Kcempferia.'] CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) 221 



short lanceolate ; staminodes obovate, lip deeply cut into two obovate 

 lobes, anther-crest ovate entire. Hook, in Sot. Mag. t. 5600 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 21. K. Roscoei, Wall. Cat. 6584. 



BURMA, Wallich (not NEPAL, as stated by Horaninov). 



Root-fibres many, fascicled, cylindric. Leaves 2, spreading flat on the ground, 

 obscurely cuspidate, 4-5 in., firmer in texture than in K. Galanga, margins pale, 

 obscurely crisped. Flowers few, in a sessile central tuft ; bracts and calyx under 

 1 in. Corona-tube 1-1^ in. ; segments in. j staminodes ^ in. long and nearly as 

 broad ; lobes of the lip similar in sbape and size ; crest of the anther small and not 

 at all lobed. Nearly allied to K. Galanga. 



9. K.. parviflora, Wall. Cat. 6587 ; leaves subsessile ovate, corolla- 

 segments short linear-oblong, staminodes narrow, lip lilac obovate-cuneate 

 emarginate, anther-crest orbicular entire. 



BURMA ; banks of the River Attran, Wallicli. 



Root-fibres slender. Leaves thin, ovate, 3-4 in. long, rounded at the base, plain 

 green ; petiole short, channelled. Flowers few in a sessile central tuft ; bracts 1 in., 

 lanceolate, green. Calyx not longer than the bract, Corolla-tube 1-J in. ; segments 

 greenish, in., upper ascending, rather concave. Lip % by in., subemarginate ; 

 anther-crest obtuse, as broad as long. The flower resembles that of a Gastrochilus, 

 but the anther is crested. 



10. XL. involucrata, King mss. ; leaves oblanceolate-oblong long- 

 petioled erect, flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 

 bracts, corolla-segments ascending, staminodes rather longer than the 

 corolla-segments, lip orbicular bifid twice as long as the corolla-segments, 

 anther-crest orbicular entire. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Jaffray. ASSAM, Jenkins. 



Stemless. Petiole 5-6 in. ; blade 6-7 by 1-^-2 in., green, membranous, nar- 

 rowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 1-4 in. ; outer bracts membranous, 1^-2 in., 

 inner small lanceolate. Corona-tube 1 in.; segments small, oblong, whitish. 

 Staminodes crested, oblong, white, - in. ; lip in. long and broad, white with a 

 yellow blotch in the centre. 



11. K. Anderson!, BaJcer ; leaves oblong acute shortly petioled 

 ascending, flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 

 bracts, staminodes small obovate, lip orbicular emarginate, anther-crest 

 orbicular entire. 



BURMA, T. Anderson (in Hort. Sot. Calc.). 



Petiole 1-2 in.; blade 3-4 in., light green, riot mottled, narrowed to the base. 

 Peduncle ; bracts 1^2 in. Corona-tube shorter than the bracts j segments 

 small, ovate ; lip above A in. long and broad, pure white with a yellow spot at the 

 ^hroat. Nearly allied to K. involucrata. 



12. XL. concinna, Balcer\ leaves oblong-lanceolate long-petioled 

 ascending, spikes oblong shortly peduncled, corolla-tube rather longer 

 than the bract, flower white blotched with red, lip oblong margins incurved, 

 anther- crest small entire. 



PERAK, alt. 4-600 ft., King's Collector. 



Rootstock very slender. Leaf-blade subcoriaceous, glabrous, 6-8 by 2 in. ; 

 petiole slender, 9-12 in. Spikes many-fid. ; bracts 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, reddish. 

 Calyx very short. CoroWa-tube very slender, gradually dilated to the throat; 

 segments oblong, in. Habit of K. pandurata. 



Subgen. II. Frotanthium, Horan. Stemless. Leaves not produced 

 till after the flowers. Spikes radical. Lip and anther-crest bifid. 



