88 THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Staminodes small absent, or adnate to lip. 
8 Costus. Spikes terminal or radical. Stamen with a 
thin petaloid filament. . 
Spikes dense with large persistent bracts. Filament thick. 
9. Zingiber. Anther with a long curved beak, Lip three- 
]Jobed. 
10. Amomum. Anther with two curved arms, Lip broad, 
. Hornstedtia. Anther with no arms, crest small or 
none, Lip narrow. 
Plagiostachys. Spike lateral from the leafy stem. 
18.  Elettariopsis. Panicle lax creeping from the rhizome. 
14. Geostachys. Panicle compact erect or pendulous from 
the rhizome. 
15. Alpima. Panicle terminal оп a leafy stem. 
GLOBBA. 
This pretty genus is very distinct from all except the Indian 
Mantisia, in the peculiar form of the flowers, which are borne 
on a long slender panicle with short branches. he calyx is 
tubular or cup-shaped, the corolla tube usually slender and 
longer with small boat-shaped lobes reflexed when the flower 
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linear or triangular (the spurs), The style is long and slender 
and runs up along the stamen, passing between the anther cells 
and in some cases the bracts are coloured red or yellow, mak- 
ing the plants very showy. Globbas are to be found in all of 
