254 cxLix. scitamine;e. (J. G. Baker.) [Alpwia. 



pound, flowers small, ooroUa-segments linear-oblong greenisli-white, lip 

 cnneate pink distinctly emarginate with two small linear-subalate glands 

 at the base. Roxb. in Asiat. Bes. vi. 353 -Sort Song.\,FlInd^^.&l i 

 Wall. Cat. 6571 ; Griff. Notul. iii. 432 ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb 206- Dah. SrOybs 

 Botnh.FL 273; Thw. Enum. 320; Koran. Prodr. 33. A. Eheedii, WtgU 

 Ic. t. 2026, Hellenia Allughas, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 4; And/r.Bot. Sep. t. 

 501 ; Salisb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 281. Heritiera Allughas, i2efe. Obs vi. 

 17, t. 1. Zingiber nigrum, Gaertn. Jfruct. t. V2..—Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. 

 t. 14. 



From the Himalayas to Cetlon and Maiacca.— Disteib. Malay isles and 



widely cultivated. „„j.t t itiji. 



Rootstock tuberous, hiennial or perennial. Uafy stem 3-6 ft. Leaves \-\i it. 

 by 3—6 in , smooth and glossy on both surfaces. Pmicle erect, i-1 ft. ; branches 

 pubescent, fewer and more ascending than in A. Galanga ; flowers crowded, shortly 

 pedioelled ; bracts small, ovate-amplexicaul. Oalyx pubescent, J-i in. ; mouth 

 oblique. Coro!ia-tube aj long as the calyx ; segments as long as the tube. Up 

 clawed. Stamen arcuate, shorter than the lip. Capsule globose, black, ^ in. 

 diam. 



5 A. calcarata, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 347 ; 8cit. PI. t. 68 ; 

 leaves lanceolate glabreus beneath, panicle short, slightly, compound 

 flowers middle-sized, corolla-segments oblong greemsh-white, lip oblong 

 striped and spotted with red and yellow on a pale ground with edges 

 slishtly incurved, base spurred. Boxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 355 ; Sort. Beng. 2 ; 

 Fl Ind i 69 ; Bot. Beg. t. 141 ; Wall. Gat. 6577 ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 

 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 2028 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Thw. Enum. 320. 

 A. b'racteata, Bosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 381 ; Scit. t. 70, non Boxh., A. 

 cernua, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1900. Renealmia calcarata, Saw. in Andr. 

 Bot. Bep. t. 421 ; Salisb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 231. Globba ereota, Bed. 

 Lil. t. 174. 



SouTHBBN Malay Peninsula, the Conoan, and Ceylon.— Disteib. China, 

 and widely cultivated. 



Sootsfock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem slender, 2-4 ft. Leaves 6-12 by 

 1-2 in. acuminate, green and glossy on both surfaces. Panicle dense-fid., 3-4 in. ; 

 rachis'pubescent ; lower branches short, bearing 3-4 crowded flowers ; bracts small, 

 ovate. Galyx-tMhe funnel-shaped, i-i in. ; ovary densely pubescent. Corolla-seg- 

 ments i in. Lip 1-li in., beautifully variegated with red and yellow, emarginate. 

 ^miAer-cells minutely margined. Ovules many in a cell. Capsule globose, red. 



g_ j^, Wrayi, Xing MSS. ; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, 

 peduncle scarcely leafy, panicle short slightly compound, flowers middle- 

 sized, corolla-segments oblanceolate, lip dark yellow obovate-ouneate. 



PBNAN&, alt. 2-3000 ft., King's Collector. 

 Leafy stem elongate. Leaves 12 by 2 in. or more, acute, moderately firm. 

 Peduncle from the rootstock, slender, erect, under a foot long, with several sheath, 

 ing bract-leaves, only the uppermost produced into a small lanceolate blade. Fanic'e 

 3-4 in. dense-fld., erect ; bracts small, deciduous. Ovarg very hairy. Calyx 4 in., 

 narrowly funnel-shaped. Gorolla-tnhe as long as the calyx j segments J in. lAp 

 ■^ ;q_ jlay be an abnormal form of A. calcarata. 



7. A. mutica, Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 354; Sort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 67 ■ leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, panicle slightly com- 

 pound, flowers large, corolla segments oblong white, lip suborbicular 

 variegated red and yeUow, base not spurred, margins much incurved. Base. 



