Alpinia.] cxlix. scitamine^e. (J. G. Baker.) 255 



Scit. PI. t. 69 ; SooTc.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6908 ; JSoram. Prodr. 34. Eenealmia 

 mutica, Salisb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 280. 



Penang, Roxhwrgh. Maiat Peninsula. — Distrib. Malay isles. 



Bootstoch perennial, not tuberoas. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 2-4 in. 

 Panicle 6-9 in. ; rachis stout, very pubescent ; lower branches short, 2-3 ; bracts 

 oblong. Calyx-tnhe ^in. , funnel-shaped, white bordered with pink. Corolla-seg- 

 ments 1 in. Lip li in., nearly as broad, beautifully variegated with red and yellow. 

 Capsule globose, 1 in. diam., bright yellow. Seeds many in a cell. 



8. A. petiolata, Baker ; leaves oblong- lanceolate petioled glabrous 

 beneath, raceme simple, bracts large, flowers large, lip obovate-cuneate. 



Peeak, alt. 2500-4000 ft., Kunstler. 



Leajy atsm 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-1 J ft. by 3-4 in. , subcoriaoeous, dark glossy green, 

 petiole 3-4 in. Spike moderately dense-fld., erect, 3-4 in. ; rachis slender, pubes- 

 cent ; bracts 1 in., green membranous. Ovary densely villose. Calyx 1 in. Lip 

 half as long again as the calyx, bright yellow ; filament 1 in. 



9. A. Rafflesiana, Wall. Gat. 6575; leaves lanceolate finely pubes- 

 cent beneath, panicle dense snbglobose, flowers middle-sized, corolla- 

 segments oblong reddish-yellow, lip suborbicular margins much incurved. 

 Booh. Ic. 1. 1063. A. anrantiaca, Wall. mss. 



Penano, SiNOAPOEE and Malacca. 



Eootstock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves I-I5 ft. by 

 2-3 in. Panicle sessile at the end of the leafy stems, congested into a globose head 

 2 in. long, subtended by a large ovate green bract ; pedicels very short ; flower- 

 bracts small, persistent, orbicular, subcoriaceoas. Calyx funnel-shaped, bright red, 

 i— J in. Corolla-segments concave, |-4 in. Lip f— 1 in. long and broad, beautifully 

 striped with red on a yellow ground. Capsule globose, small. — Alpinia mttala 

 of gardens appears to be a form of this very distinct species with leaves variegated 

 with white. 



Subgen. II. Catumbium, Juss. Anther not crested. Bud enclosed 

 in large membranous bracteoles. Raceme or panicle terminal. — Species 

 10-13. 



10. A. bracteata, Boxh. Sort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. i. 63 ; raceme 

 simple, bracteoles green. Wall. Cat. 6578, non Roscoe. A. Boxburgliii, 

 8weet Sort. Brit. edit. 2, 493 ; Horan. Prodr. 34. 



East Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Caohae, Buema, the Shan States and 

 Malacca. 



Leafy stem 3-6 ft. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-1^ ft. by 2-4 in., pubescent 

 beneath. Haceme dense-fld., 6-9 in. ; rachis densely pubescent ; pedicels very short. 

 Buds not so short and more acute than in A. malaccensis ; bracteoles 1 in. , oblong- 

 navicular, CoroZZo-segments 1 in., oblong, pure white. Lip ovate, half as long 

 again as the corolla-segments, emarginate, edge white, centre variegated red and 

 yellow, margins incurved ; base with two ascending horn-like processes. Capsule 

 large, globose. Seeds many in a cell. 



11. A. malaccensiS; Pose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 345 ; raceme 

 simple, bracteoles white. Boxb. in Asiat. Pes. xi. 353 ; ITort. Beng. 2 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 64; Bot. Beg. t. 328; Wall. Oat. 6573 A. Horan. Prodr. 

 34. Maranta malaccensis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 2 ; Willd. 8p. Plant, i. 14. 

 Costus malaccensis, JKoenig in Betz. Obs. iii. 71. — Bumph, Amboin. v. 

 t. 71, fig. 1. 



Eastern Himalatas, Assam, Khasia Hills and Chittagokg, ascending to 

 5000 ft. Malabar, Law. 



