726 cxxTi, sciTAMiNE.i::. 



1. Ksempferia Galanga, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 2. Eootstock 

 tuberous, aromatic ; root-fibres fleshy, cylindrio, not aromatic. Leaves 2, 

 spreading horizontally, lying flat on the surface of the ground, 2|-5 by 

 l|^-3i in., rotund-ovate, deltoid-acuminate, thin, deep green, 10-12- 

 ribbed, the margins not thickened nor colored ; petioles short, channelled. 

 Flowers 6-12 from the centre of the plant betv^een the leaves, fuga- 

 cious, fragrant, opening successively ; bracts lanceolate, green, sliort. 

 Calyx as long as the outer bracts. Corolla-tube 1 in. long ; lobes lan- 

 ceolate, pure white, a little shorter than the tube. Lateral staminodes 

 |-|- in. long, cuneate-obovate, white. Lip rather more than 1 in. long 

 and nearly 1 in. broad, deeply 2-lobed, the lobes with a lilac spot at the 

 base. Connective produced into a quadrate 2-lobed appendage. Fl. B. 

 I. V. 6, p. 219 ; Grah. Cat. p. 208 ; Wight, Icon. t. 899 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520; Prain, Beug. PI. p. 1038; 

 K. Schum, in Engler, Pflanzenreioli, v. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 77 {Kcemp- 

 fera); Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, v, 4, p. 561. — Flowers: June-July. 

 Veen. Chanda-mula. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, Khmno ex Graham. Deccan : Mawal, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 More or less throughout India, often cultivated in gardens ; Malay Islands. 



The tubers, according to Eosburgh, are employed in perfumery, and they are used 

 in Hindu medicine. The true Galanga root of the drug-shops is not however 

 furnished by this plant, but by Alpinia offwinarum, and a less valuable product by 

 Alpinia Galanga. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Ksempferia pandurata, lloxh. in Asiat. lies. v. 11 (1810) 

 p. 328, t. 2. Stemless ; rootstock horizontal, bright yellow within, with 

 many nodose branches and thick succulent vermiform root-fibres. Leaves 

 few (usually 3 or 4), 9-15 by lj-4 in., distichous, erect, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or shortly acuminate, decurrent into a long deeply channelled 

 petiole which reaches in. long, glabrous and green on both surfaces ; 

 midrib stout ; ligtde short, acute, membranous. Flowers in terminal 

 spikes, subsessile among the leaves ; bracts about 2 in. long, linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx-tube about 1 in. long, cylindric, narrow, hyaline, 

 2-fid. Corolla-tube reaching 2 in. long or more, white or pale pink, 

 very slender, cylindric, erect or curved at the top ; segments pink, ~ in. 

 long, oblong, acute, spreading. Staminodes 3, oblong or lanceolate, 

 spi-eading, the 2 lateral 4 in. long, equal. Lip f in. broad, elliptic- 

 panduriform, undulate, white tinged with red. Anther erect, recurved ; 

 connective produced into a quadrate short 2-fid appendage. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 220 ; Grab. Cat. p. 208 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 87 ; Bot. Reg. 

 t. 173; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 243; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 520; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenrcich, v. 4, part 46 

 (1904) p. 89 {Koimpfera). 



Konkan : Kimmo ex Graham. Gujarat : ^immo ex Graham. 



Graliani [Cat. PI. Bo. (ISolJ) p. 208] notes this as occurring in tlu; Konkans and 

 Gujarat on the autliority of Niinino. It has not, liowevcr, been foniul in cither 

 locality by recent collectors, wliile DalzcU & Gibson (13o. Fl. Suppl. p. 87) say tliat 

 they have not been able to trace the jilant in the S. Konkan and deny tiiat it is 

 indigenous in tlie Bombay Presidency. I have seen no specimens from tlicnco. 

 Trimen [Fl. Oeyl. {I. c.)] says that it is nowhere wild in Ceylon. — Distuib. Birma, 

 Malaya, Andamans, Ceylon, Java. 



3. Ksempferia scaposa, Benth. in Benth. 4' Hooh. Gen. PI. v. 3 

 (1883) p. 642. Leaf-bearing axis of the fioMering plant elongate; root- 



