Camptandra .] 
CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE.E. 
245 
long. Hab. Rare. By streams at 5000 ft, altitude. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
5 . KJEMPFERIA, Linn. 
Herbs with tuberous aromatic rhizomes; stems usually very 
short. Leaves large thin. Spike short-peduncled, bracts few, thin. 
Flowers fugacious showy, white or violet. Calyx short, cylindric. 
Corolla tube slender, lobes narrow linear. Staminodes very large. 
Anther crested round, clawed spreading; lip similar bilobed. 
Stamen thin, flat included. Capsule oblong thin-walled. Species 
about 20, India, Burma, Siam, few in Malaya. Several species 
cultivated in gardens for the aromatic rhizomes. 
§ 1. Sincorus. Flowers appearing with, the leaves. 
Flowers violet; leaves few basal. 
Leaves ovate broad short petioled . . . (1) K. pulchra 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate; petioles long . . (2) K. elegans 
Flowers white; leaves orbicular .... (3) K. galanga 
Leaves on a tall leafy stalk; lip violet . . . (4) K. cyanescens 
§ 2. Protanthium. Leaves disappearing before flowering, erect lanceolate. 
Flowers showy . . . . . . . (5) K. rotunda 
(1) K. pulchra Ridl. Journ. Roy. Soc. 5 . Br. 32, p. 107; 
Mat. ii. 13. 
Leaves 2 flat spreading ovate blunt dark olive black with grey 
markings, 7 in. long, 5 in. wide. Spike from between leaves 1 in. 
long covered with convolute bracts, inner ones about 20, thin 
lanceolate; peduncle 3 in. long. Calyx very thin. Corolla tube 
1 in. long, lobes linear blunt, *5 in. long. Staminodes rounded, 
broad mauve. Lip deeply bilobed, lobes oblong, mauve, base yellow¬ 
ish white. All flat forming a flower 1 in. across. Anther-crest 
long linear. Hab . On limestone rocks, growing in cracks. Kedah, 
Gunong Geriang. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan), Lankawi 
(Curtis). Distrib. Siam. 
(2) K. elegans Wall. Cat. 6503 (sub Monolophus ); PI. As. Rar. 
i. 24, t. 27; Ridl Mat. ii. 13. 
Stem about 6 in. tall. Leaves 2, lanceolate-ovate blunt dark 
velvety, olive green, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide. Peduncle 1*5 in. long. 
Calyx spathaceous, limb long linear, 3-toothed. Corolla tube 
1-5 in. long, lobes linear acute, white. Staminodes ovate violet, 
base yellowish. Lip deep bilobed violet. Altogether about 1 in. 
across. Hab. Limestone rocks. Kedah, Gunong Geriang. Lan¬ 
kawi (Curtis). Distrib. Pegu, Tenasserim. 
(3) K. galanga Linn. Sp. PI. 2; Hort. Cliff. 2. 
With short stem and flat spreading, plain green leaves sub- 
orbicular, 3 to 6 in. across, sub-sessile and white flowers appearing 
singly in the centre, about 1 in. across with a purple spot on the lip 
base. Hab. Occurs in old gardens and as an escape. Cultivated 
as a spice and known as Chekur. 
