296 CXXXIV. SCITAMINEE (BAKER). [Kempferia. 
4. K. Carsoni, Baker. Leaves not fully developed till after the 
flowers ; blade oblong, acute, moderately firm, glabrous. Flowers many 
on a short slender peduncle, with two large, sheathing, membranous 
bracts; pedicels short, ascending; proper bracts oblong-navicular, 
membranous, 4—1 in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped, 4 in. long, shortly 
3-toothed. Corolla-tube not much longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, 
2 in. long. Staminodia bright lilac, 2-2} in. long; lateral 2 in. broad; 
lip twice as broad, scarcely emarginate ; fertile stamen shorter than 
the corolla-lobes ; anther 14 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Karonga, Carson ! 
Intermediate between K. ethiopica and K. rosea. 
5. K. pleiantha, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 425. Leafy 
stem a foot or more long. Leaves lanceolate, acute, complicate, 
glabrous, 4—8 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle. Flowers 4—6, on 
a peduncle nearly or quite as long as the leafy stem; bracts oblong- 
navicular, membranous, 13-2 in. long. Calyx turbinate, } in. long, 
shortly 3-lobed. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; lobes lanceo- 
late, 14-13 in. long. Staminodia 3 in. long; lip emarginate; fertile 
stamen much shorter ; anther } in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Buchner, 694, Mechow, 5598. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
6. K. brachystemon, Schumann in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 149- 
Leaves unknown. Flowers produced before the leaves, many on a 
slender peduncle. Calyx obliquely truncate, 14-2 in. long. Corolla- 
lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Lip violet; anther scarcely 4 in- 
long, with a recurved crest. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Holst, 3100! Mukulumussi, 
Volkens, 201. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
7. K. macrosiphon, Baker. Leaves contemporary with the 
flowers, furnished with short free petioles ; blade oblong, acuminate, 
4—6 in. long, 2-2} in. broad at the middle, moderately firm, glabrous. 
Flowers many on a short peduncle; bracts oblong-navicular, scariose, 
4-3 in. long. Calyx cylindrical, 14 in. long, distinctly toothed. 
Corolla-tube very slender, 1 in. longer than the calyx; lobes linear, 
#-1 in. long. Staminodia pale uniform blue, slightly longer than the 
cine anak lip rounded at the apex, 1 in. broad; fertile stamen 
not seen. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
2. CADALVENA, Fenzl in Sitz. Akad. Wissen. Wien, Math. 
Nat. li. Abth. ii. 139. 
Calyx membranous, cylindrical, shortly toothed at the apex. 
Corolla-tube shortly exserted from the calyx; lobes large, membranous, 
equal, lanceolate. Lateral staminodia not produced ; lip large, petaloid, 
