222 CXLIX. SCIT AMINES. (J. G. Baker.) [Kcempferia. 



13. 2L. rotunda, Linn. Sp. 3 ; leaves oblong erect petioled, corolla- 

 segments long linear, staminodes oblong acute white, lip lilac or reddish, 

 deeply cut into two suborbicular lobes, anther-crest deeply bifid. Roxb. in 

 Asiat. Res. xi. 327 ; Sort. Seng, 1 ; Fl.'Ind. i. 16 ; Rose. Scit. PI. t. 97 ; Sot. 

 Mag. t. 920 and 6054 ; Wight Ic. t. 2029 ; Grah. Gat. PI. Bomb. 208 ; 

 Dalz. ft Gibs. Bomb. Fl, Suppl. 86; Thw. Enum. o!6. K. longa, Jacq. 

 Hort. Sckoenb. t. 317 ; Red. Lil. t. 49. K. versicolor, Salisb. in Trans. Sort. 

 Soc. i. 286. Rkeede Hort. Hal. xi. t. 9. 



Throughout INDIA from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and the MALAY PENINSULA, 

 often cultivated. DISTBIB. Malay Islands. 



Rootstock tuberous ; root-fibres many, very thick. Leaves erect, petiole short 

 channelled; blade 12 by 3-4 in., usually variegated with darker and lighter green 

 above and tinged purple beneath. Spikes 4-6-fld., produced in March and April 

 before the leaves ; bracts oblong, acute, outer short, the inner 2-3 in. long. Calyx 

 nearly as long as the corolla-tube, minutely toothed, slit down one side. CoroHa- 

 tube 2-3 in., segments spreading, nearly as long as the tube. Staminodes l|-2 in. ; 

 lip rather shorter, reflexed, 2-lobed to below the middle lobes f-1 in. broad, deeply 

 tinged with lilac or red-purple ; anther-crest cut halfway down into two lanceolate 

 lobes, with often a small tooth between them. 



14 K,. Candida, Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar. i. 47, t. 56; Cat. 6585; 

 flowers white, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes obovate obtuse, lip 

 orbicular-cuneate shallowly bifid, anther-crest bifid. 



BURMA, WalUch, &c ; Shan Hills, 3000 ft., Collett. 



RootstoeJc tuberous root-fibres slender, with large tubers at the end. Leaves 

 not known. Spikes 6-8'fld. ; bracts broader than in K. rotunda, inner 2-3 in. long. 

 Calyx 1 in., minutely toothed. Corona-tube twice as long as the calyx ; segments 

 1 in. or less; staminodes 1 by 1 in., erect, pure white; lip reflexed, 1^ in. long 

 and broad, tinged yellow in the centre; anther-crest much smaller than in K. 

 rotunda. 



Subgen. III. Monolophus, Wall. (gen). Leafy stem usually pro- 

 duced. Leaves contemporary with the flowers. Spikes terminal on the 

 leafy stem. Lip bifid or entire. Aniher-crest entire. 



15. XL. siphonantha, King mss.\ leafy stem none, leaves oblong 

 oblique at the base, petiole longer than the blade, flower lilac, staminodes 

 oblong, lip broad deeply bifid. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, King's Collector. 



Annual, stemless ; root-fibres slender. Leaves 3 in a tuft ; petiole 6 in. ; blade 

 4-5 in., oblong, acute, membranous, glabrous, base unequal-sided, sides rouuded. 

 Flotoers solitary at the end of a long very slender spike; bracts few, narrow, mem- 

 branous. Corolla-tuloe much exserted from the upper bract ; segments in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, greenish. 



16. XL. elegrans, Wall. Cat. 6593 ; leafy stem short or none, leaves 

 oblong, petiole rather shorter than the blade, flowers bright lilac, stami- 

 nodes obovate-cuneate, lip cut nearly to the base into two obovate lobes. 

 K. Crawfurdii, Wall. ined. Monolophus elegans, Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar. i. 

 24, t. 27 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



PEGTJ, MARTABAN, TAVOY, and TENASSEEIM. 



Annual, root-fibres slender. Leaves 2-4 to a tuft, 5-6 by 2-3 in., acute, thin, 

 green above, much paler beneath, base rounded ; petiole channelled, nearly as long 

 as the blade. Cluster of flowers shortly peduncled ; outer bracts 2 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, green. Calyx about 1 in. Corolla-tribe slender, twice as long as the 



