CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^E. 
Paphiopedilum . ] 
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on base and in sinus. Hab. Rare. High up in tall trees. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass near Sempang Mines (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. 
1 have twice found plants of a small Paphiopedilum with faintly tessellate 
leaves in sandy spots on the south shore of Johor; no flowers were seen, and 
I failed to grow it. It appears to be allied to P. harhatum. 
Order CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE^ 
Herbs terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, rhizomatous aromatic. 
Leaves thinly membranous or rather fleshy, large ovate or lanceolate, 
usually petioled shortly, and ligulate, sheathing below. Flowers 
medium to large and showy, irregular, in panicles or dense cymes 
or heads, bracteate, terminal or from the rhizome, rarely ( Plagio - 
stachys) falsely lateral. Calyx tubular usually trifid. Corolla 
tubular with three linear or oblong lobes. Lip usually broad and 
differently coloured, entire or trilobed. Staminodes 2, petaloid or 
reduced to points at the base of the lip or absent. Stamen one, 
2-celled; anther terminal, the connective often prolonged into a 
crest or lateral spurs. Style slender filiform, lying between the 
anther-cells; stigma cup-shaped. Ovary superior 3-celled; ovules 
axile. Fruit capsular or sub-baccate. Seeds usually numerous 
aromatic, often arillate, albumen floury, Numerous in the tropics 
of the Old World, scanty in the New World. 
Staminodes broad petaloid. 
Spike or panicle terminal on a leafy stem. 
Filament filiform longer than the corolla. 
Lip adnate to the filament above the corolla; 
flowers small . . . . .1. Globba 
Lip free, lobes entire; flowers large . . 2, Hedychium 
Lip adnate to corolla at base, lobes toothed; 
flowers medium . . . * 3 - Odontychium 
Filament short broad; staminodes broader than 
petals. 
Anther dorsifixed versatile . - 4 - Camptandra 
Anther-cells on a broad thin connective . 5. Kjempferia 
Staminodes not broader than petals. 
Anther thick terminal .. .. 6. Gastrochilus 
Spikes radical cone-like. 
Flowers in a head of broad persistent herbaceous 
bracts. 
Staminodes larger or smaller than petals; 
stamen not spurred . . -7 * Hitcheniopsis 
Staminodes not broader than corolla-lobes; 
stamen spurred . . .8 . Curcuma 
Staminodes smaller; anther with long curved 
arms; bracts rigid . . . - 9 - Conamomum 
Staminodes at lip base; anther oblong 
created; bracts papery . . .10. Carenophila 
Staminodes small, absent or adnate to lip. 
Stamen with thin flat filament; lip large con¬ 
volute; spike terminal in one species . 11. Cqstus 
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