252 CXLIX. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Elettariopsi& 



Malay Peninsula j Perak, Scortechini, 1947. 



Leaces usually solitary, erect ; blade oljlong-lanceolate, 2^-3 ft., narrowed to 

 the base; petiole much shorter. Spike 6 in. ; lower interaodes i in. ; bracts lan- 

 ' ceolate. Calyx 1 ia. OoroHa-tnbe 2^-3 in., cylindric, rather dilated towards the 

 top ; segments f in. Lip 1 in., yellow, with two red streaks. 



2. E. Curtisii, Baker; spike decumbent, corolla-segments linear- 

 oblong, tube very long. 



Penano; West hill, alt. 2500 ft., Curtis, 1578. 



Rootstock sheathed with imbricated obtu.> e scale-leaves. Leaves solitary, erect ; 

 petiole \ ft. J bliide 8-9 by 2 in., oblong-hmceolate, coriaceous. Spike 1^-2 in. ; 

 rachis very slender ; bracts lanceolate, -J in. Calyx ^ in. OoroJ!a-tube ^ iu., very 

 slender j segments i in. Lip deflexed, twice as long as the corolla-segments. 



3. E. serpentina, Baker; spike decumbent secund, corolla-segments 

 linear-oblong, tube twice as long as the calyx-limb. 



Penano, alt. lOOP-1500 ft., King's Collector. 



Rhizome very slender, sheathed by oblong imbricated scale-leaves. Leaves less 

 than 12 in. by 2 in., geminate, erect, lanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; petiole 

 slender, 8-9 in. Spike 2-S in., shortly peduncled; bracts small, lanceolate, mem- 

 branous. Calyx-tuhe J in. Corolla-inbe 1 in. ; segments half as long as the tube. 

 Lip white, marked with red-brown and yellow in the centre. 



17. SCAPKOC»XiA»IYS, Baher. 



Rootstock wide-creeping, not tuberous. Stem 0. Leaves erect, 

 oblong-lauceolate ; petiole as long as the blade. Spike lax-fld. ; bracts 

 several-fld., large. Ungulate, persistent. . Calyx oblique, spatbaceous. 

 (7oroZ?a-tube slender, cylindric, longer tban the calyx ; lip obovate- 

 cuneate, emarginate ; filament shott ; antber-cells slightly divergent, 

 with a small petaloid-crest. Oiiary 3-celled ?'; ovules few in a cell; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, globose. Capsule subgloboae, membranous. Beeds 

 ovoid, with a large white aril cut down to the base into subulate processes. 



S. malaccana^ Baker. 



Malacca ; Mount Ophir, Cuming, Griffith {K^ d. 5761), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 1579), Hullett. 



iea/-blade firm, glabrous, 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike of about 6 nodes ; peduncle 

 short, slender ; bracts 1-li in., green, Ungulate, erecto-patent, obtuse, involute in 

 the lower half. CaVyx ^ in. Flowers white. CoroMa-tube under 1 in., slender, 

 cylindric; segments shorter than the tube. Lip under 1 in. Stamen porrect,, 

 shorter than the lip. Capsule ^ in., 3-seeded. 



18. AI,PXNXA« Linn. 



Rootstock horizontal. Leafy stem elongated. Leaves oblong or lan- 

 ceolate. Panicle or raceme terminal (except in sp. 16-17) ; bracteoles 

 sometimes enveloping the bud. Calyx laxly tubular, shortly 3-toothed. 

 CoroMa-tube cylindric, usually not longer than the calyx ; segments linear- 

 oblong or oblong, upper usually broader and more convex. Lateral 

 staminodes or very small ; lip patent, often orbicular with incurved 

 margins, sometimes with 2 subulate processes at the base of the claw; 

 filament flattened; anther-cells divergent at the apex, furnished rarely 

 with an orbicular crest. Ovary 3-celled , ovules few or many in a cell ; 

 style filiform ; stigma subglobose. Fruit globose, dry or fleshy, usually 



