SCITAMINEZ. 1035 
Lateral staminodes broad :— 
Connective not spurred at the base; corolla-tube long, 
slender :-— 
Filament short 
Connectiy mena crested ; stigma turbinate...Kempferia. 
Connective not crested ; stigma subglobose ...Gastrochilus. 
Filament long, narrow ; connective yery narrow, not crested ; 
stigma subglobose e ychium 
Connective spurred at the base; corolla-tube funnel- -shaped ; 
— 2-lipped, the a ciliate; bracts forming a cone-like 
ike Curcuma. 
re staminodes small or 0, rarely narrow and adnate to the 
lip ; corolla-tube cylindric :— 
Flowers in a dense, cone-like spike :— 
Anther-cells divaricate, on a short, arcuate filament, with or 
SO aS SEER Ne RL VEEN lea eee I eT 
and gibbous on the back; spikes almost always produced 
direct from the rootstock, rarely from the top of a leafy spike 
Amomum. 
Anther-cells Sse pes parallel :— 
Filament short; connective produced as a narrow appen- 
dage as long Se an wien) stigma small, subglobose; spikes 
usually produced direct from the rootstock, sometimes a 
the top of a leafy stem Zingi 
Filament forming with the produced connective an oblong, 
placed in its middle; stigma with a semilunar pit ciliate 
round the margin ; spikes pr at the top of leafy stems, 
rarely produced direct from the rootstock ..........+- 
: Flowers in racemes or icles i ai top of leafy stems ; 
: EE lini ; anther-cells divergent at apex; sr sub- 
Ipin nia 
Sepals; 
Staminal “eg ith 5 oe mest 4 satire petaloid segments, 
the 1-celled anther adna one maller segments; ovary 
3-celled ; placentas Laces “is piers stigma terminal, 
Capitate ; embryo stra raight Canna. 
Staminal tu be very irregular, 5-6-lobed, 1 or 2 lobes lateral and 
1 (lip) anterior, with 3 or 2 lobes dorsal, of which 2 or 1 are hood-like 
and another bears the anther-cell; placentas l-ovuled; stigma 
oblique, dilated or 2-labiate; embryo curv 
tAnther i- celled, ‘Taenally adnate to a petaloid filament ; oe of free 
—Ip. 1 
