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Plate XII. 



Gastrochilus striatum Val., (from Herbarium). 

 Fig. 1. A young iierb witli part of the creeping stem. 



2. Stamen, from a partly dishevelled flower, showing the paralle ^ 

 thecae and the crest. 



Plate XIII. 



Gastrochilus laxiflorum Val., (from Herbarium). 

 Fig. 1. Facies, 1/2 nat. size. 



2. Leaf 1/1. 



3. Bract with 2 flowers, nat. size, the left one consisting of pedicel, 

 calyx and part of the tube. 



4. Stamen 4/1. 



5. Labellum 2/1. ' 



6. Bract, nat. size. 



Plate XIV. 



Gastrochilus Kunstleri (Baker) Val. 

 Fig. 1. Habitus, from Herb, much diminuted. 



2, Flower with bract and bracteoles (from preserved mat.), 

 coroll-lobes bent down, showing stamen and staminodes,n.s. 



3, Idem, outer bract removed. 



4, 5. Limb of living flower, seen from the face and sideways, n.s. 



6. Lip of living flower seen from above, showing the furrow at 

 the base, and the mouth of the faux, anther not pictured. 



7. Slylodes 2 X enlarged. 



8. Calyx. 



9 — 11. Anther, enlarged 5X- 



12. Placenta in an abnormal but often occurring one-celled ovarium, 

 reminding Haplochorema. 



Plate XV. 



Outlines of labellum and staminodes in the genus Zingiber. AU 

 figures drawn from fresh flowers, explained and dried. N.s. 

 Fig. 1, 2. Z. officinale. 



3. Z, Z er um bet. 



4. Z. aromaticum. ' 



5. Z. aromaticum, var. sylvestres. 



6. Z. amaricans, var. obscura. 



7. Z. Zerumbet, var. from Djogdjakarta. 



9. Z. amaricans. 



