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Monandn. plants, taken from a specimen cultivated out; of rhizomes sent 

 by Banks in 1797.) declares the lip to be emarginate 770? bifid., the leaves 

 lanceolate (rather elliptical, being only two times longer than broad). 

 Evidently here is a confusion of different forms, but about the identity of 

 the two species 1 have no doubt. 



1 have some presumption that K. Gilberti of Bull the origin of which is 

 unknown is also a synonym. A plant received years ago with that name 

 from Europe, with variegated leaves has gradually lost its white stripes 

 and proved identical with K. undulata. 



The Javan specimens vary somewhat in the length of the stem, which 

 in young and poor plants is very short; the width of the leaves which 

 commonly makes up 1/6 or 1/8 of the length, amounts in luxurious growing 

 plants sometimes to 1/3 and then the margins are not undulating. The 

 flowers vary in length from 100—120 mm. The crest of the anther is 

 sometimes bipartite to the middle, commonly however only notched. In 

 young plants there are always two alternate leaves, outwardly accompanied 

 by some green bladeless sheaths; during the growth this number often 

 increases to eight, in the same time the alternate insertion makes place 

 for an irregular one. 



The inflorescence is loosely enclosed between the sheaths of the 

 first leaves and sessile, either immediately on the top of the tuber or 

 elevated on a short stem. The flowers and flowerbuds, about 10 in number, 

 are here as in K. rotundata inserted on a flat torus, they are surrounded 

 and intermixed by very thin and small acute lanceolate bracts and bracteoles. 

 There are no sterile bracts, and the head is involucrated only by the 

 sheaths of the inner leaves. The fruit 1 never saw, though it occurs doubt- 

 le'ssly. 



The rhizome consists of a series of irregular tubers like a rosary; 

 the pendulous tubers are very like those of K. rotunda but many times 

 smaller. 



Distribution: Spontaneous growing in the teak forests of Tomo 

 (Sumedang) at 50 M, (Koorders, Kalshoven), native name "/Ton/// A'w/îo/." 

 Also in Semarang (Djemboloh), and Randublatung, native name "Kuntji 

 putih" (Kalshoven). 



Cultivated in Djocdja (Vorderman: in Herb. Bog: specimen cited by 

 K. Sch.) native name "Kuntji pepet" and in Batavia (Heyne, 1913, 218), 

 native name "Kuntji menir" Heyne 1. c. "Kuntji pepet." 



In East-Java • this species is still imknown and "Kuntji pepet" is the 

 certain name for Kaempferia lotunda L. in Kediri, Bagelen, Soerabaja, Pa- 

 suruan and Madura. 



Outside of Java: Eastern Himalaya (Bengal) at the feet of the moun- 

 tains ('Roxb), Siam and Cochinchine (Gaqnepain), not in Malacca, (Ridley). 



