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CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACEiE. 
Stamen filament thick fleshy; scapes radical. 
Anther with long curved beak; lip 3-lobed 
Anther with 3-curved arms; lip large broad 
Anther neither spurred nor crested. 
Lip narrow fleshy. 
Spikes sub-sessile buried in ground ; capsule 
thin ...... 
Spikes on tall stout peduncles; capsule 
woody . . . • 
Lip narrow deeply bifid; raceme radical 
Lip broad. 
Spike lateral from a leafy stem 
Panicle creeping horizontal with distant 
few-flowered spikes ■. 
Panicle compact erect or pendulous from 
rhizome ...... 
Anther with small round crest or none. 
Panicle many branched terminal on a leafy 
stem ...... 
12. Zingiber 
13. Amomum 
14. Hornstedtia 
15. Ph^eomeria 
16. Geocharis 
17. Plagiostachys 
18. Elettariopsis 
19. Geostachys 
20. Alpinia 
1 . GLOBBA, Linn. 
Slender erect herbs with short rhizome. Leaves ovate or 
lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal, panicled lax. Flowers small, 
yellow, white or violet. Calyx tubular, 3-toothed. Corolla tube 
longer slender, lobes boat-shaped, reflexed. Staminodes similar. 
Lip base adnate to stamen forming a tube with it, limb narrow 
deflexed, often bilobed. Stamen filament long slender; anther 
decurved, ellipsoid, connective prolonged into a simple margin 
or 2 to 4 spurs. Style longer. Ovary i-celled. Capsule globose, 
small. Seeds arillate. Hab. In damp spots. Bulbils are produced 
in the inflorescence occasionally in nearly all species. Species about 
30, India, China, Malaya. 
Anthers spurless ; flowers yellow. 
. . . . . (1) G. WaUichii 
.(2) G. uliginosa 
Anther 2-spurred. Panicle lax slender. 
§ 1. Aplanthera. 
Lip entire 
Lip bilobed 
§ 2. Ceratanthera. 
Flowers yellow. 
Anther-spurs narrow subulate from anther-base; 
staminodes about as long as corolla lobes. 
Leaves lanceolate narrow; calyx unequally 
3-toothed ...... 
Leaves lanceolate; calyx teeth equal . 
Leaves oblong; panicle stout and long 
Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate; stami¬ 
nodes much longer than corolla lobes 
Anther-spurs triangular from whole side of 
anther ...... 
Panicle short and dense on long peduncle 
Flowers white or violet. 
Lip oblong-ovate entire . 
Lip bilobed obcuneate; leaves glabrous 
Lip bilobed oblong ; leaves glabrous 
Lip bilobed oblong; leaves pubescent broad . 
Lip bilobed linear; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
hairy ....... 
(3) G. panicoides 
(4) G. iasciata 
(5) G. pendula 
(6) G. valida 
(7) G. montana 
( 8 ) G. malaccensis 
(9) G, elegans 
(10) G. albiflora 
(11) G. regalis 
(12) G. leucantha 
(13) G. violacea 
