294 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE^ (baker). [KcEwpferia. 



TiiiBE IV. AKuseae. — Perfect stamens 5; anthers l-celled. 

 The only African genus ...... 13.' MusA. 



1. K^MPFERIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 641. 



Calyx subcylindrical or funnel-shaped, shortly toothed. Corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, exserted from the calyx ; lobes equal, lanceolate. 

 Lateral staminodia large, petal oid ; lip broad, emarginate ; fertile 

 stamen with 2 diverging cells and a small crest. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules many in a cell ; style filiform ; stigma peltate, minutely ciliated 

 round the edge. Fruit ovoid or oblong, with a membranous pericarp. 

 Seeds subglobose, with a short lacerated aril and straight embryo. — Root 

 of many nodose fibres. Leaves few, sessile or arising from a short stem. 

 Flowers in a tuft from the centre of the rosette of leaves or in a raceme 

 on a short peduncle, often large and brightly coloured. 



Species about 30, mainly in Tropical Asia. 



Flowers usually solitary, on short peduncles. 



Lip obscurely emarginate . . . . . 1. A'^. KirJcii. 



Lip deeply emarginate . . . . . . 2. K. ctthiopica. 



Flowers many to a stem. 



Calyx funnel-shaped, about \ in. long. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, ^-f in. long. 



Flowers usually rose-red . . . . . 3. A", rosea. 



Flowers dark lilac . . . . . . 4. A". Carsoni. 



Corolla-lobes lanceolate, 1:^-1^ in. long . . . 5. A", pleiantha. 



Ciilyx cylindrical, 1^-2 in. long. 



Calyx obliquely truncate at the apex . . . Q. K. hracTiystemon. 



Calyx distinctly toothed at the apex . . . 7. A", macrosiphon. 



1. K. Kirkii, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 426 (excl. syn.). 

 Leaf-stem 3-4 in. long ; leaves about 4, crowded at its apex, oblong, 

 acute, moderately firm, glabrous, 8-9 in. long, 21-3 in. broad at the 

 middle. Flowering stems short, slender, 1 -flowered. Calyx funnel- 

 shaped, shortly toothed, J-| in. long. Corolla-tube rather longer than 

 the calyx ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. long. Staminodia more than 

 twice as long as the corolla-lobes, pale rose-purple ; lateral obliquely 

 obovate-cuneate, above 1 in. broad ; lip rounded at the apex, slightly 

 emarginate, 2 in. broad, with a yellow mark at the throat ; fertile 

 stamen much shorter ; anther \ in. long, with a small truncate entire 

 crest. — Cienkowskia Kirkii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5904 ; 111. Hort. 

 1883, t. 495. 



irile l^and. British East Africa : Jomvu, near Mombasa, Walejieldy sketch 8 ! 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : coast opposite Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



This is totally different from K. rosea, Schweinf., with which iir'chumann and 

 Durand have united it. 



2. K. sethiopica, Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 642. Leafy stem not 

 fully developed till after the flowers ; leaves 3-5, not crowded at the 

 top, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 9-18 in. long, 1-3 in. broad at the 



