Kampjeria. monandria monogynia. 19 



green on the upper surface ; veins parallel, and pretty con- 

 spicuous, from six to twelve inches long. Petioles above the 

 bifid ligula, deeply channelled, and from two to six or eight 

 inches long ; the lower portion sheathing, and forming some- 

 thing like a stem. Spike hid in the centre of the sheaths of the 

 leaves, unilateral, being imbricated on one side, (say the an- 

 terior,) with many, sessile, slender, lanceolate, colourless, one- 

 flowered pairs of {exterior and interior J scales or bractes. 

 Flowers pretty large, expanding in succession, and rarely 

 more than one at a time. Calyx superior, membranaceous, 

 irregularly three-toothed. Corol ; tube long-, and slender. 

 Border double ; exterior of three, slender, lanceolate, nearly 

 equal, straight, pale pink-coloured segments ; inner of three 

 unequal portions ; the two superior, or lateral, obovate, the 

 colour and length of the exterior three : the lower, or lip, 

 somewhat panduriform, much broader and longer than the 

 former, and of a much deeper colour. Filament very slen- 

 der. Anther two-lobed, and crowned with an emarginate, 

 recurved helmet. Germ three-celled, each cell containing 

 many ovula, attached to the axis. Stigma large, with a se- 

 milunate opening, which has the straight portion of its margin 

 three-toothed, and the semi-circular one even, Nectarial 

 scales long- and slender. 



5. K. ovalifolia. Roxb. 



Leaves oval. Spikes central, crest of anthers laciniate. 



A native of the peninsula of Malacca, and from thence 

 sent, by Major Farquhar, to the Botanic garden at Calcut- 

 ta, where it blossoms in July. It is an intermediate species, 

 both with respect to size and habit, between K. Galanga and 

 rotunda, and ought to be placed between them in the system. 



Root tuberous, as in the other species, and about biennial. 

 Stems very short ; I may say scarcely any. Leaves few, 

 bifarious, patent, oval, with a short acute point, smooth on both 

 sides, about six inches long, by four broad. Spikes central, 

 hid by the short sheaths of the leaves, few-flowered ; the flow- 



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