KeBfiip/eria.J oxlix. soitamine*. (J. G. Baker.) 219 



SuBGEN. I. Slncorus, Soran. Stemless. Leaves contemporary with 

 the flowers. Spikes central, radical. Lip usually bifid. 



*■ Anther crest 2-lohed, 2-fid, or toothed. 



1. K. Galangra^ Linn. 8p. PI. 3; Sort. Cliff, t. 3; leaves sub- 

 orbicular subsessile, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes obovate- 

 cuneate white, lip white with a lilac throat deeply bifid, anther-crest 

 quadrate, lobes two rounded. Sosc. in Trans. Linn. Sac. viii. 351 ; Belt. 

 PI. t. 92 ; Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 327 ; Jlorf. Beng. 1 ; PL Ind. i. 15 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6581 ; Wight. Jc. t. 899 ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 208 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. PI. 274 ; Boran. Prodr. 21. K. sessilis, Kaenig in Pete. Ohs. 

 iii. 67. K. hnmilis, Salisb. Prodr. 6. K. plantaginifolia, Salisb. in Trans. 

 Sort. Soc. i. 286. Alpinia sessilis, Kanig in Betz. Obs. iii. 62. — Mumph. 

 Amboin. v. t. 69, fig. 2. Bheede Malab. xi. t. 41. 



In the plains througbout Beitish India.— Disteib. Malay isles. 



Soolstock tuberous; root-fibres cylindric. Leaves 3-6 in. long, spreading flat 

 on the ground, tip deltoid, thin, deep green, 10-12-rlbbed, margin not thickened 

 nor coloured ; petiole short, channelled. Flowers 6-12, fugitive, sweet-scented, 

 opening successively ; bracts lanceolate, green, small. Calyic as long as the bract. 

 Coro22a-tube 1 in. ; segments \ in. ; staminodes ^ in. long and broad ; lip 1 in. broad, 

 bifid below the middle, lobes obtuse ; anther-crest small, with two shallow obtuse 

 lobes. 



Var. K. LATIFOLIA, Donn. Sort. Cant. ed. vi. p. 3 ; lip spotted at the throat 

 with brown. K. Galanga, Willd., Ertum. i. 3 ; Sot. Mag. t. 850. 



2. &■ margrinata, Carey in Base. Scit. PI. t. 93 ; leaves orbicular sub* 

 sessile edged with brown, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes lilac 

 obovate, lip lilac cut deeply into two orbicular lobes, anther crest bifid. 

 Horan. Prodr. 21. 



BuEMA, Carey j Tenasseeim, Parish. 



Root-fJtyres oblong. Leaves spread flat on the ground, 4-6 in. long and broad, 

 firmer in texture than in E. Oalanga, tinged reddish-brown beneath, and with a 

 distinct brown margin. Flowers few in a sessile central cluster ; bracts and calyx 

 under 1 in. CoroWo-tubc 1 in.j segments as long, white. Staminodes as long as 

 the corolla-segments J lip 1 in., lobes i in. broad, overlapping ; anther-crest deeply 

 bifid, lobes bidentate. — ^Nearly allied to K. Oalanga. An allied plant with purple 

 flowers sent by Dr. King from Quedah in the Malay Peninsula, is probably a distinct 

 species. 



3. K. angUBtlfoliaj Boscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 351 ; Scit. PI. 

 t. 94; leaves ascending lanceolate, corolla-segments long linear, staminodes 

 oblong white, lip lilac deeply cut into two obovate lobes, anther-crest bifid. 

 Soxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 328 ; Eort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 17 ; Bed. Lil. t. 

 389 ; Horan. Prodr. 21. K. Eoxburghiana, Schult. Mant. i. 33. K. undn- 

 lata. Link. ; Teysm. and Binnen. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 598. 



Foot of the Eastern Himalayas. Benqai, Soxburgh. — Disteib. Malay isles. 



Rootstock tuberous ; root-fibres slender or cylindric. Leaves many, 6-8 by 1 In. 

 or less, sessile, ascending, lanceolate. Flowers few in a central sessile spike ; tJracts 

 small. Calym 1 in. CoroHa-tube white, twice as long as the calyx ; segments 1 in., 

 very narrow, white, reflexing ; staminodes erect, i-}in. ; lip reflexed, \ by f in., 

 bifid about halfway down ; lobes suborbicular j anther-crest quadrate, shallowly 

 bifid. 



4. K. ovalifolia, Roxb. Mart. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 19; Coram. PI. 

 t. 278; leaves oblong distinctly petioled, spike sessile, corolla-segments 



