156. ZINGIBEBACE^. [4. K^mpfeeiia. 



pale and glistening beneath and large-lipped white flowers variegated 

 red, which appear to be long peduncled from the very long slender 

 corolla tubes rising from the centre of the leaves or on a short radical 

 spike about 3" long, corolla-tube bright red, 3-4" long, very brittle. 



Muddy streams under shade in the Singbhum forests ! Fl. June-Sept. 



Root-fibres tufted. Petioles 12" deeply channelled or almost winged above. 

 The flowers are dimorphic and possibly 1-sexual. Petals white glistening, oblong,. 

 1-1 • 25" long. Lip very large ventricose, 2" long, suborbicular. Lat. staminodes 

 spathulate obtuse as long as petals. Stamen large truncate. 



4. KiEMPFERIA, L. 



Herbs with often tuberous rootstock, short or stems and few 

 leaves. Flowers spicate, on radical scapes or terminating leafy stems. 

 Calyx short cylindrical. Corolla with long slender tube and equal, 

 usually spreading, segments. Staminodes broad, petaloid, stamen 

 short, arcuate, with the anther-cells separated by the broad connective 

 which is produced above into a petaloid crest, not spurred. Lip 

 broad, usually 2 -fid. Ovary 3-celled, style long, filiform, stigma 

 turbinate. Capsule oblong with thin pericarj). Seeds subglobose, 

 \\ith small lacerate aril. 



A. Leaves not contemporary with the flowers : — 



Leaves oval-lanceolate or oblong, erect. Fls. with white 



staminodes and lilac or reddish lip . . . . .1. rotunda. 



B. Leaves contemporaneous with the flowers : — 



Leaves suborbicular, flat on the ground . . . .2. gulanga. 



Leaves ascending, lanceolate ...... 3. angustifolia. 



1. K. rotunda, L. Bhuin-champa, H. 



Rootstock tuberous with large erect oblong or ovate -lanceolate 

 leaves 12" by 3-4", usually variegated with darker and lighter green 

 above and tinged purple beneath. Flowers fragrant, borne 1-3" 

 from the ground only, in a crowded radical spike, but onh- one 

 or two opening at a time. Corolla-tube 2-3" long with spreading 

 linear petals nearly as long as the tube. Staminodes oblong acute 

 white, 1-5-2". Lip lilac or reddish, rather shorter, 2-fid, segments 

 suborbicular. Anther-crest deeply 2-fid, lobes lanceolate. 



Said to be wild on Parasnath. Wild in the Sikkim Tarai, in Sal forest, Kew 

 Herb. ! Often cultivated ! Fl. March-April, after which the leaves appear and 

 die Aowa in November or December. 



2. K. galanga, L. 



Tuberous-rooted with suborbicular leaves overlapjjing one another 

 fiat on the ground, 3-6" long, deep green and forming a pretty back- 

 ground to the delicate flowers, 6-12 of which are fascicled on a very 

 short central spike and open in succession. Corolla and staminodes 

 a pearly white, lip with a purple or lilac spot each side. Corolla-tube 

 1". Anther-crest quadrate with 2 small rounded lobes. 



Wild in the Sikkim Tarai, Keiv Herb. ! Said to be in the plains throughout 

 British India. I have only seen it in cultivation. Fl. r.s. 



The roots and leaves have a delicate fragrance, but the flowers are inodorous 

 (scented, Baker in F.B.I.). 



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