Alpinia.~] CXLIX. SCITAMINE/E. (J, G. Baker.) 255 



Scit. PL t. 69 ; Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6908 ; Horan. Prodr. 34. Eenealmia 

 mutica, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 280. 



PENANG, Roxburgh. MALAY PENINSULA. DISTBIB. Malay isles. 



Rootstoclc perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 2-4 in. 

 Panicle 6-9 in. ; rachis stout, very pubescent ; lower branches short, 2-3 ; bracts 

 oblong. Calyx-tube iin., funnel-shaped, white bordered with pink. Corolla-seg- 

 ments 1 in. Lip H in., nearly as broad, beautifully variegated with red and yellow. 

 Capsule globose, 1 in. diana., bright yellow. Seeds many in a cell. 



8. A. petiolata. Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate petioled glabrous 

 beneath, raceme simple, bracts large, flowers large, lip obovate-cuneate. 



PERAK, alt. 2500-4000 ft., Kunstler. 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-1 ft. by 3-4 in., subcoriaceous, dark glossy green, 

 petiole 3-4 in. Spike moderately dense-fld., erect, 3-4 in. ; rachis slender, pubes- 

 cent ; bracts 1 in., green membranous. Ovary densely villose. Calyx 1 in. Lip 

 half as long again as the calyx, bright yellow ; filament 1 in. 



9. A. Rafflesiana, Wall. Cat. 6575; leaves lanceolate finely pubes- 

 cent beneath, panicle dense snbglobose, flowers middle-sized, corolla- 

 segments oblong reddish -yellow, lip suborbicular margins much incurved. 

 Hook. Ic. t. 1063. A. aurantiaca, Wall. mss. 



PENANG, SINGAPORE and MALACCA. 



Rootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 1-1^ ft. by 

 2-3 in. Panicle sessile at the end of the leafy stems, congested into a globose head 

 2 in. long, subtended by a large ovate green bract ; pedicels very short ; flower- 

 bracts small, persistent, orbicular, subcoriaceous. Calyx funnel-shaped, bright red, 

 ,- in. Corolla-segments concave, - in. Lip f-1 in. long and broad, beautifully 

 striped with red on a yellow ground. Capsule globose, small. Alpinia vittala 

 of gardens appears to be a form of this very distinct species with leaves variegated 

 with white. , 



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Subgen. II. Catifmbium, Juss. Anther not crested. Bud enclosed 



in large membranous bracteoles. Raceme or panicle terminal. Species 

 10-13. 



10. A. bracteata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 2; FL Ind. i. 63; raceme 

 simple, bracteoles green. Wall. Gat. 6578, non Roscoe. A. Roxburghii, 

 Sweet Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 493 ; Horan. Prodr. 34. 



EAST HIMALAYAS, BENGAL, ASSAM, CACHAE, BTJRMA, the SHAN STATES and 

 MALACCA. 



Leafy stem 3-6 ft. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-H ft- by 2-4 in., pubescent 

 beneath. Raceme dense-fld., 6-9 in. ; rachis densely pubescent ; pedicels very short. 

 Buds not so short and more acute than in A. malaccensis ; bracteoles 1 in., oblong- 

 navieular. Corolla-segments 1 in., oblong, pure white. Lip ovate, half as long 

 again as the corolla-segments, emarginate, edge white, centre variegated red and 

 yellow, margins incurved ; base with two ascending horn-like processes. Capsule 

 large, globose. Seeds many in a cell. 



11. A. malaccensis, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 345 ; raceme 

 simple, bracteoles white. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 353 ; Hort. Beng. 2 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 64; Bot. Reg. t. 328; Wall. Gat. 6573 A. Horan. Prodr. 

 34. Maranta malacoensis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 2 ; Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 14. 

 Costus malaccensis, S.oe,nig in Retz. Obs. iii. 71. Rumph, Amboin. v. 

 t. 71, fig. 1. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, ASSAM, KHASIA HILLS and CHITTAGONG, ascending to 

 5000 ft. MALABAR, Law. 



