252 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.)  [Elettariopsis 
MALAY PENINSULA; Perak, Scortechins, 1947. 
Leaves usually solitary, erect; blade oblong-lanceolate, 23-3 ft., narrowed to 
the base; petiole much shorter. Spike 6 in.; lower internodes 3 in. ; bracts lau- 
ceolate. Calyx lin. Corolla-tube 23-3 in., cylindric, rather dilated towards the 
top; segments $ in. Lip 1 in., yellow, with two red streaks. 
2. E. Curtisii, Baker; spike decumbent, corolla-segments linear- 
oblong, tube very long. 
PENANG ; West hill, alt. 2500 ft., Curtis, 1578. . " 
Rootstock sheathed with imbricated obtu:e scale-leaves, Leaves solitary » erect} 
petiole } ft.; blade 8-9 by 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous. Spike 1i? n.i 
rachis very slender; bracts lanceolate, A in. Calyx } in, Corolla-tube 3 W. very 
slender; segments A in. Lip deflexed, twice as long as the corolla-segments. 
3. E. serpentina, Baker; spike decumbent secund, corolla-segments 
linear-oblong, tube twice as long as the calyx-limb. 
PrNANG, alt. 1000-1500 ft., King’s Collector. less 
Rhizome very slender, sheathed by oblong imbricated scale-leaves. Leave sole 
than 12 in. by 2 in., geminate, erect, lanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; H 
slender, 8-9 in. Spike 2-3 in., shortly peduncled ; bracts small, lanceolate, es 
branous. Calyx-tube j in. Corolla-tube 1 in.; segments half as long as the tube. 
Lip white, marked with red-brown and yellow in the centre. 
17. SCAPHOCHLAMYS, Baker. 
Rootstock wide-creeping, not tuberous. Stem 0. Leaves ez: 
oblong-lanceolate; petiole as long as the blade. Spike lax-fld.; brace 
several-fld., large, lingulate, persistent. Calyx oblique, spathaceow 
Corolla-tube slender, cylindrie, longer than the calyx; lip der 
cuneate, emarginate; filament short; anther-cells shghtly diverge a 
with a small petaloid-crest. Ovary 3-celled P; ovules few in a cell; $ y ; 
filiform ; stigma small, globose. Capsule subglobose, membranous. n : 
ovoid, with a large white aril cut down to the base into subulate proce" 
S. malaccana, Baker. rib 
Maracca; Mount Ophir, Cuming, Grigith (K. d. 5761), Maingay (Kew Distr? 
1579), Hullett. ancle 
Leaf-blade firm, glabrous, 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike of about 6 nodes; pede in 
short, slender ; bracts 1-1} in., green, lingulate, erecto-patent, obtuse. o der, 
the lower half. Calyx 3 in. Flowers white. Corolla-tube under 1 in., ê SH 
cylindric; segments shorter than the tube. Lip under 1 in.  Stamen po 
shorter than the lip. Capsule $ in., 3-seeded. 
18. ALPINIA, Linn. 
Rootstock horizontal. Leafy stem elongated. Leaves oblong 9 
ceolate. Panicle or raceme terminal (except in sp. 16-17); brac . 
sometimes enveloping the bud. Calyx laxly tubular, shortly 3-to0 
Corolla-tube cylindric, usually not longer than the calyx ; segment 
oblong or oblong, upper usually broader and more convex. , 
staminodes 0 or very small; lip patent, often orbicular with 1m c 
margins, sometimes with 2 subulate processes at the base of the arely 
filament flattened; anther-cells divergeut at the apex, furnished Wëlt 
with an orbicular crest. Ovary 3-celled, ovules few or many 1? P ual 
style tiliform ; stigma subglobose. Fruit globose, dry or fleshy, Y$ 
