THE SCIT AMINES OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
165 
cm long, pubescent, split on one side. Corolla-tube slender, twice as long 
as the calyx, the lobes linear, 3 cm long. Staminodes wider, linear- 
oblanceolate. Lip obovate, bilobed, 2 cm long, glandular-dotted, the 
margins crisped. Stamen as long as the lip. Capsule triquetrous, 3 cm 
long, orange-yellow. Seeds dark-red, elliptic, 5 mm long, ribbed, the aril 
fibrillose, red. 
Sulu Archipelago, (Vidal 3924). Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, 
Mrs. Clemens Vfl. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7909. 
Allied to H. borneense Ridl. Endemic. 
3. KAEM PFERI A Linn. 
Small herbs with tuberous aromatic rhizomes, the steins short. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence spicate, very shortly peduncled, 
with a few lanceolate bracts. Flowers fugacious, thin-textured, produced 
singly, white or violet. Calyx short, cylindric. Corolla-tube slender, 
the lobes narrow, linear. Staminodes very large, rounded, clawed, spread- 
ing. Lip similar, bilobed. Stamen thin, flat, not exserted; anther 
narrow, crested. Capsule oblong, thin-walled. 
Species about 20, Indian and Siamese, one or two Malayan. 
1. K. galanga Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 2; Hort. Cliff. 2 (1837) t. 3 ; Blume Enum. 
PI. Jav. (1827) 47; Rose. Monandr. PL (1828) t. 92; Roxb. As. Research. 11 
(1810) 327; FI. Ind. 1 (1820) 15; Wight. Icon. (1844) t. 899; Horan. Monog. 
(1862) 2; Baker in Hook. f. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 219; K. Schum. in Pflanzenreich 
20 (1904) 77. 
E. sessilis Koenig in Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 67. 
K. humilis Salisb. Prodr. (1796) 6. 
K. plantaginifolia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 (1812) 286. 
Stemless, with a tuberous rhizome. Leaves two, horizontal, orbicular, 
subacute, the base rounded, 7 to 13 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide. Flowers 6 
to 12, fragrant, white. Bracts short, lanceolate, green. Calyx short. 
Corolla-tube 2.5 cm long, the lobes lanceolate. Staminodes cuneate, 
obovate, 1.2 cm long. Lip 2.5 cm long and nearly as wide, bilobed, the 
base spotted, violet, the rest white. Stamen thin, the crest quadrate, 
bilobed. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1181, 4560 Ramos: Province of 
Cagayan, ( Cuming 1331 ) : Province of Tayabas, near Lucban, Elmer 7 408. Native 
names, Cuso'l, Guisol, Dusol, Dusog. 
A commonly cultivated plant of Indian origin, occurring all over the East as a 
garden escape. 
4. GASTROCHILUS Wallich. 
Low herbs with a creeping aromatic rhizome, the stems short or none. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate, petioled, solitary or in tufts of from two 
to four. Spike axillary, central, or from the rhizome. Bracts large or 
of moderate size, thin. Flowers thin, opening singly, white, yellow, or 
red. Calyx tubular, spathaceous. Corolla-tube long, slender, the lobes 
oblong or lanceolate. Staminodes similar, petaloid. Lip oblong or 
obovate, saccate or convolute, entire or more or less lobed at the apex. 
