Globba.] Scitaininca:. 239 



anth., and one or more petaloid ; in Marantece and Cannecs^ 



one perfect, with a i -celled anth., and 3 or 4 petaloid forming 



an inner corolla ; — in Miisa 5 perfect, with 2-celled anths. ; 



ov. inferior, 1-3-celled, ovules few or many, style usually long, 



slender, with 2 small epigynous stylodes at its base, stigma 



capitate, cupular or clavate, mouth usually ciliate ; fr. various, 



dehiscent or not, endosperm floury, embryo small. 



Stam. I. 



- Cal. tubular, funnel-shaped, or spathiform, 

 anth. 2-celleri {Zingiberece). 

 Ov. I -celled, placentas 3, parietal . .1. Globba. 

 Ov. 3-celled, placentas axile. 

 Lateral staminodes broad. 

 Anth. -cells spurred at the base . 2. CURCUMA. 

 Anth.- cells not spurred at the base. 

 Connective broad, crested . . 3. KjEMPFERIA. 

 Connective narrow, not crested . 4. Hedychium. 

 Lateral staminodes small or o. 

 Infl. terminal on the leafing stem. 

 Infl. spicate or capitate. 

 Anth. adnate to the petaloid fil. 5. COSTUS. 

 Anth. free . . . .7. Amomum RUFESCENS. 

 Infl. panicled or racemose . . 6. Alpinia. 

 Infl. on a radical leafless pad. 

 Fig. stem simple. 

 Anth. with a very broad crest 



or o 7. Amomum. 



Anth. with an elongate ter- 

 minal spur . . .8. Zingiber. 

 Fig. stem branched. 

 Anth. crested . . . .9. Cyphostigma. 

 Anth not crested . . .10. Eletteria. 

 Cal. of 3 Sep.; anth. i-celled. 



Staminodes 3, petaloid, connate {MaratttecE). 



Stem branched, leafy . . . .11. Clinogyne. 



Leaf solitary 12. Phrynium. 



Staminodes 4 {Cannece) . . . • I3- Canna. 

 Stam. 5 {MicsecB) 14. MuSA. 



I. G-ZiOBBA, Lin7i. 

 Tufted, erect, herbs, with a short creeping rootstock; 1. 

 oblong or lanceolate; fl. in a terminal raceme or spike, buds 

 often replaced by bulbils ; cal.-tube funnel-.shaped, 3-lobed ; 

 cor.-tube longer than the cal., lobes subequal, ovate ; lateral 

 staminodes petaloid, contiguous to the corolla-lobes; stam. i, 

 fil. incurved, anth. 2-celled, oblong, cells parallel, connective 

 laterally winged, not crested; ov. i -celled, placentas 3, 

 parietal, style filiform, upper part placed in a groove in the 



