Kcempferia.] CXLIX. SCITAMINE.E. (J. G. Baker.) 223 



calyx ; segments less than 1 in., green, lanceolate ; staminodes spreading, ^ in. ; lip 

 f-1 in. long and broad, bifid nearly to the base; anther-crest large, suborbicular. 



17. KL macro chlamys. Baker ; stemless, leaves lanceolate petioled, 

 flowers white, staminodes orbicular-cuneate, lip broad cut deeply into two 

 orbicular lobes. 



TENASSERTSI, Parish. 



Leaves 4-5 by 1 in., acute, narrowed gradually into a channelled petiole 2-3 in. 

 long. Cluster of flowers shortly peduncled ; outer bracts 2 in., oblong, purplish- 

 brown. CoroZfo-segments ^ in. ; staminodes a little longer than the corolla-seg- 

 ments ; lip 1 in. broad, bifid halt' way down, yellow and pilose below ; anther-crest 

 ovate, entire. Described from a sketch and notes made by Prof. Oliver of a plant 

 that flowered in Kew in May, 1871. 



18. K.. linearis, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. (d. Wall. & Carey, i. 20 ; leafy 

 stem elongate, leaves sessile lanceolate acuminate, flowers white, corolla-tube 

 half as long again as the bracts, corolla-segments linear-oblong whitish, 

 staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip broad cuneate entire or slightly emarginate. 

 Monolophus linearis, Wall. Gat. 6592 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, ASSAM, SILIIET and the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2-3500 ft. 



Annual, root-fibres slender. Stem simple ; slender, erect, 4-10 in. Leaves 

 ascending, membranous, green, 3-4 by in. Spikes 1-2, sessile or shortly 

 peduncled, 1-2-fld. ; outer bract 1-1 in., lanceolate, acuminate, green. Corolla' 

 tube 1-2-2 in. ; segments -5-^ in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 

 about f in. long and broad, tinged with yellow at the throat ; anther-crest large, 

 orbicular. 



19. K.. sikkimensis, King mss. ; leafy stem elongate, leaves sessile 

 lanceolate-acuminate, corolla-tube twice as long as the bract, segments 

 linear-oblong dark lilac, staminodes white orbicular euneate, lip suborbicular 

 white entire. 



SIKKIM and BHOTA^ HIMALAYA, King, Elwes. 



Stems slender, 2-4 in. long. Leaves reaching 2-3 in. long, ^-1 in. broad. 

 Spike solitary ; 1-flowered, its base hidden in the sheath of the uppermost leaf ; bract 

 green, i in % long. CoroZ/a-tube slender, an inch long; segments J in. long. Very 

 near K. linearis. 



20. K. secunda, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Wall. & Carey, i. 19 ; 

 leafy stem produced, leaves sessile oblong acute, flowers white or red, corolla- 

 segments linear-oblong, staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip broad cuneate 

 slightly emarginata. Bot. Mag. t. 6999. Monolophus secundus, Wall. 

 Cat. 6591 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, ASSAM, SILHET, the KHASIA HILLS and TENASSEBIM, 

 ascending to 4000 ft. 



Annual. Leafy stem 6-9 in., slender, simple. Leaves 3-4 by 1 in. (or more), 

 membranous, green, ascending, acuminate. Spikes 1-4; outer-bract 1-1^ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, green, moderately firm. Calyx much shorter than the bract. 

 CoroZZa-tube 1^-2 in.; segments J- in., greenish, membranous; staminodes 

 scarcely longer than the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in. or more broad; anther-crest 

 large, ovate. 



21. XL. parvula, King. mss. ; leafy stem produced, leaves petioled 

 oblong acute, flowers small white solitary in the axil of a large folded 

 oblong firm green bract. 



MALAY PENINSULA; Gopiug, King's Collector. 



