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all finely pubescent at both sides, especially near the top, which in 

 the coma is conspicuously niucronate. The colour of the mean bracts is 

 light green, often with white length stripes or white bordered, near 

 the coma whiter, a few (often only 4) of the coma-bracts are wholly white, 

 only with some very-fine scattered light brown spots near the top. 



Flowers long and narrow. Bracteoles large (35 mm.). Smallest measured 

 flower 48, tallest 56. Dimensions: K 10-12, C 48— 52, T 18— 24, F 15 - 16, 

 Lab. 15—16X14 — 17. Lip almost orbicular with a very short claw. Stamd. 

 falcate oblong, top rounded or almost truncate, with a deep furrow, 10 X 6; 

 fil. rather long 5 — 6X3. Anthera with a broad ovate connective, the top of 

 which is distinctly protruding between the cells, united with the filament 

 about the middle of the cells. Spurs very large, broad, diverging, a little 

 curved with the fine top always recurved to the outside.. By the last 

 character alone the flower is readily distinguished from all other species. 



The tube is rather narrow, abruptly dilated into the broad (25 — 30 mm.) 

 faux, the lower part of which is internally hirsute. The flower is creamy 

 white, with the exception of the yellow band of the lip and the white petals. 



Distribution: Java. Cultivated, and wild growing throughout Java. It 

 grows everywhere in teak forests and the roots are gathered and sold in 

 the market-places. 



Native names: "Koneng temen", sund., "Kunyit", mal., "Kiinir", Jav. 

 A very large variety cult, in Modjokerto = "Kunir bentis". 



RuMPH gives still another malay name "Kuning warangan", never 

 met with by us. 



In Sumatra, Muara Dua at 150 M. cult., native name "Kunyer". Leg. 

 Grashoff 482 (Herb. Heyne). 



It occurs also in Malacca (only cultivated) where it is known by 

 the same Malayan name as in java " Kunyit" . (Ridley 1897, 268). The living 

 specimens kindly sent by Mr. Ridley leave no doubt about the identity. 

 In the only rather poor inflorescence which has appeared, the coma-bracts 

 were greenish white, without any trace of pink. According to Ridley 

 this plant produces the "turmeric" of Malacca. 



Probably the species occurs also in Cochinchina (LouREiRO. I.e. "bracts 

 whitisch, rhizome deep yellow") and the good description given by 

 Gagnepain of C. longa agrees very well with our species. 



Only there are a few remarks with relation to some details of his 

 description, which has been made up from dried specimens, 

 le. The tips of the coma bracts are said to be pink. If this is not a com- 

 pliance to tradition, the species varies with pink topped coma bracts. 

 2e. "Bractées à peu près libres". The relatively short pouches are indeed 



a good character of this species. Still in the living spike, the bracts are 



always adnate to '/a — '/2 of the length. 



