THE SCITAMINEiE OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
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Synopsis of the genera. 
Genus. 
Species of 
the Malay 
Peninsula. 
Species of 
the Philip- 
pines. 
Endemic 
in the Phil- 
ippines. 
Introduced 
into 
the Philip- 
pines. 
Philippine 
species 
extending 
to other 
islands. 
Globba.- 
16 
10 
7 
0 
3 
Hedychium 
4 
2 
i 
1 
0 
Kaempferia 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
Gastrochilus 
18 
1 
1 
0 
0 
Curcuma 
4 
2 
0 
2 
0 
Costus 
4 
2 
1 
0 
1 
Zingiber 
11 
5 
4 
0 
1 
Amomum - 
11 
8 
8 
0 
0 
Hornstedtia .. 
13 
4 
4 
0 
0 
Phaeomeria . 
4 
1 
0 
1 
0 
Adelmeria “ 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
Plagiostacliys _ 
2 
3 
3 
0 
0 
Alpinia 
18 
16 
15 
0 
1 
Kolowratia “ — . - 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
Leptosolena • 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
Donax 
3 
1 
0 
0 
1 
Phry ilium __ 
3 
1 
1 
0 
0 
Phacelophrynium 
1 
2 
2 
0 
0 
Monophrynium a . _ - - . 
0 
3 
3 
0 
0 
Total . _ 
114 
68 
56 
5 
7 
a Genera endemic in the Philippines. 
SCITAMINEIE. 
•§ 1. Zingiiiekace/E. Aromatic plants. Fertile stamen one, 2-celled. 
Staminodes 2, broad and petaloid. 
Spike or panicle terminal on a leafy stem. 
Filament long, slender, exceeding the corolla. 
Lip adnate to the filament above the corolla . - 1. Globbd 
Lip free - 2. Hedychium 
Filament shorter than the corolla, broad. 
Anther-cells on a broad thin connective 3. Kaempferia 
Anther-cells thick, fleshy 4. Gastrochilus 
Spike radical, cone-like - 5. Curcuma 
Staminodes small or absent. 
Leafy stems not spiral; ligule oblong. 
Spikes radical. 
Anther with a long, curved beak 6. Zingiber 
Anther with two curved arms; lip broad ...... 7. Amdmum 
Anther crestless ; lip narrow. 
Spike obconic or eylindric .' 8. Hornstedtia 
Spike on a tall peduncle, hemispheric 9. Phaeomeria 
Spikes lateral from. a. .leafy. stem 10. Plagiostachy-s 
Inflorescence terminal on the leafy stem. 
Inflorescence dense, . subglobose, with large bracts 11. Adelmeria 
Inflorescence, lax, or. of several spikes. . 
. , .... j. Corolla-tribe long, _ slender 12. Leptosolena 
