254 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^. (J. G. Baker.) [Alpinia. 



pound, flowers small, corolla-segments linear-oblong greenish-white, lip 

 cuneate pink distinctly emarginate with two small linear-subulate glands 

 at the base. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. vi. 353 ; Sort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. i. 61 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 6571 ; G-riff. Notul. iii. 432 ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb.206 ; Dalz. &r Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 273 ; Thw. JEnum. 320 ; Horan. Prodr. 33. A. Eheedii, Wight 

 Ic. t. 2026, Hellenia Allughas, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 4 ; Andr. Rot. Rep. t. 

 501 ; Sdlisb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 281. Heritiera Allughas, Retz. Obs. vi. 

 17, t. 1. Zingiber nigrum, Gaertn. Jfruct. t. 12. Rheede Hort. Hal. xi 

 t. 14. 



From the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTEIB. Malay isles and 

 widely" cultivated. 



Rootstock tuberous, biennial or perennial. Leafy stem 3-6 ft. Leaves 1-1^ ft. 

 by 3 6 in., smooth and glossy on both surfaces. Panicle erect, -1 ft. ; branches 

 pubescent, fewer and more ascending than in A. Galanga ; flowers crowded, shortly 

 pedicelled ; bracts small, ovate-ainplexicaul. Calyx pubescent, %-% in. ; mouth 

 oblique. Corona- tube a* long as the calyx; segments as long as the tube. Lip 

 clawed. Stamen arcuate, shorter than the lip. Capsule globose, black, in. 

 diam. 



5. A. calcarata, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 347 ; Scit. PI. t. 68 ; 

 leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle short, slightly compound 

 flowers middle-sized, -corolla-segments oblong greenish-white, lip oblong 

 striped and spotted with red and yellow on a pale ground with edges 

 slightly incurved, base spurred. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 355 ; Hort. Seng. 2 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 69 ; Sot. Reg. t. 141 ; Wall. Gat. 6577 ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 

 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 2028 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Thw. Enum. 320. 

 A. bracteata, Rose, in Wans. Linn. Soc. xi. 381 ; Scit. t. 70, non Roxb., A. 

 cernua, Sims in Sot. Mag. t. 1900. Renealmia calcarata, Haw. in Andr. 

 Sot. Rep. t. 421 ; Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 231. Globba erecta, Red 

 Lil. t. 174. 



SOUTHERN MALAY PENINSULA, the CONCAN, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. China, 

 and widely cultivated. 



Rootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem slender, 2-4 ft. Leaves 6-12 by 

 1-2 in. acuminate, green and glossy on both surfaces. Panicle dense-fld., 3-4 in. ; 

 rachis pubescent ; lower branches short, bearing 3-4 crowded flowers ; bracts small, 

 ovate. Cafya>tube funnel-shaped, i~| in. ; ovary densely pubescent. Corolla-seg- 

 ments % in. Lip 1-1^ in., beautifully variegated with red and yellow, emarginate. 

 Anther-cells minutely margined. Ovules many in a cell. Capsule globose, red. 



6. A. Wrayi, King MSS. ; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, 

 peduncle scarcely leafy, panicle short slightly compound, flowers middle- 

 sized, corolla-segments oblanceolate, lip dark yellow obovate-cuneate. 



PENANG, alt. 2-3000 ft., King's Collector. 



Leafy stem elongate. Leaves 12 by 2 in. or more, acute, moderately firm. 

 Peduncle from the rootstock, slender, erect, under a foot long, with several sheath, 

 ing bract-leaves, only the uppermost produced into a small lanceolate blade. Panic'e 

 3-4 in., dense-fld., erect ; bracts small, deciduous. Ovary very hairy. Calyx % in., 

 narrowly funnel-shaped. Corona- tube as long as the calyx j segments f in. Lip 

 1 in. May be an abnormal form of A. calcarata. 



7. A. mutica, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 354 ; Hort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 67 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle slightly com- 

 pound, flowers large, corolla segments oblong white, lip suborbicular 

 variegated red and yellow, base not spurred, margins much incurved. Rose. 



