Kcempferia.] cxlix. soiTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) 223 



calyx ; segmentg less than 1 in., green, lanceolate ; staminodes spreading, i in. ; lip 

 f-1 in. long and broad, bifid nearly to the base ; anther-crest large, suborbicular. 



17. K. macrochlamys, .Sa^ei- ; stemless, leaves lanceolate petioled, 

 flowers white, staminodes orbicnlar-euneate, lip broad out deeply into two 

 orbicular lobes. 



Tenassebiit, Parish. 



Leaves 4-5 by 1 in., acute, narrowed gradually into a channelled petiole 2-3 in. 

 long. Cluster of flowers shortly peduncled ; outer bracts 2 in., oblong, purplish- 

 brown. Coro^^a-segmcntB | in. ; staminodes a little longer than the corolla-seg- 

 ments ; lip 1 in. broad, bifid half way down, yellow and pilose below ; anther-crest 

 ovate, entire. — Described from a sketch and notes made by Prof. Oliver of a plant 

 that flowered in Kew in May, 1871. 



18. K> linearis, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. & Ca/rey, i. 20 ; leafy 

 stem elongate, leaves sessile lanceolate acnminate, flowers wbite, corolla- tube 

 half as long again as the bracts, corolla-segments linear-oblong whitish, 

 staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip broad cuneate entire or slightly emarginate. 

 Monolophus linearis, Wall. Cat. 6592 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



Eastern Hucalata, Assau, Silhei and the Khasia Hilis, alt. 2-3500 ft. 



Annual, root-fibres slender. Stem simple ; slender, erect, 4-10 in. Leaves 

 ascending, membranous, green, 3-4 by i-J in. Spikes 1-2, sessile or shortly 

 peduncled, 1-2-fld. ; outer bract l-lj in., lanceolate, acuminate, green. Corolla- 

 tube 1^-2 i»- > segments \-^ in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 

 about f in. long and broad, tinged with yellow at the throat ; anther-crest large, 

 orbicular. 



19. K. slkklmensls, King mss. ; leaEy stem elongate', leaves sessile 

 lanceolate-acuminate, corolla-tube twice as long as the bract, segments 

 linear-oblong dark lilac, staminodes white orbicular cuneate, lip suborbicular 

 white entire. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himalaya, King, Blwes. 



Stems slender, 2—4 in. long. Leaves reaching 2-3 in. long, i-1 in. broad. 

 Spiiie solitary ; 1-flowered, its base hidden in the sheath of the uppermost leaf ; bract 

 green, ^ in. long. Ooro2/a-tube slender, an inch long; segments | in. long. — Very 

 near K. linearis. 



20. K. secunda, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. & Caret/, i. 19 ; 

 leafy stem produced, leaves sessile oblong acute, flowers white or red, corolla- 

 segments linear-oblong, staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip broad cuneate 

 sbghtly emarginata. £ot. Mag. t. 6999. Monolophus secundus, Wall. 

 Cat. 6591 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



SiEEiu: Himalaya, Assam, Silhet, the Ksasia Hills and Tenassebim, 

 ascending to 4000 ft. 



Annual. Leafy stem 6-9 in., slender, simple. Leaves 3-4 by 1 in. (or more), 

 membranous, green, ascending, acuminate. Spikes 1-4 ; outer-bract 1-1^ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, green, moderately firm. Calyai much shorter than the bract. 

 Corolla-tuhe H-Z in. ; segments ^-i in., greenish, membranous ; staminodes 

 scarcely longer than the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in. or more broad; anther-crest 

 large, ovate. 



21. K. parvula, Xing. mss. ; leafy stem produced, leaves petioled 

 oblong acute, flowers small white solitary in the axil of a large folded 

 oblong firm green bract. 



Malat Peninsula; Groping, King's Collector. 



