256 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^I. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Alpinia. 



Rootstock perennial. Leafy stem 6-10 ft. Leaves 2-3 ft., oblong-lanceolate, 

 pubescent beneath. Raceme erect, ^-1 ft. ; rachis very stout, densely pubescent ; 

 pedicels all very sbort. Buds oblong, obtuse ; bracteoles obloug-navicular, 1 in. 

 Corona-segments white, oblong, 1 in. Lip ovate, emarginate, 1^-2 in., margin 

 pale ; centre beautifully variegated red and yellow; edges much incurved. Capsule 

 globose, yellow, 1 in. diam. Seeds many, ovoid. 



12. A. nutans, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 346 ; Scit. t. 73 ; 

 panicle cernuous slightly compound, bracts deciduous, peduncles short, 

 bracteoles white tipped with pink. Smith jExot. Bot. ii. t. 306 ; Roxb. in 

 Asiat. Res. xi. 354 ; Sort. Seng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. i. 65 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1903 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6574 ex parte ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 2027 ; 

 Thiv. Enum. 320. A. malaccensis, Wall. Cat. 6573 B, C. A. cristata, 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 421. Grlobba nutans, Linn. Mant. 170; Red. Lil. t. 60. 

 Benealmia nutans, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 360 ; Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 

 i. 279. Zerumbet speciosum, Jacg. Fragm. t. 68; Wendl. Sert. Han. 

 t. 19. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS and MALAY PENINSULA. DISTEIB. Malay islands. 



Rootstock perennial. Leafy stem 8-10 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3-6 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, finely pubescent beneath. ' Panicle ^-1 ft.; rachis very hairy; lower 

 branches bearing 2-3 crowded flowers. Bracteoles 1 in. or more, broad, oblong- 

 navicular. Corolla-segments oblong, 1 in., white tipped with pink. Lip ovate, 

 1 in. long and broad, base spurred, margins pale, centre beautifully variegated with 

 red and yellow, margins much incurved. Capsule red, globose. Seeds many in 

 a cell. 



Var. . ASERICEA, Moon Cat. Ceyl. 1 (sp.) ; panicle shorter, flowers smaller, 

 bracteoles and corolla-segments not tipped with pink. Ceylon. 



13. A. involucrata, Griff. Notul. iii. 422 ; panicle cernuous 

 slightly compound, bracts persistent cupular, bracteoles white. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5697), Maingay (K. d. 1574). PEBAK, King's 

 Collector. 



Nearly allied to A. nutans, of which it may be only a variety. Leafy stem 

 10-15 ft. Lower branches of the panicle elongated, with 2-3 flowers crowded at 

 the lip, enveloped by persistent scariose bracts. Capsule globose, 1 in. diam. 



SECT. III. Hellenia, Willd. Anther furnished with a small 

 petioled crest. Panicle terminal. (Sp. 14-17.) 



14. A. aquatica, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 346 ; leaves oblong 

 not scabrous, anther with a semi- orbicular crest, lip obcordate. Hellenia 

 aquatica, Horan. Prodr. 35. Heritiera aquatica, Retz. Obs. v. 18. 

 Languas aquaticum vel sylvestre, Xoenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 65. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA, in swamps, Kceniy. 



Leafy stem 4 ft. and more. Leaves coriaceous, bright green, denticulate, 

 glabrous beneath. Panicle narrow, oblong, peduncled, with 2-3 membranous white 

 bracts at the base. Calyx-\\mlo tubulose-campanulate, glabrous, tridentate. Corolla- 

 segments whitish ; upper ovate-oblong ; two lower acute, approximate. Lip shorter 

 than the corollarsegments, with an oblong gland on each side at the base. Anther 

 with a coloured crest. Capsule black. Seeds about 5, trietrous. Known only 

 from Koanig's description. 



15. A. scabra, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 648 ; leaves lanceolate very 

 scabrous above, anther with an obscure truncate crest, lip narrow bilobed. 

 Hellenia scabra, Blume Enum. i. 60 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 603 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 35. 



