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name "lampujang pait", but lie uses "Lampujang ketjiel" as a synonym 

 of "lampujang wangi" (see Z. aromaticum). 



Batavia Westside Halte Duri on uncultivated grounds, where Salacca- 

 palms are grown, spontaneous or perhaps escaped from since long aban- 

 doned cultures. 



Bivak Deiui (Tjipatudja) Backer 8903. Determination uncertain (flowers 

 and notes being wanting) 



South-Pekalongan, Lebak barang, Backer num. 23499. 



Tomo, Soemedang 150, M. in teak forests very common, Kds 42696 

 "flower pale yellow, fruit red pedunkel 250—350 mm." (Determination 

 uncertain) 



Madura, Bangkalan, Waste places in villages, Backer 18939 "flowers 

 bright yellow." 



5. Zingiber littorale Val. Z. Zerumbet Sm. var. littoralis Val. le. 

 Bog. t 250. — Z. perakensis King and Pr., msc. in Mus Perak in Herb Bog 

 Wray 3549 — Z. amaricans Bl., Hollrung 446 in Herb, Berol: 



This species has not been collected flowering recently, so I can not 

 give new details about it. It differs from Z. Zerumbet and other allied 

 species by the shape of the spike (fusiform), the thin membranous bracts 

 with a narrow inconspicuous margo, the uniform pale grey colour of the 

 dried spikes, the low stature (stem. 600 mm, leaves 240X50). The flowers 

 apparently resemble those of Z. amaricans Bl., and these two species ought 

 to be compared again with fresh specimens. 



Distribution: Java, Poeloe Merak 10 M, legit Val. (type specimen) 

 and Boerlage. 



Sumatra Sibulangit 500 M., Lörzing 1378 "Herb, 700 mm. high, leaves 

 100 — 300 mm. long, X 25 — 80. Peduncles ± 200 mm. Bracts green, with 

 a membranous edge, appresed, smooth. Flowers yellow and white, labellum 

 lemon-colour in the center, bifid to the middle". 



Malacca, upper Perak Wrav 3549. 

 Nova-üuinea, Hollrung 446. 



6. Zingiber papuanum Val. n. sp. Tab. nostra xviii. 



Herba parva nunc debilis. Gaulis cire semimetralis, basi circ 7 mm. 

 versus apicem 2 mm. crassus, tenuiter sericeus, fusco-olivaceus. Rhizoma 

 tenue e membris obovatis compositum, intus pallide flavum. 



Folia lanceolata, subacuminata, acutissima, basi in petiolum brevem 

 (4 — 5 mm.) marginatum decurrentia, majora 190 — 230X57 — 50, minora 

 115X30 — 42, subtus parce pi lis appressis conspcrsa. Ligula rotundato- 

 ovata supra saepe retusa 5— 10 mm. longa alba. 



Scapus gracilis nunc 150X5 mm. alta squami^ 4 vestitus, 40 — 30 mm. 



