(15) F. ,\. WILLIAMS. LISTK DES PLANTES COiNNÜES DU SLAM. 231 



Trang (Goldham, i896). üescribed from living spécimens grown in ICew Gar- 

 dons, sent from Siani. 



Ord. Amomales. 



Farn. 18. MUSACE/E 



125. Musa sapientura Liiin. — Bauanas are commouJy cullivaled in Sia- 

 mese villages. Wild .bananas are also stated lo occur in Üie jungle ol' Chang 

 Island. 



Fain. 19. ZINGIBERACEM 



12G. Alpinia comosa Ridl. in .louru. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Strails Br., 1899, 

 p. 170. — Kedali Peak, in forests. 



127. Alpinia conchigera Griff. — - On the banks of canals near Bangkok 

 (SchondKirgk, u. 123, n. 328). See also Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 253. 



128. Alpinia galanga Swarlz. — Wideiy^ cullivaled in Slam, where it 

 also occurs wild (see Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 253). 



129. Alpinia macroura K. Schum. in F K C. V, p. 268. 



130. Alpinia oxymitra K. Schum. in F K C. V.. p. 268. 



131. Alpinia scabra Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 256 (1892). — 

 On Kedah Peak (Bidley in Journ. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Strails Br., 1899, p. 164). 



132. Alpinia singiberina Hook. f. Bol. Mag. t. 6944 (.luly 1887). — Bang- 

 kok (Schomburgk, n. 339). In the Siamese section of the Health Exibition, at 

 Earl's Court, in 1884, some rhizomes were on view, as a commercial product, 

 under the name of « Slam ginger ». Some were fresh enough to be sent to Kew 

 for expérimental raising. This was fortunateh" successful, and they^ produced 

 flowering stems in 1886. On being taken to the Herbarium, the spécimens were 

 idenlified with Schomburgk's n. 339, and afterwards descrihed and figured, as 

 noted above. 



133. Geostachys rupestris Ridl. in Journ. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Br., 

 1899. p. 159. — Kedah Peak, 1893, at 900-1200 mètres. 



133«. Elettariopsis Schmidtii K. Schum. in F K C. V, p. 269. 



134. Amomum liirticalyx K. Schum. in F K C. V, p. 269. 



135. Amomum Kœnigii .T. A. et J. H. Schult. — Island of Junk Seylan, 

 off the west coast of Lower Siam (Kœnig). 



Syn. — Amomum. n. 5, Kœnig in Retz, Obs. Bot. III, p. 54,:app. « In nemo- 

 rosis prope Young Ceylon ^). 



136. Amomum littorale Kœnig. — Island of Junk Seylan (Kœnig). 

 These two plants are qui te différent though found on the same small Siamese 



island. The former bas been briefly described again byMr. J. G. Baker (Hook.f. 

 FI. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 237), as though it were a new species, Schultes' description 

 of the same spécimens having been overlooked Moreover, they are not found 



