252 CXLIX. SCITAMINE-E. (J. G. Baker.) [Elettariopsis, 



MALAY PENINSULA; Perak, Scortechini, 1947. 



Leaces usually solitary, erect ; blade oblong-lanceolate, 2|-3 ft., narrowed to 

 the base; petiole much shorter. Spike 6 in. ; lower internodes iu. ; bracts lan- 

 ceolate. Calyx 1 in. Corona-tube 2^-3 in., cylindric, rather dilated towards the 

 top; segments f in. Lip 1 in., yellow, with two red streaks. 



2. E. Curtisii, Baker ; spike decumbent, corolla-segments linear- 

 oblong, tube very long. 



PENANG ; West hill, alb. 2500 ft., Curtis, 1578. 



Rootsiock sheathed with imbricated obtu.^e scale-leaves. Leaves solitary, erect ; 

 petiole *& ft.; blade 8-9 by 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous. Spike 1^-2 in.; 

 rachis very slender; bracts lanceolate, iu. Calyx -| in. Corona-tube in., very 

 slender ; segments ^ in. Lip deflexed, twice as long as the corolla-segments. 



)!. E. serpentina. Baker ; spike decumbent secund, corolla-segments 

 lineaf^oblong, tube twice as long as the calyx-limb. 



PpNANG, alt. 1000-1500 ft., King's Collector. 



' fthizpme very slender, sheathed by oblong imbricated scale-leaves. Leaves less 

 than 12 > ln. by 2 in., geminate, erect, lanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; petiole 

 slender, 8 9 in. Spike 2 3 in., shortly peduncled; bracts small, lanceolate, mem- 

 branous. Calyx-tube f in. Corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments half as long as the tube. 

 Lip white, marked with red-brown and yellow in the centre. 



17. SCAPHOCHXiABXirS, Baker. 



Rootstock wide-creeping, not tuberous. Stem 0. Leaves erect, 

 obLong-lanceolate ; petiole as long as the blade. Spike lax-fld. ; bracts 

 several-fid., large, Ungulate, persistent. Calyx oblique, spathaceous. 

 C'oro/Za-tube slender, cylindric, longer than the calyx ; lip obovate- 

 cuneate, emarginate ; filament short; anther-cells slightly divergent, 

 with a small petaloid-crest. Ovary 3-celled ? ; ovules few in a cell ; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, globose. Capsule snbglobose, membranous. Seeds 

 ovoid, with a large white aril cut down to the base into subulate processes. 



S. malaccana, Balcer. 



MALACCA ; Mount Ophir, Cuming, Griffith (K. d. 5761), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 1579), Hullett. 



iea/-blade firm, glabrous, 6-8 by 2-3 in., Spike of about 6 nodes ; peduncle 

 short, slender ; bracts 1~H in., green, Ungulate, erecto-patent, obtuse, involute in 

 the lower half. Calyx -| in. Flowers white. CoroZZa-tube under 1 in., slender, 

 cylindric; segments shorter than the tube. Lip under 1 in. Stamen porreci, 

 shorter than the lip. Capsule J in., 3-seeded, 



IS. ALPINIA, Linn. 



Rootstock horizontal. Leafy stem elongated. Leaves oblong or lan- 

 ceolate. Panicle or raceme terminal (except in sp. 16-17) ; bracteoles 

 sometimes enveloping the bud. Calyx laxly tubular, shortly 3-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube cylindric, usually not longer than the calyx ; segments linear- 

 oblong or oblong, upper usually broader and more convex. Lateral 

 staminodes or very small ; lip patent, often orbicular with incurved 

 margins, sometimes with 2 subulate processes at the 1 base of the claw; 

 filament flattened ; anther-cells divergent at the apex, furnished rarely 

 with an orbicular crest. Ovary 3-celled , ovules few or many in a cell ; 

 style filiform ; stigma subglobose. Fruit globose, dry or fleshy, usually 



