Alpinia*] CXLTX. SCITAMINEJE. (J. G. Baker.) 253 



indehiscent. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. Species 30, in the 

 Tropics of the Old World. 



Sect. I. Ethanium, Horan. Anther not crested. Bud not enclosed 

 in large bracteoles. Panicle terminal. (Sp. 1-9.). 



1. A. conchig-era, Griff. Notul. iii. 424; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 354; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow, flowers 

 small, corolla- segments oblong greenish, lip orbicular yellowish with red 

 lines and dots with two small teeth at the base. A. Galanga, Wall. 'Cat. 

 6572 E, F. Strobidia conchigera, Kuntze inedit. 



CHITTAGONG and the Malay Peninsula to MALACCA. DISTRIB. Siam, Cam-' 

 bodia. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves -1 ft. by 2-3 in. Panicle 6-9 in. ; rachis pubescent ; 

 lower branch often elongate, the others short ascending ; bracts small, brown, 

 scariose, ovate. Calyx |- in. ; mouth oblique, obscurely 3-dentate. CoroZZa-tube 

 scarcely longer than the calyx ; segments | in. Lip with incurved margins, not 

 longer than the corolla-segments, not clawed. Ovules 2 in each cell. I do not 

 regard Strobidia as generic-ally distinct from Alpinia. 



2. A, IManii, King MSB. (under Strobidia) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow subracemose, flowers small, corolla- 

 segments oblong, lip narrow cuneate. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, King's Collector. 



Leafy stem elongate. Leaves shortly petioled, 12 in. or more by 3-4 in., bright 

 green, with more prominent ribs than in its allies. Panicle 6-9 in. ; rachis pubes- 

 cent; branches short, erecto-patent, usually 1-fld. ; bracts minute, Calyx % in., 

 minutely 3-dentate. Corona-tube bwice as long as the calyx ; segments i in. Lip 

 scarcely longer than the corolla-segments. Capsule globose, in. diam., 1-2 

 seeded. 



3. A. Galanga, Sw. Obs. Bof. 8; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous 

 beneath, panicle copiously compound, flowers small, corolla-segments 

 linear-oblong greenish-white, lip obovate-clawed emarginate white veined 

 with lilac, with a pair of subulate glands at the base of the claw. ^Roxb. 

 Hort. Seng. 2 ; Asiat. Res. xi. 352 ; Fl. Ind. i. 59 ; Rose, in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. viii. 345 ; Wall. Cat. 6572, exparte; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Thw. Enum. 319. A. viridiflora, Griff. Notul. iii. 

 423; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 353. Maranta Galanga, Linn. Sp. Plant. 2. Galanga, 

 Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 281. Rumpli. Amboin. v. t. 63. 



Throughout INDIA from the foot of the Himalayas to CEYLON and MALACCA. 

 DISTRIB. Malay islands and widely cultivated. 



Rootstock perennial, tuberous, slightly aromatic. Leafy stem 67 ft. Leaves 1-2 

 ft. by 4-6 in., green and glossy on both side&. Panicle dense-fld., -i-l ft., rachis 

 densely pubescent, branches numerous short ; pedicels in. ; bracts small, ovate, 

 Calyx greenish-white, in. oblique at the throat. CoroZ/a-segments i~| in.' Lip 

 distinctly clawed, ^ in., basal glands ascending, reddish, linear-subulate. Stamen 

 arcuate, shorter than the lip. Ovules 1-2 in a cell. Fruit orange-red, the size of a 

 small cherry. Probably .4. alba, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 346 (Hellenia alba, 

 Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 5. Languas vulgare, Koenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 64 ; Heritiera. 

 alba, Eetz. Obs. vi. 18), A. carnea, Griff. Notul. iii. 420, and A. zingiberina, Hook, 

 f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6944 are forms. The drawing of Costus arabicuj, Linn, in 

 Hermann's Ceylon Herbarium belongs here. 



4. A. Alluprhas, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 346 ; Scit. PI. t. 67 : 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle narrow copiously com- 



