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bracteate spike, the bracts oblong to obovate or lanceolate, usually im- 
bricate, persistent, each with from one to several flowers. Calyx tubular 
and 3-toothed, sometimes split down one side, much shorter than the very 
slender corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes linear, spreading or reflexed. Stami- 
nodes broad and petaloid, often much wider than the petals. Lip large, 
often suborbicular, 2-lobed at the apex, usually much larger than the petals 
and staminodes. Filament elongated. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule 3-valved, 
globose to oblong. Seeds numerous, small, arillate. (Greek “sweet” -and 
“snow,” in allusion to the fragrant white flowers.) 
Species about 40, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 
1. H. coRONARIUM Koenig. Camia (Sp.-Fil.). 
Erect, 0.4 to 1 m in height. Leaves glabrous or the lower surface some- 
what pilose, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, 10 to 50 
em long, 3 to 11 cm wide, the ligule prominent, 1 to 8 cm long. Spike 
ellipsoid, 5 to 12 cm long, thick, the bracts green, ovate to obovate, rounded 
or acute, about 4 cm long, each with 2 or 3 flowers. Flowers very fragrant. 
Calyx tubular, cleft on one side, about 4*cm long. Corolla-tube slender, 
8 em long, the lobes narrow, involute, about 4 em long. Lip obcordate or 
obovate, white, pale-yellow in the center, 5 to 6 cm in diameter. Staminodes 
white, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 4 to 5 cm long and 2 
to 2.5 em wide. 
Very commonly ‘cultivated, fl. June—Dec.; widely distributed in the 
Philippines, cultivated and naturalized. A native of India, now cultivated 
or spontaneous in most tropical countries. 
8. KAEMPFERIA Linnaeus 
Small stemless herbs from aromatic tuberous rootstocks, or sometimes 
with short stems. Leaves few, suborbicular to ovate or lanceolate, basal. 
Inflorescence spicate, few-flowered, shortly peduncled, erect, with few lance- 
olate bracts. Flowers white or violet, of short duration. Calyx mem- 
branaceous, tubular or clavate, sometimes split down one side. Corolla- 
tube slender, the lobes narrow, linear. Lip large, 2-lobed. Staminodes 
large, clawed, rounded, spreading. Stamen thin, flat, not exserted; anther 
narrow, crested. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule oblong, thin-walled. (In honor 
of E. Kaempfer, an early Dutch physician and botanist.) 
Species about 55, tropical Asia and Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 
1. K. GALANGA L. Dusol, Gusol (Tag.). 
A glabrous stemless herb from tuberous aromatic rootstocks. Leaves 
two, horizontally spreading, orbicular to broadly ovate, acute, obtuse, or 
broadly acuminate, 7 to 15 cm long, base rounded. Flowers few, 4 to 6 or 
more, pink, the bracts lanceolate, about 3.5 em long. Corolla-tube slender, 
2.5 to 3 cm long, the lip cleft to the middle, about 2.5 em wide, white or 
pale-pink spotted with violet. Staminodes obovate, about 1.2 cm long. 
Staminal-crest quadrate, 2-lobed. 
-Not common in cultivation in Manila, fl. July-Aug.; widely distributed 
in the Philippines, cultivated and spontaneous, certainly introduced. A 
native of India, now widely spread in the eastern hemisphere, cultivated 
and spontaneous. 
4, CURCUMA Linnaeus 
Erect herbs from aromatic, fleshy rootstocks. Leaves distichous, oblong 
to oblong-elliptic or obovate, usually tufted. Spikes dense, peduncled, 
