1038 BENGAL PLANTS. [Kempferia. 
ngs: filament short, arcuate; anthers 2-celled ; cells discrete, 
connective, produced above as a petaloid crest, not 
Bare below; lateral st SIS broad, petaloid; lip broad, 
usually 2-fid. Carpels 3, ate in a 3-celled ovary; ovules 
many, on 8 axial. placentas ; “ate long, filiform ; stigma turbinate. 
Frwit an oblong capsule with thin pericarp. Seeds subglobose, 
with a small, lacerate arillus. 
Leaves contemporary with the flowers, sessile :— 
eaves suborbicular ; corolla segments lanceolate ; staminodes obovate- 
~ cuneate; lip white with lilac throat TALANG A. 
Leaves lanceolate ; corolla segments long, linear ; angus oblong ; 
lilae ngustifolia. 
lip lilae 
Leaves petioled, not produced till flowering is over, ae corolla 
segments long, linear; staminodes ee acute; lip lilac or reddish 
rotunda. 
21338. Kaupreria Gatanea Linn.; F. 1. i. 15; F. B. I. vi. 219; 
E..D. KE. 8. ee 
n gardens in most of the provinces. 
A stemless herb, leaves 3-6 in. long, spreading flat on 
os sis und. Hind. Chandra mila; Beng. Chandu 
, hu Ea 
2134. naan. ANGUSTIFOLIA tedoss #1417; F.2 
vi. 219; E. D. K. 1. 
N. Bengal. 
A stemless herb, ease many, ascending, 6-8 in. long, 
ine ae Vernac. Kanjan-bura, mudu- 
nirbisha. 
2135. Kmmprerta Rotunpa Linn.; F. I. i. 16; F. B. I. vi. 222; 
ma 9 Pi << 
= Waspan Parasnath ; Chittagong: elsewhere cul- 
vated, 
‘ stemless herb; leaves erect, with short, channelled 
petioles; blade 12 in. long, 8-4 in. wide. Vernac. 
h . 
932. Gastrochilus Wall. 
Perennial herbs; rootstock creeping or 0; root fibres cylindrie 
or eae stem long or short or 0; leaves oblong, acute. 
Flowers solitary or in spikes, often secund; bracts imbricate. 
Se 8, connate in a short, spathaceous calyx. Petals 3, com 
