Kcempferia.] oxlix. sciTAMiNEa;. (J. G. Baker.) 221 



short lanceolate ; staminodes obovate, lip deeply out into two oboyate 

 lobes, anther-crest ovate entire.' SooTc. in Bot. Mag. t. 5600 ; Swan. 

 ProdA-. 21. K. Eoscoei. Wall. Cat. 6584. 



BuBUA, Wallich (not Nepai:, as stated by Horaninov). 



Itoot-fibres many, fascicled, cylindric. Leaves 2, spreading flat on the ground; 

 obscurely cuspidate, 4-5 in., firmer in texture than in K. Galanga, margins pale, 

 obscurely crisped. Mowers few, in a sessile central tuft ; bracts and calyx under 

 1 in. Corolla-iwhe 1-1^ in. ; segments i in.; staminodes ^ in. long and nearly as 

 broad ; lobes of the lip similar in shape and size ; crest of the anther small and not 

 at all lobed. — ^Nearly allied to K. Galanga, 



9. Xi. parvlflora^ Wall. Cat. 6587 ; leaves snbsessile ovate, corolla- 

 segments short linear-oblong, staminodes narrow, lip lilac obovate-onneate 

 emarginate, anther-crest orbicular entire. 



Bttema ; banks of the River Attran, Wallich. 



Root-fibres slender. Leaves thin, ovate, 3-4 in. long, rounded at the base, plain 

 green ; petiole short, channelled. Flowers few in a sessile central tuft ; bracts 1 in., 

 lanceolate, green. Calgx not longer than the bract, Gorolla-babe 1^ in. ; segments 

 greenish, J in., upper ascending, rather concave. Lip -J by J in., subemarginate ; 

 anther-crest obtuse, as broad as long. — The flower resembles that of a QasiroehUns, 

 but the anther is crested. 



10. K. Involucrata, Kvng mss. ; leaves oblanceolate-oblong long- 

 petioled erect, flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 

 bracts, corolla-segments ascending, staminodes rather longer than the 

 corolla-segments, lip orbicular bifid twice as long as the corolla-segments, 

 anther-crest orbicular entire. 



SiEEiu Himalaya, Jaffray. Assam, Jenkins. 



Stemless. Petiole 5-6 in. ; blade 6-7, by 1-^2 in., green, membranous, nar- 

 rowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 1-4 in. ; outer bracts membranous, 1^2 in., 

 inner small lanceolate. Corolla-ivhe \\ in.; segments small, oblong, whitish. 

 Staminodes crested, oblong, white, i-^ in.; lip ^ in. long and broad, white with a 

 yellow blotch in the centre. 



11. K. Andersonl, Baker; leaves oblong acute shortly petioled 

 ascending, flowers several in a head surrounded by large oblong green 

 bracts, staminodes small obovate, lip orbicular emarginate, anther-crest 

 orbicular entire. 



BuKUA, T. Anderson (in Bort. Sot. Calc), 



Petiole 1-2 in. ; blade 3-4 in., light green, not mottled, narrowed to the base. 

 Peduncle ; bracts 1^-2 in. CoroWo-tube shorter than the bracts ; segments 

 small, ovate ; lip above ^ in, long and broad, pure white with a yellow spot at the 

 jhroat. — Nearly allied to K. involucrata. 



12. K> conclnnaj Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate long-petioled 

 ascending, spikes oblong shortly peduncled, corolla-tube rather longer 

 than the bract, flower white blotched with red, lip oblong margins incurved, 

 anther-crest small entire. 



Peeak, alt. 4-600 ft., King's Collector. 



Mootstock very slender. LeaJ-blade subcoriaceous, glabrous, 6-8 by 2 in. ; 

 petiole slender, 9—12 in. Spikes many-fld. ; bracts 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, reddish. 

 Calyx very short. CoroZto-tube very slender, gradually dilated to the throat ; 

 segments oblong, \ in. — Habit oi K. pwndurata, 



Subgen. II. Protantbium; ^orizn. Stemless. £eave« not produced 

 till after the flowers. Spikes ra,dxoa\. Lip and anfher-erest bifid. 



