Alpinia.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 253 
indehiscent. Seeds globose or angled by pressure.—Species 30, in the 
Tropies of the Old World. 
, Sect. I. Bthanium, Horan. Anther not crested. Bud not enclosed 
in large bracteoles. Panicle terminal.—(Sp. 1-9.). 
l. A. conchigera, Grif. Notul. ii. 424; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 354; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow, flowers 
small, corolla-segments oblong greenish, lip orbicular yellowish with red 
lines and dots with two smull teeth at the base. A. Galanga, Wall. Cat. 
6572 E, F. Strobidia conchigera, Kuntze inedit. 
CmirTAGONG and the Malay Peninsula to MALACCA.—DisTRIB. Siam, Cam- 
a, 
Leafy stem 8-4 ft. Leaves 1-1 ft. by 2-3 in. Panicle 6-9 in. ; rachis pubescent ; 
ower branch often elongate, the others short ascending ; bracts small, brown, 
‘aniose, ovate. Calyx 3-2 in. ; mouth oblique, obscurely 3-dentate. Corolla-tube 
warely longer than the calyx; segments 4 in. Lip with incurved margins, not 
onger than the corolla-segments, not clawed. Ovules 2 in each cell.—I do not 
"gard Strobidia as generically distinct from Alpinia. 
2. A. Manii, King MSS. (under Strobidia) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow subracemose, flowers small, corolla- 
*gments oblong, lip narrow cuneate. 
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, King’s Collector. . . 
eafy stem elongate. Leaves shortly petioled, 12 in, or more by 3-4 in., bright 
Eren, with more prominent ribs than in its allies. Panicle 6-9 in.; rachis pubes- 
“nt; branches short, erecto-patent, usually 1-fid.; bracts. minute, Calyx j in., 
minutely 3-dentate. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; segments } in. Lip 
Ned longer than the corolla-segments. Capsule globose, $+ in. diam., 1-2 
Galanga, Sw. Obs. Bot. 8; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous 
; Panicle copiously compound, flowers small, corolla-segments 
With il : greenish-white, lip obovate-clawed emarginate white veined 
ort Be with a pair of subulate glands at the base of the claw. Koch, 
Soe Deng. 2; Asiat. Res. xi. 352; Fl. Ind. i. 59; Rose. in Trans. Linn. 
n Ee 345; Wall. Cat. 6572, ex parte; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 206 ; Dalz. 
e? Bomb. Fl. 274; Thw. Enum.319. A. viridiflora, Griff. Notul. iii. 
Bali j €. Pl. Asiat. t. 353. Maranta Galanga, Linn. Sp. Plant. 2. Galanga, 
m, Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 281.—Rumph. Amboin. v. t. 63. 
Disrg rg S Pout INDIA from the foot of the Himalayas to CEYLON and MALACCA.— 
Malay islands and wid i 
y ely cultivated. 
N bn ck perennial, tuberous, Hi ghtly aromatic. Leafy stem 6-7 ft. Leaves 1-2 
dene’ 1n., green and glossy on both sides. Panicle dense-fld., 1-1 ft., rachis 
d x) Pubescent, branches numerous short; pedicels — in.; bracts small, ovate, 
distins web White, 4 in.. oblique at the throat. Corol/a-segments 4-} in. Lip 
» 3 in., basal glands ascending, reddish, linear-subulate. Stamen 
shorter than the lip. Ovules 1-2 in a cell. Fruit orange-red, the size of a 
Witt goog, Probably A. alba, Rose. in Trans, Linn. Soc. viii. 346 (Hellenia alba, 
alba Ret lant. i. 5. Languas vulgare, Koenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 64; Heritiera. 
fin poet Obs, vi, 18), A. carnea, Griff. Notul. iii. 420, and A. zingiberina, Hook. 
Hermann’ ag. t. 6944 are forms. The drawing of Costus arabicus, Linn. in 
8 Ceylon Herbarium belongs here. 
4, ess ; . 
lay, d Allughas, Rosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 846 ; Seit. Pl. t. 67; 
9ng-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle narrow copiously com- 
