GLOBBA.] 



SC1TAM1NEOZ. 



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produced direct from the root- 

 stock, sometimes at the top of 

 a leafy stem . . . .4. ZINGIBER. 



Filament forming with the pro- 

 duced connective an oblong 

 petaloid process, with the con- 

 tiguous linear anther-cells placed 

 in its middle ; stigma with a 

 semilunar pit ciliate round the 

 margin ; spikes usually at the 

 top of leafy stems . . .5. COSTUS. 

 Flowers in racemes or panicles at 

 the top of leafy stems ; filament 

 long ; anther-cells divergent at 

 apex ; stigma subglobose . . * ALPINIA. 

 Anther 1 -celled, laterally adnate to a 

 petaloid filament ; calyx of free sepals : 



Staminal tube with 5 subsimilar 

 slightly unequal petaloid segments, 

 the 1 -celled anther adnate to one 

 of the smaller segments ; ovary 

 3-celled ; placentas many-ovuled . * CANNA. 



Stamens 5 perfect, free, the 6th imperfect or 

 absent ; sepals united in a split spathe-like 

 tube ; corolla short, included and envelop- 

 ing the stamens and style ; fruit fleshy, 

 indehiscent ; leaves very large . . . * MUSA. 



The genera marked with an asterisk in the above key are not truly 

 indigenous within the area of this flora. 



1. GLOBBA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi, 201. 



Herbs with creeping rhizomes and erect stems. Leaves oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in terminal panicles, rarely in 

 spikes, bracts usually deciduous, buds often replaced by bulbils. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, 3-lobed. Corolla 3-lobed, longer than calyx ; 

 lobes ovate, subequal. Stamen 1, filament long, incurved, with 

 2 dorsal appendages ; anther oblong ; connective simple, winged 

 or spurred, produced beyond the cells. Ovary 1-celled ; style 

 filiform, placed in a groove of the filament, stigma turbinate ; 

 ovules many, on 3 parietal placentas. Fruit a globose capsule, 



