220 cxLix. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Kcempferia. 



large linear, staminodes oblong white, lip lilac deeply cut into two obovate 

 emarginate lobes, anther-crest 3-4-dentate, Bosc. Beit. PI. t. 95 ; Wall. 

 Cat 6583; Koran. Prodr. 21. K. diversifolia, £i«*. in Dietr. Sp. Plant, i. 

 57 ; Horan. Prodr. 1. c. K. Parishii, PLooh. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5763. — 

 Trilophus, Lestib. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xv. 841. 



Tenasseeim, PamA J Malacca, JiltrgaAor. — Distbib. Siam. 



Mootstock tuberous ; root-fibres cyliudric or oblong at the tip. Leaves 6 by 4 in., 

 spreading, thin, pale green, acute; channelled petiole in the wild plant 2-3 in., 

 sometimes 6 in. in the cultivated. Spike few-fld., sometimes produced before the 

 leaves ; bracts imbricate, 1-2 in., pale green striped with brown. CoroWa-tuhe IJ— 2 

 in. long; segments narrow, l^ in. ; staminodes erect, 1 by J in. ; lobes of lip short 

 and broad, imbricate, bright lilac ; antber-erest large, quadrate, usually trifid%-— 

 Connects the sections Sincorus and Frotanthium, and is included by Horaninov in 

 both, under different names. 



5. Ki. speciosa, Baker • leaves suborbionlar erect shortly petioled, 

 flowers in a sessile head large pure white, corolla-tube very long, segments 

 ovate, staminodes large obovate, lip patent broader than long bifid. 



Btjema (ic. in Sort, Calcut.) 



Petiole 2-3 in. ; blade 5-6 in. long and broad, plain green or variegated deeper 

 and paler green. CoroUa-inhe 3 in. ; segments nearly 1 in. ; staminodes and lip 

 1 in., the expanded limb being 2 in. diam. 



6. K. pandurata, Boxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 328, t. 2 ; Bort. Beng. 1 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 18 ; leaves oblong petioled large erect, corolla-segments ascending, 

 staminodes oblong as long as the corolla-segments white, lip oblong- 

 cuneate twice as long as the staminodes entire, anther-crest quadrate bifid. 

 Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 96 ; Bot. Reg. t. 173 ; Wall. Cat. 6586 ; Grah. Oat. PI. 

 Bomb. 208 ; Bah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 87 ; T/iw. Enum. 316 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 21. K. ovata, Boso. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. viii. 351. Curcuma 

 rotunda, Linn. Sp. 2. — Bheede, Hart. Mai. xi. t. 10 ; Bumph. Amboin. v. t. 

 69, fig. 2. 



CoNCAN and Guzeeat, Qraham. South Andaman Isld., Kvrs. Tenasseeim, 

 Eelfer. Ceylon, Thwaites. — Disteib. Malay Islds. 



Mootstock perennial, tuberous, bright yellow ; root-fibres cylindrie. Leaves 9-12 

 in., acute, narrowed to the base ; petiole long, channelled. Spike peduncled, hidden 

 in the dilated bases of the petioles; bracts oblong or lanceolate, moderately firm, 

 1^2 in. Calyx shorter than the bracts. Corolla-tvihe 2-2^ in. ; segments whitish, 

 above ^ in. ; lip 1 in., whit«, tinged with red, margins incurved ; anther-crest small. 

 —Resembles Gastrochilus in the shape of the flower, especially O. longijlora, but 

 the anther is crested. Cultivated for its ginger-like rootstock. 



7. It. Prainiana; King mss. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate erect, petiole 

 as long as the blade, corolla-segments oblong ascending, lip oblong- 

 cuneate much longer than the corolla-segments. 



Malay Peninsula; Go-gmg, King's Collector. 



Bootstoch small. Leaves about 4 in a tuft ; petiole 6 in. ; blade 8-9 by 2-2^ in., 

 moderately firm, glabrous, narrowed to the base. Flowers in a sessile cylindrie 

 spike 6 in. long ; bracts many, oblong, imbricate, membranous. Corolla whitish ; 

 tube 1 in., slender, segments under ^ in., lip the same, but much smaller. — Nearly 

 allied to K. pandurata. 



** Anther-crest entire. 



8. K. Roscoeana; Wall, in Bot. Beg. 1. 1212 ; leaves orbicular sub- 

 sessUe variegated black and green ; flower entirely white ; corolla-aegmenta 



