222 cxLix. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) \K<Bmpferia. 



13. K. rotunda, Linn. Sp. 3 ; leaves oblong erect petioled, corolla- 

 segments long linear, staminodes oblong acute white, lip lilac or reddialx 

 deeply cut into two aubofbicular lobes, anther-crest deeply bifid. Boxh. in 

 Asiat Bes. si. 327 ; Eort. Beng. 1 ; Fl.;Ind. i. 16 ; Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 97 ; Bot. 

 Jfao. t. 920 and 6054 ; Wight Ic t. 2029; Grah. Gat. PI. Bomb. 208; 

 Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL, Swppl. 86 ; Thw. Enum. 316. K. longa, Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoenb. t. 317 ; Bed. lAl. t. 49. K. versicolor, Salisb. tn Trans. Eort. 

 Sac. i. 286.— iJ/ieerfe Sort. Mai. xi. t. 9. 



Throughout India from the Himaiatas to Ceylon and the Malay Pininsttla, 

 often cultivated. — Disxeib. Malay Islands. 



Bootstock tuberous j root-fibres many, very thick. Leaves erect, petiole short 

 channelled; hlade 12 by 3-4 in., usually variegated with darker and lighter green 

 above and tinged purple beneath. Spikes 4-6-fld., produced in March and April 

 before the leaves; bracts oblong, acnte, outer short, the inner 2-3 in. long. Cali/x 

 nearly as long as the corolla-tube, minutely toothed, slit down one side. Corolla- 

 tube 2-3 in., segments spreading, nearly as long as the tube. Stamiaodes li-2 in. j 

 lip rather shorter, reflexed, 2-lobed to below the middle lobes |-1 in. broad, deeply 

 tinged with lilac or red-purple ; anther-crest cut half way down into two lanceolate 

 lobes, with often a small tooth between them. 



14. K. Candida, WaU. PI. Asiat. Bar. i. 47, t. 66; Gat. 6585; 

 flowers white, corolla-segments lanceolate, staminodes obovate obtuse, lip 

 orbicular-cuneate shallowly bifid, anther-crest bifid. 



Burma, Wallich, &c ; Shan Hills, 3000 ft., Collett. 



'Rootstock tuberous ; root-fibres slender, with large tubers at the end. Leaves 

 not known. Spikes 6-8'fld. ; bracts broader than in K. rotunda, inner 2-3 in. long. 

 Calyx 1 in., minutely toothed. CoroZZa-tnbe twice as long as the calyx ; segments 

 1 in. or less ; staminodes 1^ by 1 in., erect, pure white; lip reflexed, li in. long 

 and broad, tinged yellow in the centre j anther-crest much smaller than in K. 

 rotunda. 



Subgen. III. SXonolopbus, Wall. fgen). Zeafy stem usually pro- 

 dnced. Leaves contemporary with the flowers. _ Spikes terminal on the 

 leafy stem. Lip bifid or entire. Anther-crest entire. 



15. K. siphonantha, King mss. ; leafy stem none, leaves oblong 

 oblique at the base, petiole longer than the blade, flower lilac, staminodes 

 oblong, lip broad deeply bifid. 



Andaman Islands, King's Collector. 



Annual, stemless j root-fibres slender. Leaves 3 in » tuft ; petiole 6 in. ; hlade 

 4^5 in., oblong, acute, membranous, glabrous, base unequal-sided, sides rounded. 

 Flowers solitary at the end of a long very slender spike ; bracts few, narrow, mem . 

 branous. CoroWo-tube much exserted from the upper bract ; segments -J in., oblong, 

 lanceolate, greenish. 



16. Ki. elegrans. Wall. Cat. 6593 ; leafy stem sliort or none, leaves 

 oblong, petiole rather shorter than the blade, flowers brigtt Ulac, stami- 

 nodes obovate-cuneate, lip out nearly to the base into two obovate lobes. 

 K. Crawfurdii, Wall. ined. Monolophus elegans, Wall. PI. Asiat. Bar. i. 

 24, t. 27 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



Pegu, Mabtaban, Tavot, and Tenassebim. 



Annual, root-fibres slender. Leaves 2-4 to a tuft, 5-6 by 2-3 in., acute, thin, 

 green above, mnch paler beneath, base rounded ; petiole channelled, nearly as long 

 as the hlade. Cluster of flowers shortly peduncled; outer bracts 2 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, green. Ooijya) about 1 in. CoroZ^o-tube slender, twice as long as the 



