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SCITAMINE(E. 



free or connate. Stamens only 1 perfect, the rest replaced by 

 petaloid staminodes, or 5 perfect and a sixth imperfect or obsolete ; 

 anthers linear, 2-celled, rarely of one cell on the margin of a peta- 

 loid connective. Ovary inferior, 3-rarely 2-or 1 -celled ; style 

 usually slender, with 2 short stylodes crowning the ovary, stigma 

 entire or subentire ; ovules usually many, axile, rarely parietal, 

 anatropous. Fruit a loculicidally 3-valved capsule or indehiscent 

 and membranous or fleshy, usually crowned by the remains of the 

 perianth. Seeds often aril! ate, albumen floury, embryo small. 

 Species 400-500, chiefly tropical. 



Stamen only one perfect, others reduced to 

 staminodes or wanting : 



Anther 2-celled ; calyx tubular or spathaee- 

 ous ; style slender, embraced below the 

 stigma by the anther : 



Ovary' 1 -celled ; placentas 3, parietal; 



cor-tube long ; flowers yellow . .1. GLOBBA. 



Ovary 3 -celled ; placentas axile : 

 Lateral staminodes broad : 



Connective not spurred at the base ; 

 cor-tube long, slender : 



Filament short ; connective broad, 



crested ; stigma turbinate . * KGEMPFERIA. 



Filament long, narrow ; connective 

 very narrow, not crested ; stigma 

 subglobose . . . .2. HEDYCHIUM. 



Connective spurred at the base ; 

 cor-tube funnel-shaped ; stigma 2- 

 lipped, the lips ciliate ; bracts 

 forming a cone-like spike . .3. CURCUMA. 



Lateral staminodes small or none, 

 rarely narrow and adnate to the 

 lip ; cor-tube cylindric : 

 Flowers in a dense cone-like spike : 



Filament short ; anther-cells con- 

 tiguous, parallel ; connective 

 produced as a narrow appendage 

 as long as the anther ; stigma 

 small, subglobose ; spikes usually 



