220 CXLIX. SCITAMINE2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Koempferia. 



large linear, staminodes oblong white, lip lilac deeply cut into two obovate 

 emarginate lobes, anther- crest 3-4-dentate, Eosc. Scit. PI. t. 95 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6583; Horan. Prodr. 21. K. diversifolia,I/iw&. in Dietr. Sp. Plant, i. 

 57 ; Horan. Prodr. 1. c. K. Parishii, Hook. /. in, Sot. Mag. t. 5763. 

 Trilophus, Lestib. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xv. 341. 



TENASSERIM, Parish; MALACCA, Farquhar. DISTRIB. Slam. 



Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres cyliudric or oblong at the tip. Leaves 6 by 4 in., 

 spreading, thin, pale green, acute; channelled petiole in the wild plant 2-3 in., 

 sometimes 6 in. in the cultivated. Spike few-fid., sometimes produced before the 

 leaves ; bracts imbricate, 1-2 in., pale green striped with brown. Corolla-tube 1^-2 

 in. long; segments narrow, 1| in. ; staminodes erect, 1 by in. ; lobes of lip short 

 and broad, imbricate, bright lilac ; anther-crest large, quadrate, usually trifid. 

 Connects the sections Sincorus and Protanthium, and is included by Horaninov in 

 both, under different names. 



5. XL. speciosa, Baker ; leaves su.borbicu.lar erect shortly petioled, 

 flowers in a sessile head large pure white, corolla-tube very long, segments 

 ovate, staminodes large obovate, lip patent broader than long bifid. 



BURMA (Ic. in Sort. Calctit.) 



Petiole 2-3 in. ; blade 5-6 in, long and broad, plain green or variegated deeper 

 and paler green. Corolla-tube 3 in. ; segments nearly 1 in. ; staminodes and lip 

 1 in., the expanded limb being 2 in. diavn. 



6. XL. pandurata, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 328, t. 2 ; Sort. Beng. 1 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 18 ; leaves oblong petioled large erect, corolla-segments ascending, 

 staminodes oblong as long as the corolla-segments white, lip oblong- 

 cuneate twice as long as the staminodes entire, anther- crest quadrate bifid. 

 Rose. Scit. PI. t. 96 ; Sot. Reg. t. 173 ; Wall. Cat. 6586 ; Grali. Cat. PI. 

 Bomb. 208 ; Dah. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl 87 ; Thw. Enum. 316 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 21. K. ovata, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 351 . Curcuma 

 rotunda, Linn. Sp. 2. Rheede, Hort. Mai. xi. t. 10 ; Humph. Amboin. v. t. 

 69, fig. 2. 



CONCAN and GTJZERAT, Graham. SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLD., Kurz. TENASSERIM, 

 Heifer. CEYLON, Thwaites. DISTRIB. Malay Islds. 



Rootstock perennial, tuberous, bright yellow ; root-fibres cyliudric. Leaves 9-12 

 in., acute, narrowed to the base; petiole long, channelled. Spike peduncled, hidden 

 in the dilated bases of the petioles; bracts oblong or lanceolate, moderately firm, 

 1^-2 in. Calyx shorter than the bracts. Corolla-tube 2-2 in. ; segments whitish, 

 above ^ in. ; lip 1 in., white, tinged with red, margins incurved ; anther-crest small. 

 Resembles Gastrochilus in the shape of the flower, especially G. longifiora, but 

 the anther is crested. Cultivated for its ginger-like rootstock. 



7. XL- Prainiana? King mss. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate erect, petiole 

 as long as the blade, corolla-segments oblong ascending, lip oblong- 

 cuneate much longer than the corolla-segments. 



PENINSULA; Goping, King's Collector. 



Rootstock small. Leaves about 4 in a tuft ; petiole 6 in. ; blade 8-9 by 2-2 in., 

 moderately firm, glabrous, narrowed to the base. Flowers in a sessile cylindric 

 spike 6 in. long ; bracts many, oblong, imbricate, membranous. Corolla whitish ; 

 tube 1 in., slender, segments under % in., lip the same, but much smaller. Nearly 

 allied to K. pandurata. 



** Anther-crest entire. 



8. XL. Roscoeanaj Wall, in Sot. Reg. 1. 1212; leaves orbicular sub- 

 sessile variegated black and green ; flower entirely white ; corolla-segments 



