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CXXXVII. ZINGlBERACEvE. 
[' Gastrochilus. 
(23) G. minor Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 217. G. biloba var. 
lanceolata Ridl., Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 102. 
Rhizome long creeping. Leaves solitary or paired distant 
oblanceolate sub-acute narrowed to base, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petiole 3 in. long. Spike sub-sessile enclosed with the petiole base 
in a sheath about 2 in. long. Corolla tube slender, as long as 
bract, 1 in. long, lobes oblong sub-acute, white. Staminodes about 
•5 in. long. Lip *75 in. long, entire white and marked with 
red and yellow, sides incurved. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); 
Temengoh, on banks (Ridley). 
Having seen a type of this at Kew, I note that it is not the plant I identified 
it with previously, but is allied to G. biloba. The Temengoh plant described 
by me as G. biloba var. lanceolate seems to be the same thing. 
(24) G. longifolia Ridl. 
Rhizome short. Leaves solitary elliptic-lanceolate shortly cus¬ 
pidate, base rather long-narrowed; nerves prominent about 6 pairs, 
above glabrous, beneath softly hairy especially on the midrib, 
9 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiole 7 in. long, hairy. Spike oblong, 
1*5 to 2 in. long; peduncle 1 to 3 in. long, with a basal bract lorate- 
oblong, 1-5 in. long, *25 in. wide, pubescent. Floral bracts lanceo¬ 
late acuminate strongly ribbed hairy, the lowest about 1 in. long. 
Corolla tube slender curved at the top, 1 in. long, lobes linear acute, 
•25 in. long, white. Lip -5 in. long, *25 in. wide, oblong-obovate 
bilobed, lobes round, Hab. Banks of streams in forest. Selangor, 
Ulu Gombak (Ridley). 
7 . HITCHENIOPSIS, Ridl. 
Herbs with creeping rhizomes. Leaves solitary or many in a 
tuft. Spike peduncled with numerous large herbaceous bracts as 
in Curcuma from centre of tuft or separate when only one leaf, but 
always appearing with the leaf. Calyx spathaceous. Corolla tube 
long, lobes oblong or linear. Staminodes larger or narrower. 
Stamen without spurs. Species about 10, Cochinchina, Malay 
Peninsula. 
Valeton suggests the genus Gastrochilus for these in part, but I cannot 
agree; the whole habit of these plants is so Curcuma- like that Baker and I 
formerly put them into that genus. Baker’s section Hitcheniopsis contains 
a mixture of Curcuma and other genera, and he does not put in C. Kunstleri. 
However, the name is not occupied generally, so I use it. 
Leaves in pairs broad ovate; peduncle short; flowers 
medium-size.(1) H. Kunstleri 
Leaves 2 or 3 narrow lanceolate; peduncle tall slender; 
flowers very small . . . . . (2) H. lanceolata 
Leaf solitary ovate, base round; peduncle long slender (3) H. sylvestris 
(1) H. Kunstleri Ridl. Curcuma Kunstleri Bak. F.B.I. vi. 
214; Ridl. Mat: ii. 22. Kaempferia lutea Wright , Kew Bulletin, 
1907, p. 60. 
Rhizome moderately stout. Leaves paired obovate cuspidate, 
