. . 
Annual, root-fibres slender. Leaves 2-4 to a tuft, 5-6 by 2-3 in., acute, thit, 
green above, much paler beneath, base rounded; petiole channelled, nearly as ong 
as the blade. Cluster of flowers shortly peduncled; outer bracts 2 in., oblong 
lanceolate, green. Calyx about 1 in. Corolla-tube slender, twice as long 8$ 
