480 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Heras, UNBRANCHED, WITH OpposiTE HixsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Keompferia Galanga, 
Chandra mula. 
ScITAMINE. 
F. B. I. vi. 219. 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
Keempferia rotunda, 
Bhui-champa. 
ScIrTAMINE®. 
F. B. I. vi. 222. 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
Hedychium 
coronarium, 
ScITAMINES. 
Bb, vi. 220. 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMEN ONE. 
forked below ; capsule ovoid, 8-valved, seeds many, small, 
oblong. The starch called Arrowroot is chiefiy derived 
from the root of this plant, which is cultivated for this 
purpose. 
small, perennial, rootstock tuberous, root fibres eylin- 
dric, stemless; leaves 3-6 in., nearly round and nearly 
sessile, flat on the ground, appearing with the flowers, deep 
green, 10-12-ribbed, margin not thickened nor coloured, 
stalk short, grooved ; flowers 6-12, 1} in. long, white with 
lilac, in spikes on radical main flower stalks, sweet-scented, 
soon falling off, opening in succession, bracts small, green, 
lanceolate, calyx as long as the bract, short, cylindric, 
splitting down one side, corolla tube 1 in. long, slender, 
segments }in., lanceolate, staminodes 4 in., ovate-wedge- 
shaped, broad, petaloid, white, lip ins broad, white with 
a lilac throat deeply bifid below the middle, lobes blunt, 
stamen one, anther crest small with 2 shallow blunt lobes, 
style long, thread-like, stigma top-shaped ; capsule oblong. 
A perfume is obtained from the tubers, galanga. 
like the last species, but leaves 12 by 3-4 in., oblong, 
erect, stalked, purplish beneath, appearing after the flowers, 
flowers larger, more brightly coloured, more scented, corolla 
seoments linear, anther crest deeply divided. The roots 
of this and the last species are used to reduce swel- 
lings. 
large, perennial, rootstock horizontal, tuberous, thick, 
stem long, leafy, leaves in 2 opposite rows ; leaves 10-14 
by 8-5 in., oblong or oblong-lanccolate, usually velvety 
beneath ; flowers 84 in., white or yellowish, fragrant, 
in dense flowered spikes, 6-12 in. long, outer bracts 14-2 2 in. 
by 1 in., first green then brown, oblong, 8-4-flowered, calyx 
shorter than the bract, cylindric, green, corolla tube 8 in., 
segments linear, reflexing, half as long as the tube, lateral 
staminodes 14-2 by } in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, lip 
14-2 in. broad, shallowly bifid, narrowed suddenly to a 
short claw, short lobes rounded, stamen equal to the lip, 
stalk of stamen red, anther about 4 in., style long, thread- 
like, stigma nearly round ; capsule oblong, smooth, 3-valved, 
orange inside, seeds many, small, surrounded by a fleshy 
crimgon substance, 
