THE SCITAMINEiE OP THE PHILIPPINES. 165 



cm long, pubescent, split on one side. Corolla-tube slender, twice as long 

 as the calyx, the lobes linear, 3 cm long. Staminodes wider, linear- 

 oblanceolate. Lip obovate, bilobed, 2 cm long, glandular-dotted, the 

 margins crisped. Stamen as long as the lip. Capsule triquetrous, 3 cm 

 long, orange-yellow. Seeds dark-red, elliptic. 5 mm long, ribbed, the aril 

 fibrillose, red. 



Sulu Archipelago, {Yidal 392.'/). Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, 

 Mrs. Clemens 7.J7. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7909. 



Allied to 77. borneense Ritll. Endemic. 



3. KAEMPFERIA Linn. 



Small herbs with tuberous aromatic rhizomes, the stems short. 

 Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence spicate, very shortly peduncled, 

 with a few lanceolate bracts. Flowers fugacious, thin-textured, produced 

 singly, white or violet. Calyx short, cyliudric. Corolla-tube slender, 

 the lobes narrow, linear. Staminodes very large, rounded, clawed, spread- 

 ing. Lip similar, bilobed. Stamen thin, flat, not exserted; anther 

 narrow, crested. Capsule oblong, thin-walled. 



Species about 20, Indian and Siamese, one or two Malayan. 



1. K. galanga Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 2; Hort, Cliff. 2 (1837) t. 3; Blume Enum. 

 PI. Jav. (1827) 47; Rose. Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 92; Roxb. As. Research. 11 

 (1810) 327; PI. lnd. 1 (1820) 15; Wight, Icon. (1844) t. 899; Horan. Monog. 

 (1802) 2; Baker in Hook. f. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 219; K. Schum. in Pfianzenreich 

 20 (1904) 77. 



K. scssilis Koenig in Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 67. 



K. humilis Salisb. Prodr. (1790) 0. 



K. plantaginifolia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 (1812) 280. 



Stemless, with a tuberous rhizome. Leaves two, horizontal, orbicular, 

 subacute, the base rounded, 7 to 13 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide. Flowers 6 

 to 12, fragrant, white. Bracts short, lanceolate, green. Calyx short. 

 Corolla-tube 2.5 cm long, the lobes lanceolate. Staminodes cuneate, 

 obovate, 1.2 cm long. Lip 2.5 cm long and nearly as wide, bilobed, the 

 base spotted, violet, the rest white. Stamen thin, the crest quadrate, 

 bilobed. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1181, J/560 Ramos: Province of 

 Cagayan, (Cuming 1831) : Province of Tayabas, near Lucban, Elmer 7408. Native 

 names, Cusol, (Juisol, Dusol, Dusog. 



A commonly cultivated plant of Indian origin, occurring all over the East as a 

 garden escape. 



4. GASTROCHILUS Wallich. 



Low herbs with a creeping aromatic rhizome, the stems short or none. 

 Leaves lanceolate or ovate, pctioled, solitary or in tufts of from two 

 to four. Spike axillary, central, or from the rhizome. Bracts large or 

 of moderate size, thin. Flowers thin, opening singly, white, yellow, or 

 red. Calyx tubular, spathaceous. Corolla-tube long, slender, the lobes 

 oblong or lanceolate. Staminodes similar, petaloid. Lip oblong or 

 obovate, saccate or convolute, entire or more or less lobed at the apex. 



