25f ■ mm., ' labelhum suborbicalhr (14X13). staminodes oblong with' a nar- 

 rowed base, atmost free, sube'rect. Fl. yellow, Idbellurii et staminodes atro- 

 purpureous. Herb 400 mm. : tall, almost glabrous. Leaves grass-like, the 

 longest ones 250X 12—230X 14. subsessile, petiole villous. Ligula broad, 

 truncate and somewhat retuse thinly membranous but with a green area in 

 each half. 



According to Heyne (1913. 224—229) two distinct varieties are culti- 

 vated in Java, which have been described already by Rumph V— 161, viz: 

 A. the common ginger, Mai. "haliya", Jav. "Djae". B the small ginger. 

 Mai. "Haliya padi", |av. "sunti". 



Of the latter Rumph distinguishes two forms, only one of which the 

 "red ginger" is known in Batavia and Buitenzorg. 



From both forms 1 was able to examine a few loose flowers and found 

 them to differ sufficiently to distinguish two varieties. 1 distinguish the latter 

 as var. Sunti. From none of the two 1 could procure a complete flowering 

 specimen. So the following diagnose is only provisory and based on the 

 flower only. 



Z. officinale var. Sunti. Herba circ. 700 mm. alta, genuinae similis 

 (rhizomate excepto); staminodia late ovata basi rotundata (in genuina ob- 

 longa, basi et apice subacuta). Labellum 15X13; staminodia 8X6. 



Distribution: Not spontaneous in Java. 



Outside of Java, cultivated in the tropical world; the var. Sunti only 

 known from Java, Amboina and prob. Singapore (Heyne I.e.). 



Growing wild in the high mountains of Western Cuba, Baker, 

 "Economic pl. of the world". 



2 Zingiber Zerumbet Sm. Exot. Bot. 2 (1804, 1Ö3), t. 1 12 (non vidi); 

 Wight ICONES VI (1853 t. 2003:) ; Roscoe Mon. Pl. (1828, t. 85) ; Tab nostra 17. 



Trimen (1898, 259); — Zingiber latifolium sylvestre, Hermann Hort Ac. 

 L.B. (1678, 637 cum tab.); — Zingiber spurium Koen. in Retz. Obs. Ill (1783, 

 60);— Zerumbet Z/n^/öe/'Lestiboudoisin Ann.Sc-nat. 2e ser. XV (1891 , 329) ; — 

 Amomum Zerumbet Linn sp. pl. 1753; Stickman Herb. amb. (1754,20); — 

 Amomum Zingiber Blanco, teste K. Schum. 1904, 172 (non vidi);— Lampujum 

 majus Rumph Herb. Amb. V (1749) 148 t. 64 f 1. 



This species was based by Linne upon Hermann, the type is therefore 

 to be sought in Ceylon. I examined some specimens preserved in spirits, 

 kindly sent by Mr. Fetch, curator of the Peredenyiagarden and quite 

 contrary to K. Schumann (1900, 268) 1 found them very different from 

 Z. amaricans Bl. which only can be confused with them in a dried state, 

 without examining flowers. Quite identical with the Ceylon specimens are 

 living plants, flowering in the Culture garden of Mr. Heyne and in; the 

 Bot. Gardens. These were originating from the following stations: 



