THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 87 
fruits of a few species of Amomum, e. g. A. uliginosum, are eaten ` 
also by Sakais. The buds of Hornstedtia imperialis are also 
popular as curry-stuffs among the Malays, and the fruit of ы сош- 
monest of our wild plantains, Musa Malaccensis is quite eatable, 
though it is small and full of seed, Indeed I believe that this 
plant is the parent of several of the local cultivated Pisangs. 
The wild plantains also give a very good fibre from the leaf 
(Clinogyne) split up, are used for making baskets, and I foun 
that the leaf stems of the bigger Gingers, (Hornstedtia), beaten 
up and treated with caustic potash, formed a very good paper 
stuff, and might be used for that purpose, if there was вано 
demand for it. 
GROUPS, 
Fertile stamen one : Ен two cells. Aromatic. Zingiberacee. 
one cell. Not aromatic. Marantacee. 
Fertile ametis 5. Calyx lobes long, lip large, small plants 
Lowiace 
T Calyx, and corolla sheath-like, lip small, 
very large plants Musacee. | 
SYNOPSIS OF ZINGIBERACEJE, 
Staminodes broad and petaloid, Spike or panicle terminal. 
Stamen much longer than the corolla, slender. 
Lip adnate to it above the corolla. 
Hedychium. Stamen long and slender. Lip not ad- 
nate above the corolla. 
. QCamptandra. Stamen short, anther е0 ver- 
= d much broader than corolla, 
mpferia. Anther cells on a broad thin connective. 
Ке ы much broader than corolla, Alat. 
astrochilus. Staminodes not broader than corolla lobes. 
Anther thick terminal. Spike terminal or radical cylindric. 
6. Ситсита. Staminodes not broader than corolla lobes, 
- Flowers in а cone-like spike radical. 
7. Conamomum. Staminodes smaller than corolla lobes, 
anther with long curved arms. Spikes radical. 
