THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 161 
ric capsule, orange colored, green, or brown, black dry dehiscent 
pubescent or hairy seeds numerous angled small enclosed in a 
sweet pithy aril, aromatic. 
The genus is confined to East India, China, and North 
Australia. Many species are cultivated for their beautiful 
flowers, some especially A, Galanga and A. officinalis, the Galang- 
als for their aromatic rhizomes. The species have been arrang- 
ed in four sections, viz., Ethanium, with the buds not enclosed 
in large bracteoles, and no anther crest, Catimbsum with large 
bracteoles, and no crest, Hel/enta with a small anther crest 
and Geostachys which I would exclude as a distinct genus. 
This grouping is not however quite satisfactory as it separates 
closely allied plants, while placing very different species together. 
Nearly all fall readily into three groups which indeed might be 
called genera, viz., 
(A). Hellenia. Flowers small, white or pink, lip narrow not 
convolute often bifid. Anther usually crested. Fruit small 
globose few-seeded. 
(5B). Catimbium. Flowers large, lip broad obovate convolute, 
red and yellow. Anther not crested, fruit globose, large, seeds 
small numerous. 
(C). Cenolophon. Flowers large, lip entire oblong orange 
anther crested. Fruit usually cylindric or fusiform, seeds large 
few. ; 
Hellenia. 
Lip entire obovate. A. conchigera. 
Lip ,, narrow oblong. A. secundiflora. 
Lip bifid, spathulate A. Gaianga. 
55 lobes narrow, linear, no anther crest. A. melanocarpa. 
feat 2 af anther crested. A. scabra. 
,, four-lobed A. rosella. 
Catimbiun. 
Panicle or raceme lax, bracts oblong or boat-shaped. 
Staminodes absent, bracteoles small caducous. <A. mutica. 
3 bracteoles large boat-shaped. A. assimults, 
