Alpinia.) OXLIX. SCITAMINEX. (J, G. Baker.) 255 
Sit, Pl. t.69; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag.t. 6908; Horan. Prodr.34. Renealmia 
mutica, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 280. 
PENANG, Roxburgh. MALAY PENINSULA.—DisTRIP. Malay isles. . 
Rootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 2-4 in. 
Panicle 6-9 in.; rachis stout, very pubescent ; lower branches short, 2-3; bracts 
oblong. Calyz-tube 4 in., funnel-shaped, white bordered with pink. Corolla-seg- 
ments lin. Lip 1} in., nearly as broad, beautifully variegated with red and yellow. 
Capsule globose, 1 in. diam., bright yellow. Seeds many in a cell. 
8. A. petiolata, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate petioled glabrous 
neath, raceme simple, bracts large, flowers large, lip obovate-cuneate. 
Prax, alt. 2500-4000 ft., Kunstler. 
Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-14 ft. by 3-4 in., subcoriaceous, dark glossy green, 
petiole 3—4 in. Spike moderately dense-fld., erect, 8-4 in. ; rachis slender, pubes- 
cent ; bracts 1 in., green membranous. Ovary densely villose. Calyx 1 in. Lip 
f as long again as the calyx, bright yellow ; filament 1 in. 
9. A. Rafflesiana, Wall. Cat. 6575; leaves lanceolate finely pubes- 
cent beneath, panicle dense subglobose, flowers middle-sized, corolla- 
Zë Denis oblong reddish-yellow, lip suborbicular margins much incurved. 
ook. Ic, t. 1063. A. aurantiaca, Wall. mss. 
PENANG, SINGAPORE and MALACCA. 
Rootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 1-1} ft. by 
o. ^. Panicle sessile at the end of the leafy stems, congested into a globose head 
im, long, subtended by a large ovate green bract; pedicels very short; flower- 
mets small, persistent, orbicular, subcoriaceous. Calyx funnel-shaped, bright red, 
H m. Corolla-segments concave, }—} in. Lip ł-1 in. long and broad, beautifully 
tal with red on a yellow ground. Capsule globose, small.—Alpinia vittala 
gardens appears to be a form of this very distinct species with leaves variegated 
With white, 
in Subgen. II. Catumbium, Juss. Anther not crested. Bud enclosed 
lee” membranous bracteoles. Raceme or panicle terminal.—Species 
10. A bracteata, Roxb. Ho ; and. i. 69; raceme 
i ` . rt. Beng. 2; Fl. Ind. i. 69; ni 
Snr practeoles green. Wall. Cat. 6578, non Roscoe. A. Roxburghii, 
ort. Brit. edit. 2, 493; Horan. Prodr. 34. 
,ErraavAs, BENGAL, Assam, CacHAR, BURMA, the SHAN STATES and 
East 
Matace 
benoit stem 3-6 ft. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-1} ft. by 2-4 in., pubescent 
Raceme dense-fld., 6-9 in. ; rachis densely pubescent ; pedicels very short. 
o short and more acute than in 4. malaccensis ; bracteoles 1 in., oblong- 
Corolla-segments 1 in., oblong, pure white. Lip ovate, half as long 
e corolla-segments, emarginate, edge white, centre variegated red and 
e lo Sins incurved ; base with two ascending horn-like processes. Capsule 
»Blobose, Seeds many in a cell. 
Buds Not s 
1l. A. mal c 045. 
. . accensis, Rosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 345; raceme 
pL! s bracteoles white. "Guck, in Asiat. Res. xi. 353; Hort. Beng. 2; 
Mart 6t Bot. Reg. t. 328; Wall. Cat. 6573 A. Horan. Prodr. 
Costus genta malaccensis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 2; Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 14. 
t 71, fig. accensis, Kenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 71.—Rumph, Amboin. v. 
E 
As . 
5000 e "EN. HIMALAYAS, Assam, KHasra Hiris and CurrTAGONG, ascending to 
ALABAR, Law. 
