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_ produced direct from the root- ‘ 
stock, sometimes at the top of 
a leafy stem . . ‘ e 4. ZINGIBER. 
Filament forming with the pro- 
duced connective an _ oblong 
petaloid process, with the con- 
tiguous linear anther-cells placed 
in its middle; stigma with a 
semilunar pit ciliate round the 
margin; spikes usually at the 
top of leafy stems . é . 5. Costus. 
Flowers in racemes or panicles at 
the top of leafy stems ; filament 
long; anther-cells divergent at 
apex ; stigma subglobose  . . * ALPINIA. 
Anther l-celled, laterally adnate to a 
petaloid filament ; calyx of free sepals :— 
Staminal tube with 5. subsimilar 
slightly unequal petaloid segments, 
the l-celled anther adnate to one 
of the smaller segments; ovary 
3-celled ; placentas many-ovuled . * Canna. 
Stamens 5 perfect, free, the 6th imperfect or 
absent ; sepals united in a split spathe-like 
tube; corolla short, included and envelop- 
ing the stamens and style; fruit fleshy, 
indehiscent ; leaves very large . : . ™ MUSA. 
‘The genera marked with an asterisk in the above key are not truly 
indigenous within the area of this flora. 
1. GLOBBA, [Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi, 201. 
Herbs with creeping rhizomes and erect stems. Leaves oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in terminal panicles, rarely in 
spikes, bracts usually deciduous, buds often replaced by bulbils. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, 3-lobed. Corolla 3-lobed, longer than calyx ; 
lobes ovate, subequal. Stamen 1, filament long, incurved, with 
2 dorsal appendages ; anther oblong ; connective simple, winged 
or spurred, produced beyond the cells. Ovary 1-celled; style 
filiform, placed in a groove of the filament, stigma turbinate ; 
ovules many, on 3 parictal placentas. /ruit a globose capsule, 
