Kampferia] cxLix. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) 219 



SUBGEN. I. Sincorus, Horan. Stemless. Leaves contemporary with 

 the flowers. Spikes central, radical. Lip usually bifid. 



* Anther crest 2-lobed, 2-Jid, or toothed. 



1. XL. Cralang-a, Linn. Sp. PL 3; Sort. Cliff, t. 3; leaves sub- 

 orbicular subsessile, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes obovate- 

 cuneate white, lip white with a lilac throat deeply bifid, anther-crest 

 quadrate, lobes two rounded. Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 351 ; Scit. 

 PL t. 92 ; noxb. in rAsiat. Res. xi. 327 ; Sort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 15 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6581; Wight. Ic. t. 899; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 208 ; Dalz. & 

 Gils. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Horan. Prodr. 21. K. sessilis, Kcenig in Sets. Obs. 

 iii. 67. K. humilis, Salisb. Prodr. Q. K. plantagimfolia, Salisb. in Trans. 

 Sort. Soc. i. 286. Alpinia sessilis, Kcenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 62. Rumph. 

 Amboin. v. t. 69, fig. 2. Sheede Malab. xi. t. 41. 



In the plains throughout BRITISH INDIA. DISTEIB. Malay isles. 



Jtoolstock tuberous; root-fibres cylindric. Leaves 3-6 in. long, spreading flat 

 on the ground, tip deltoid, thin, deep green, 10-12-ribbed, margin not thickened 

 nor coloured ; petiole short, channelled. Floivers 6-12, fugitive, sweet-scented, 

 opening successively ; bracts lanceolate, green, small. Calyx as long as the bract. 

 Corona-tube 1 in. ; segments % in. ; staminodes ^ in. long and broad j lip 1 in. broad, 

 bitid below the middle, lobes obtuse; anther-crest small, with two shallow obtuse 

 lobes. 



Var. K. LATIFOLIA, Donn. Hort. Cant. ed. vi. p. 3 ; lip spotted at the throat 

 with brown. K. Galanga, Willd., Enurn. i. 3 ; Bot. Mag. t. 850. 



2. XL. marginata, Carey in Rose. Scit. PI. t. 93 ; leaves orbicular sub' 

 sessile edged with brown, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes lilac 

 obovate, lip lilac cut deeply into two orbicular lobes, anther crest bifid. 

 Horan. Prodr. 21. 



BURMA, Carey ; TENASSERIM, Parish. 



Root-fibres oblong. Leaves spread flat on the ground, 4-6 in. long and broad, 

 firmer in texture than in K. Galanga, tinged reddish-brown beneath, and with a 

 distinct brown margin. Flowers few in a sessile central cluster ; bracts and calyx 

 under 1 in. Corolla-tube 1 in.; segments as long, white. Staminodes as long as 

 the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in., lobes in. broad, overlapping ; anther-crest deeply 

 bifid, lobes bidentate. Nearly allied to K. G-alanga. An allied plant with purple 

 flowers sent by Dr. King from Quedah in the Malay Peninsula, is probably a distinct 

 species. 



3. XL. ang-ustifolia, Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 351 ; Scit. PI. 

 t. 94; leaves ascending lanceolate, corolla-segments long linear, staminodes 

 oblong white, lip lilac deeply cut into two obovate lobes, anther-crest bifid. 

 Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 328 ; Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 17 ; Red. Lil. t. 

 389; Horan. Prodr. 21. K. Boxburghiana, Schult. Mant. i. 33. K. undu- 

 lata, Link. ; Teysm. and Binnen. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Rat. iii. 598. 



Foot of the EASTERN HIMALAYAS. BENGAL, Roxburgh. DISTEIB. Malay isles. 



Rootstock tuberous ; root-fibres slender or cylindric. Leaves many, 6-8 by 1 in.' 

 or less, sessile, ascending, lanceolate, flowers few in a central sessile spike ; bracts 

 small. Calyx 1 in. Corona-tube white, twice as long as the calyx ; segments. 1 in., 

 very narrow, white, reflexiug ; staminodes erect, ^-fin. ; lip reflt-xed, i by f in., 

 bitid about halfway down; lobes suborbicular j anther-crest quadrate, shallowly 

 bifid. 



4. XL. ovalifolia, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 19; Corom. PI. 

 t. 278; leaves oblong distinctly petioled, spike sessile, corolla-segments 



