156 A FLORA OF MANILA 
1. Staminodes 2, broad and petal-like. 
2. Inflorescence terminating the leafy stem. 
3. Filament long, slender, longer than the corolla; stems elongated, 
leafy. 
4. Lip adnate to the filament above the corolla; ovary 1-celled. 
, 1. Globba 
4. Lip free; ovary 3-celled............ See iS PA EL 8 oP el 2. Hedychium 
3. Filament shorter than the corolla; leaves radical, usually only 2. 
3. Kaempferia 
2. Inflorescence cone-like, cylindric, dense, spicate, peduncled, arising 
From "the FOOtshOCR oe Ne a eae ht ee 4. Curcuma 
1. Staminodes small or none. 
2. Leaves arranged in two ranks; sheaths split. 
3. Inflorescence peduncled, dense and cone-like, arising from the root- 
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3. Inflorescence terminating the leafy stem; panicle branches covered 
with persistent, oblong, closely appressed bracts...... 6. Kolowratia 
2. Leaves spirally arranged; sheaths united..............0..222..-..20---- 7. Costus 
1. GLOBBA Linnaeus 
Usually slender erect herbs with leafy stems, from short rootstocks, 
the leaves distichous, ovate to lanceolate, basal part sheathing the stem, 
ligulate. Inflorescence terminal, dense and spicate or racemose, or more 
lax and paniculate. Flowers small, yellow or white. Calyx, tubular, 3- 
toothed, regular or irregular. Corolla-tube slender, longer than the calyx, 
3-lobed, the lobes boat-shaped, deflexed. Staminodes similar to the lobes. 
Base of the lip adnate by its edges to the stamen, forming a tube below, 
its limb free, narrow, elongated, deflexed, usually 2-lobed. Filament elon- 
gated, erect, slender. Connective of the anther extended laterally into an 
entire margin, or sometimes with 2 or 4 triangular spurs. Ovary 1-celled. 
Capsule globose, smooth or verrucose, fleshy, dehiscing irregularly. (From 
its Amboynese name “galoba.’’) 
Species about 75, tropical Asia to New Guinea, about 10 in the Philip- 
pines. 
1. G. MARANTINA L. 
Erect, glabrous or sparingly pilose, 25 to 60 cm high, from slender root- 
stocks. Stems rather loosely covered with sheaths. Leaves ovate to 
elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, 8 to 15 cm long. Inflorescence dense, 
spike-like, 2 to 8 cm long, the bracts persistent, ovate, green, gland-dotted, 
ciliate on the edges,\1 to 2 cm long, frequently containing ellipsoid to 
conic bulbils in place of flowers. Flowers yellow, slender, about 5 cm 
long. Calyx tubular, 3-toothed. Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx, 
glandular-dotted. Lip short, oblong, cuneate, widely retuse. Anther- 
spurs 4, triangular, equal. (Fl. Filip. pl. 351.) 
In thickets, Masambong to Pasig and Pasay, fl. June—Sept.; widely dis- 
tributed about towns in the Philippines, certainly introduced. Amboyna 
and Celebes to New Guinea, a weed of cultivation in Java, Singapore, etc. 
2. HEDYCHIUM Koenig 
Terrestial erect herbs with elongated leafy stems from stout rootstocks. 
Leaves distichous, sessile or shortly petioled, ligulate, oblong to linear- 
oblong or lanceolate, acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal, usually dense, 
