254 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE, (J. G. Baker.) [Alpinia. 
pound, flowers small, corolla-segments linear-oblong greenish-white, lip 
cuneate pink distinctly emarginate with two small linear-subulate glands 
at the base. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. vi. 353; Hort. Beng. 2; Fl. Ind. i. 6l; 
Wall. Cat. 6571; Griff. Notul. iii. 432; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb.206 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 973; Thw. Enum. 320; Horan. Prodr. 33. A. Rheedii, Wight 
Ic. t. 9026, Hellenia Allughas, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 4; Andr. Rot. Rep. t. 
501; Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 281. Heritiera Allughas, Retz. Obs. vi. 
17, t.1. Zingiber nigrum, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 12.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. 
t. 14. 
From the HixArAYas to CEYLON and Maracca.—DisrRis. Malay isles and 
widely cultivated. 
Rootstock tuberous, biennial or perennial Leafy stem 3-6 ft. Leaves 1-1} ft. 
by 3—6 in., smooth and glossy on both surfaces. Panicle erect, j-1 ft.; branches 
pubescent, fewer and more ascending than in A. Ga/anga ; flowers crowded, shortly 
pedicelled ; bracts small, ovate-amplexicaul. Calya pubescent, 4-3 in.; mouth 
oblique. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; segments as long as the tube. Lip 
clawed, Stamen arcuate, shorter than the lip. Capsule globose, black, 3 in. 
iam, 
5. A. calcarata, Rosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 947 ; Scit. Pl. t. 65; 
leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle short, slightly compound 
flowers middle-sized, corolla-segments oblong greenish-white, lip oblong 
striped and spotted with red and yellow ona pale ground with edges 
slightly incurved, base spurred. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 355 ; Hort. Beng. 2; 
Fl. Ind. i. 69; Bot. Reg. t. 141; Wall. Cat. 6577; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bom). 
206; Wight Ic. t. 2028; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL. 274; Thw. Enum. 320. 
A. bracteata, Rosc. iu Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 381; Scit. t, 70, non Rozb., A. 
cernua, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1900. Renealmia calcarata, Haw. in Anar. 
Bot, Rep., t. 421; Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 231. Globba erecta, Red. 
il. t. 174. 
SOUTHERN MALAY PENINSULA, the CONCAN, and CEYLON.—DısrtRIB. Chins, 
and widely cultivated. 
Rootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem slender, 2-4 ft. Leaves 6-12 by 
1-2 in. acuminate, green and glossy on both surfaces. Panicle dense-fld., 3-4 M. 
rachis pubescent ; lower branches short, bearing 3—4 crowded flowers ; bracts small, 
ovate. Calyz-tube funnel-shaped, }-} in.; ovary densely pubescent.  Corolla-se£ 
ments j in. Lip 1-1} in., beautifully variegated with red and yellow, emarginate. 
Anther-cells minutely margined. Ovules many in a cell. Capsule globose, red. 
6. A. Wrayi, King MSS.; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath 
peduncle scarcely leafy, panicle short slightly compound, flowers m! dle- 
sized, corolla-segments oblanceolate, lip dark yellow obovate-cuneate. 
PENANG, alt. 2-3000 ft., King’s Collector. 
Leafy stem elongate. Leaves 12 by 2 in. or more, acute, moderately fira 
Peduncle from the rootstock, slender, erect, under a foot long, with several sheat d 
ing bract-leaves, only the uppermost produced into a small lanceolate blade. Pame 
3-4 in., dense-fld., erect ; bracts small, deciduous. Ovary very hairy. Calyz $55 
narrowly funnel-shaped. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; segments iim AP 
1 in.—May be an abnormal form of 4. calcarata. 
7. A. mutica, Rozb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 354; Hort. Beng. 2; Fl- Ind. 
i. 67; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle slightly of 
pound, flowers large, corola segments oblong white, lip suborbieular 
variegated red and yellow, base not spurred, margins much incurved. ] 
