164 THE SCITAMINEX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
processes at the base pink. Stamen about:an inch long filament 
broadly linear white, anther notched at the apex, bent at an angle 
with the filament, cells linear, fleshy, thick. Style very slender 
fusiform, stigma rounded. Stylodia ovoid blunt small. Fruit 
small + inch long elliptic red with one or two rounded seeds 
only. = 
: Commonly cultivated and long persisting after the ground is 
abandoned. This, the “ Lankwas” of the Malays, whence its 
name Galanga, does not seem to be knownin a wild state any- 
where. 
A. Zingiberina Bak. (Bot. Mag. t. 6944) the Siam ginger, 
much resembles this but is distinct in the form of the lip which 
has no distinct claw, but is obovate and notched all round the 
edge, and much less deeply bilobed. 
A. scabra. Benth Gen. Plant. ili 648. Bak. lc. 256. Hellenia scabra 
Bl. Enum. 60. 
A tall plant with stems abont six feet tall. Leaves lanceolate 
cuspidate a foot anda half long and two inches broad dark green 
(drying pale greenish) scabrid on the upper surface, petiole 
winged to the base + inch long, ligule oblong truncate + inch 
long. Panicle upwards of two feet long, upper branches short 
two or three lower ones usually six incheslong. Flowers rather 
small on pedicels nearly + inch long ebracteate, white. Calyx 
campanulate + inch long, with three teeth. Corolla tube longer 
rather slender curved, lobes lanceolate oblong obtuse, + inch 
Jong, dorsal one-hooded, white. Lip narrow shorter than the 
petals, deeply bifid lobes linear oblong. Stamen long filament 
linear slender, anther cells slightly divaricate, crest very short. 
Capsule globose smooth 4 inch through. 
This plant grows in woods on the hills at about 1000 feet 
altitude, Its general appearance is that of A. galanga. The 
leaves are only scabrid when dry. 
Johore, Gunong Pulai. Selangor, Bukit Hitam. (Kelsall). 
Perak, Thaiping hills ; Bujong Malacca. Kedah, Kedah Peak. 
A. rosella n.sp. 
A small tufted plant stems about 2 feet tall rather slender. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate with a long point glabrous rather 
