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I in. long. Calyx l\ in. long ; lobes i in. long, deltoid-ovate, cuspidate. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes ovate-oblong, apiculate, the 

 lateral lobes 1| by | in., the dorsal 1| by f in. Lip suborbicular, 

 white with a yellow centre, 2 in. and more in diain., concave, plicate, 

 crisped, the margins sometimes meeting in the middle ; disk pubescent 

 and with a tuft of hairs at its base. Stamen l^-lf in. long, with a tuft 

 of hairs at the base of the tilament ; connective petaloid, ^ in. broad, 

 pubescent, produced iuto a glabrous appendage as long as the linear 

 anther-cells. Style Ig in. long, slender ; stigma with a semilunar ciliate 

 mouth. Capsules globosely 3-gonous, f in. in diam., red. Seeds black, 

 with a white aril. Yl B. I. v. 6, p. 249 ; Grab. Cat. p. 208 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 274; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 246; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; K. Schum. in Eugler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, 

 part 46 (1904) p. 398 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1045; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 579. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Vern. Kosht. 



KoNKAN : W. Ghats, Woodrow, Ritchie, 1438 ! ; Kanheri forests, Graham ; Salsette, 

 Graham. Deccan : Khandala, Graham, Cookel S. M. Country: Castlerock, 

 Woudrow. — DisTEiB. More or less throughout India ; Cejlon, Malay Islands. 



9. ALPINIA, Linn. 



Herbs with elongate leafy stems and horizontal rootstocks. Leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles ; 

 bracteoles large, sometimes enveloping the buds. Calyx loosely tubular, 

 3-toothed. Corolla-tube cylindric, rarely longer than the calyx; 

 corolla-lobes oblong or linear-oblong, the upper usually broader and 

 more convex than the lateral. Stamen 1 perfect ; tilament flattened ; 

 anther-cells diverging at the top, occasionally with an orbicular crest ; 

 lateral stamiuodes minute or obsolete. Lip spreading, often orbicular, 

 with incui'ved margins, sometimes with 2 subulate processes at the base 

 of the claw. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules few or many on each placenta ; 

 style filiform ; stigma subglobose. Fruit globose, dry or fleshy, usually 

 indehiscent. Seeds globose or angled. — Distkib. India, Malaya, 

 Philippines, New Guinea, Pacific Islands, China, Japan ; species 

 about 150. 



Lip broadly elliptic, white striated with red ; fruit orange-red ... 1. J, Galanga. 

 Lip oboTate-cuneate, emarginate, pink ; fruit black 2. A. Allhtiyas. 



1. Alpinia Galanga, Swartz, Obs. Bot. (1791) p. 8. Eootstock 

 perennial, tuberous, slightly aromatic. Leaves 9-18 by 11-41 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, green above, paler beneath, with 

 slightly callous white margins ; sheaths long, glabrous ; ligule reaching 

 I in. long, but usually shorter, rounded. Flowers greenish-white, 

 in dense-tlowered panicles 6-12 in. long ; branches short ; rhachis 

 pubescent ; pedicels i-^ in. long ; bracts | in. long, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Calyx I in. long, tubular, irregularly 3-toothed, Corolla 1| in. 

 long; tube g in. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, subequal, \ in. broad. Lip 

 I in. long ; claw green, \ by -^q in. ; blade white striated with red, 

 rather more than | in. long, broadly elliptic, shortly 2-lobed at the apex, 

 with a pair of subulate glands at the base of the claw. Stamen -f in. 

 long. Fruit the size of a small cherry, orange-red. Fl. B, I. v. 6, 

 p. 253; Grab. Cat. p. 206; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 274; AVoodr. in Journ. 



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