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3. Inflorescence from the side of the 
: petiole 6. Phrynium. 
Inflorescence not from the side of the 
petiole 4. 
4. Flowers appe aring before the leaves... 2. Curcuma, 
Flowers not appearing before the leaves 5. 
5. Leaves suborbicular, subsessile -. <l. Kaempferia. 
Leaves A SPER aei peu --. 5. Alpinia 
6. Inflorescence radical i 3. Taper. 
Inflorescence cauline ... 
7. Leaves 3 or 4 inches long P Kaempferia. 
Leaves 6 inches long or m 
8. Lip suborbicular, 2-3 adii across ... 4. ee 
Lip not suborbicular, less than 2 inches 
across ex aes a os 9. 
9. Three staminodes petaloid, ane! and 
linear 7. Canna. 
One staminode formed into a ‘lip, two 
others much sma s 5. Alpinia. 
T 
Key to TUM, 
Leaves cauline ... gu e 0 0. — L eoenobialis. 
Leaves radical ... n ed .. 2. Galanga. 
l. K. coenobialis, C. H. Wright ; Wee Hn coenobialis, Hance in 
Journ. Dot. 1870, 75. North Riv Fl. yellow, August. 
2, K. Galanga, Linn. ; Hook f. Fl. Brit. Iud. vi. 219. TON 
near Canton. ` Fl. white and lilac, s 
. 2.—CURCUMA. 
l. €. pallida, Zour, Fl. Cochinch, 9. Canton. Fl. whitish 
yellow, ——. 
3.—ZINGIBER. 
Key to species. 
1, Spike sessile or nearly so 2. 
Spike not sessile - ir 
2. Leaves glabrous on both sides l. striolatum, 
Leaves pubescent on under side 
2, confine. 
3. Flowers in a slender, lax spike 3. qub Pci 
Flowers in a dense, stout Len PS 
4. Leaves 1 inch wide 2. — 4. officinale. 
Leaves 2—4 inches wide: oe 5. Zerumbet. 
1, Z striolatum, Diels in Tgl. Jahrb, xxix. 262. North River. 
Fl. whitish, Novem 
2. Z. confine, Mi: Journ. Bot, "Néerli.94. Cult. near : tr 
CON near Hongkong; Kwangtung without 
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