TAs. 7967. 
ZINGIBER spectasi.e. 
Native of the Malay Peninsula. 
Nat. Ord. Sciraminea#,—Tribe ZInGIBERE. 
Genus ZineipEr, Adans. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 646.) 
ZINGIBER spectabile; herba elata, rhizomate repente, caulibus erectis vel 
inclinatis glabris viridibus usque ad 8 ped. altis, foliis fere distichis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis supra glabris subtus sparse pilosis vel 
glabrescentibus 1 ped. longis 3 poll. latis breviter petiolatis, ligula 
rotundata integra margine membranacea, scapo radicali, spica oblongo- 
cylindrica 6 poll. longa, pedunculo 1} ped. longo, bracteis rotundatis 1} 
poll. latis unifloris pallide viridibus, marginibus aurantiacis involutis, 
calyce spathaceo 1 poll. longo, coroll~ tubo 13 poll. longo subcylindrico, 
lobis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis superiore cucullato dilute luteis, labello 
_ rubro-brunneo luteo- vel albo-maculato, lobo terminali emarginato 
quam lateralibus rotundatis paullo majore, staminodiis lateralibas 
nullis, basalibus anguste lanceolatis, filamento alato apice utrinque 
unidentato, stylo filiformi apice truncato et ciliis marginato. 
Z. spectabile, Griff. Notul. vol. iii. p. 413. Baker in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. 
vol. vi. p. 247. Maingay mas. vol. v. p. 48. 
This plant, which flowered in the Aroid House at Kew 
in July of last year, bears the most showy inflorescence of 
any species of the genus, the reddish-brown lip spotted 
with yellow forming a conspicuous contrast to the back- 
ground of yellow-edged bracts. The bracts in Z. Parishii, 
Hook. f. (B. M. t. 6019) are also edged with yellow. 7 
The species was discovered at Veruppe, in Malacca, by 
Griffith, who published a description, without details, of 
the structure of the flower. Subsequently Dr. A. C. 
Maingay collected it in the same region, and drew up an 
excellent description (loc. sup. cit.), which agrees with the 
present plant, except that the bracts are described as 
reddish-pink, He designates it as “a most elegant 
species,” an opinion confirmed by Mr. H. N. Ridley, M.A., 
F.L.S., Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, by 
whom the plant here figured was sent to Kew. Speci- 
mens have also been collected in Perak by Mr. L. Wray, 
Jun., and by Sir George King’s collector, while apparently 
the same species was found by Kurz in the South 
Andaman Island. 
Avéust Ist, 1904, 
