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mipusve connatae, sicco stramineae vel brunneae, interdum apicem 
versus rubrescentes, apice rotundatae, ad 3 cm. longae et 2°7 cm. 
latae, marginatae, glabrae. Calyx hyalinus, circiter 1 cm. longus. 
Corollae tubus vix 3 cm. longus, superne ampliatus, pilis deflexis 
extra instructus ; lobi lanceolati vel Sblondislanonclat, acuti, inter 
se subaequales, ad 15 mm. longi et 4°5 m ati. Staminodia 
purpurea (ex Kerr), subrhomboides, acuta, 1S mm. longa, 7 mm. 
lata; labellum subrotundatum, basi angustatum, 1°2 cm. diametro, 
purpureum nisi medio luteum (ex Kerr); filamentum latum, 
Sor 5 mm. ean anthera 8 mm, longa, caleare circiter 2 mm. 
lon 
Chien ngmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1155 (leaf-specimens 
collected three weeks after siete: specimens), 
Curcuma longa, Linn.—F.B.I., p. 214; K. et Engler 
Pflanzenr., Zingiber., p. 108 ; -) 1 Suds. Chine 3 
Probably native in E. India or Indo-China—cultivated in the 
tropics. 
Lao name, Kamin Pah (ex Kerr). 
Cureuma parviflora, Wall. ee vi. p. 215; Williams, Bull. 
Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 232; K. Schum. Eng ler Pflanzenr., 
Zingib., p. 102 ;* Fl. Indo-Chine, vi. “e 61; eae ii, p. 3738 
hiengmai, Doi Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 300-720 m., Kerr, 
7195 Wang Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 56. 
Distr. B ma, [Laos, ex Fl. Indo-Chine, Siamese Malay 
Peninsula, ex William s]. 
Curcuma zedoaria; Roscoe, forma, Hosseus, ii. p. 374. 
Wang Djao, 140 m. (ex Hosseus). 
Curcuma sp. aff. C. sessili, Gage. 
ce = io vias ‘jungle on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 
According to Dr. Kerr the whole inflorescence is eaten by the 
natives, 
Lao name, Dawk Aaow (ex Kerr). 
Amomum siamense, Craib, sp. n., ab A. Robertsonii, Craib, foliis 
glabris distinguenda. 
aules ad 2°7 m, alti (ex Kerr), ee pane ultra 2 cm. pees 
superne tantum foliati. Folia 
apice acuminata, acuta, basi in 
subtus glaucescentia, Ailes 7 cm, a suffulta ; - Tiga omnes 
mancae, saltem 3 
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longi. Corollae albae (ex Kerr) tubus 2 em. lon ngus ; lobi sting: 
oblanceolati, acuti, ad 17 mm. longi et 6°5 mm. lati. Staminodia 
lateralia parva, dentiformia ; labellum album, luteo-maculatum 
