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bracteate spike, the bracts oblong to obovate or lanceolate, usually im- 

 bricate, persistent, each with from one to several flowers. Calyx tubular 

 and 3-toothed, sometimes split down one side, much shorter than the very 

 slender corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes linear, spreading or reflexed. Stami- 

 nodes broad and petaloid, often much wider than the petals. Lip large, 

 often suborbicular, 2-lobed at the apex, usually much larger than the petals 

 and staminodes. Filament elongated. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule 3-valved, 

 globose to oblong. Seeds numerous, small, arillate. (Greek "sweet'-' and 

 "snow," in allusion to the fragrant white flowers.) 



Species about 40, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 



1. H. CORONARIUM Koenig. Camia (Sp.-Fil.). 



Erect, 0.4 to 1 m in height.' Leaves glabrous or the lower surface some- 

 what pilose, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, | slenderly acuminate, 10 to 50 

 cm long, 3 to 11 cm wide, the ligule prominent, 1 to 3 cm long. Spike 

 ellipsoid, 5 to 12 cm long, thick, the bracts green, ovate to obovate, rounded 

 or acute, about 4 cm long, each with 2 or 3 flowers. Flowers very fragrant. 

 Calyx tubular, cleft on one side, about 4 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, 

 8 cm long, the lobes narrow, involute, about 4 cm long. Lip obcordate or 

 obovate, white, pale-yellow in the center, 5 to 6 cm in diameter. Staminodes 

 white, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 4 to 5 cm long and 2 

 to 2.5 cm wide. 



Very commonly cultivated, fl. June-Dec; widely distributed in the 

 Philippines, cultivated and naturalized. A native of India, now cultivated 

 or spontaneous in most tropical countries. 



3. KAEMPFERIA Linnaeus 



Small stemless herbs from aromatic tuberous rootstocks, or sometimes 

 with short stems. Leaves few, suborbicular to ovate or lanceolate, basal. 

 Inflorescence spicate, few-flowered, shortly peduncled, erect, with few lance- 

 olate bracts. Flowers white or violet, of short duration. Calyx mem- 

 branaceous, tubular or clavate, sometimes split down one side. Corolla- 

 tube slender, the lobes narrow, linear. Lip large; 2-lobed. Staminodes 

 large, clawed, rounded, spreading. Stamen thin, flat, not exserted; anther 

 narrow, crested. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule oblong, thin-walleds (In honor 

 of E. Kaempfer, an early Dutch physician and botanist.) 



Species about 55, tropical Asia and Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 



1..K. GALANGA L. Dusol, Gusol (Tag.). 



A glabrous stemless herb from tuberous aromatic rootstocks. Leaves 

 two, horizontally spreading, orbicular to broadly ovate, acute, obtuse, or 

 broadly acuminate, 7 to 15 cm long, base rounded. Flowers few, 4 to 6 or 

 more, pink, the bracts lanceolate, abou^ 3.5 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, 

 2.5 to 3 cm long, the lip cleft to the middle, about 2.5 cm yide, white or 

 pale-pink spotted with violet. Staminodes obovate, about 1.2 cm long. 

 Staminal-crest quadrate, 2-lobed. 



Not common in cultivation in Manila, fl. July- Aug.; widely distributed 

 in the Philippines, cultivated and spontaneous, certainly introduced. A 

 native of India, now widely spread in the eastern hemisphere, cultivated 

 and spontaneous. 



4. CURCUMA Linnaeus 



Erect herbs from aromatic, fleshy rootstocks. Leaves distichous, oblong 

 to oblong-elliptic or obovate, usually tufted. Spikes dense, peduncled, 



