THE 8CITAMINELE OF THE PHILIPPINES. 



Synopsis of the genera. 



157 



Genus. 



Olobba 



Hedychium 



Kar mpfiria 



OaebroekUui 



Curcuma 



Cost it* 



Zingiber 



Amumum 



Homtledtia 



Phaeomeria 



Athlmrria* 



Plaaiostachys — 



Alpinia 



Koloinatia* 



Leptosolcna* 



Donax 



Phrynium 



Ph aceloph ryii in m 

 Monophrynium »_ 



Total 



Species of < Species of 

 the Malay ' the Philip- 

 Peninsula, pines. 



Endemic 



in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



Introduced 



into 

 the Philip- 

 pines. 



88 



56 



Philippine 

 species 



extending 

 to other 

 islands. 



■ Genera endemic in the Philippines. 



BCITAMINE^S. 



1. ZiNGiBKRAOEiE. Aromatic plants. Fertile stamen one, 2-celled. 

 Staminodes 2. broad and petaloid. 



Spike or panicle terminal on a leafy stem. 



Filament long, slender, exceeding the corolla. 



Lip adnate to the filament above the corolla 1. Globba 



Lip free 2. Hedychium 



Filament shorter than the corolla, broad. 



Anther-cells on a broad thin connective .... .'*. Kucmpferia 



Anther-cells thick, fleshy _ - 4. (iastrochilus 



.Spike radical, cone-like 5. Curcuma 



Staminodes small or absent. 



Leafy stems not spiral; ligule oblong. 

 Spikes radical. 



Anther with a long, curved beak <>. Zingiber 



Anther with two curved arms; lip broad 7. Amomum 



Anther crestless; lip narrow. 



Spike obconic or cylindric 8. Homstedtia 



Spike on a tall peduncle, hemispheric 9. Phaeomeria 



Spikes lateral from a leafy stem 10. Plagiottachys 



Inflorescence terminal on the leafy stem. 



Inflorescence dense, Bubglobose, with large bracts 11. Adelmeria 



Inflorescence lax, or of several spikes. 



Corolla-tube long, slender 12. Leptosolcna 



