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minusve connatae, sicco stramineae vel brunneae, interdum apicem 

 versus rubrescentes, apice rotundatae, ad 3 cm. longae et 2*7 cm. 

 Iatae, marginatae, glabrae. Calyx hyalinus, circiter 1 cm. longus. 

 Corollae tubus vix 3 cm. longus, superne ampliatus, pilis deflexis 

 extra instructus ; lobi lanceolati vel oblongo-lanceolati, acuti, inter 

 se subaequales, ad 15 mm. longi et 4*5 mm. lati. Staminodia 

 purpurea (ex Kerr), subrhomboidea, acuta, 15 mm. longa, 7 mm. 

 lata; labellum subrotundatum, basi angustatum, 1'2 cm. diametro, 

 purpureum nisi medio luteum (ex Kerr) ; filamentum latum, 

 circiter 5 mm. longum ; anthera 8 mm. longa, calcare circiter 2 mm. 

 longo. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1155 (leaf-specimens 

 collected three weeks after flowering specimens). 



Curcuma longa, Linn. — F.B.I., vi. p. 214 ; K. Schum., Eugler 

 Pflanzenr., Zingiber., p. 108 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, vi. p. 63. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in damp evergreen jungle, 900 m., 

 Kerr, 688. 



Probably native in E. India or Indo-China — cultivated in the 

 tropics. 



Lao name, Kamin Pah (ex Kerr). 



Curcuma parviflora, Wall. — F.B.I., vi. p. 215 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 232 ; K. Schum., Eugler Pflanzenr., 

 Zingib., p. 102 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, vi. p. 61 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 37:<. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 300-720 m., Kerr, 

 719 ; Wang Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 56. 



Distr. Burma, [Laos, ex FL Indo- Chine, Siamese Malay 

 Peninsula, ex Williams']. 



Curcuma zedoaria, Roscoe, forma, Hosseus, ii. p. 374. 

 Wang Djao, 140 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Curcuma sp. aff. C. sessili, Gage. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 

 300-600 m., Kerr, 634. 



According to Dr. Kerr the whole inflorescence is eaten by the 

 natives. 



Lao name, Dawk Aaow (ex Kerr). 



Amomum siamense, Craib, sp. n., ab A. Robertsonii, Craib, foliis 

 glabris distinguenda. 



Caules ad 2*7 m. alti (ex Kerr), basi paulo ultra 2 cm. diametro, 

 superne tantum foliati. Folia ad 79 cm. longa et 15*5 cm. lata, 

 apice acuminata, acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, utrinque glabra, 

 subtus glaucescentia, petiolo 7 cm. longo suffulta ; ligulae omnes 

 mancae, saltern 3 cm. longae ; vaginae glabrae, stramineae. Spicac 

 radicales, densae, globosae vel ovoideae, ad 3 cm. longae, breviter 

 pedunculatae ; bracteae exteriores subrotundatae, ad 2 cm. longae, 

 interiores paulo angustiores, glabrae. Calycis extra parce pube- 

 scentis tubus 1 cm. longus, lobi lanceolati, acuti, cornuti, 1*3 cm. 

 longi. Corollae albae (ex Kerr) tubus 2 cm. longus ; lobi oblongo- 

 oblanceolati, acuti, ad 17 mm. longi et 6'5 mm. lati. Staminodia 

 lateralia parva, dentiformia ; labelhun album, luteo-maculatum 

 (ex Kerr), 2*2 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum, intra parce pubescens ; 

 anthera 7 mm. longa, lilamento circiter 2 mm. longo. Ovarium 

 3 mm. altum, sericeum ; stylodia 6 mm. longa. 



