314 SCITAMINE (Wright). | Kempferia. 
I. KEMPFERIA, Linn. 
Calyx tubular or often spathaceously split down one side, 
membranous. Corolla-tube shorter or longer than the calyx ; lobes 
lanceolate or linear. Lateral staminodes conspicuous, usually longer 
than the corolla-lobes, sometimes unguiculate, free or (in the South 
African species) united to the lip ; lip more or less 2-lobed, rarely 
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appendage. Ovary 3-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; nectary consisting 
of 2 narrowly cylindrical or filiform pe aie style filiform ; stigma 
funnel-shaped. 
Bere; ; rhizome subterranean, thick, often aromatic ; rootlets fili orm 
ery 8 
sate: owers usually large, c.f eet or solitary, pedunculate or 
subsessile, sometimes with the ovary subterranea: — sorta meas the leafy 
stem ; bracts la aouaiine. or oblong, membranous to almost co: 
Distrip. Species ro of which 8 occur in Tropical tia | 3 in " South Africa 
and the remainder in Tropical Asia 
All the South phish species tela ong to ss agi Cienkowskia characterised by 
the lateral staminodes being united with the 
Corolla-lobes 1 lin. wide... su sue ae .-. (1) stenopetala. 
oe oe Sb lin. wide : 
Flow rmaphrodite ae a .-» (2) Ethele. 
ee aa. and fens oe ane ... (3) natalensis. 
long, 1 lin. wide ; lip deeply 2-lobed, 2 in. long, 1} in. wide, lobes 
rounded ; lateral staminodes 13 in. long, } in. wide, acute, shortly 
cuspidate ; filament short; anther iadeiighy “hn 41 lin. long ; 
connective produced into a 2-lobed appendage about 6 lin. long ; 
ovary ellipsoid, glabrous 
Eastern Recion : Natal; without precise locality, Wood, 1942! 
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