258 cxxxvil. ziNGiBERACE-iE. [Zingiber. 
Lip 3-lobed; midlobe the longer. Stamen filament linear; anther- 
cells linear, connective forming a long curved beak. Capsule thin- 
walled, three-valved. Seed black, arillate. Species 30, Indo-China, 
Malaya. 
The ginger -plant " Haliya ” Zingiber officinale Rose, is commonly culti¬ 
vated in fields. It is about 1 ft. tall, with narrow leaves, the spike borne on 
a peduncle from the rhizome, rarely terminal; bracts green, flower yellow 
densely spotted black. 
Spikes with broad base and blunt tip; bracts re¬ 
curved at tip. 
Leaf stems 4 to 7 ft. tall. 
Spikes cylindric, large; bracts broad . 
Spikes oblong large; bracts lanceolate . 
Leaf stems slender, about 2 ft. tall. 
Spikes obconic; bracts narrow 
Spikes cylindrie-globose green turning red, 
blunt; midlobe entire 
Spikes ellipsoid brown ; flowers pink; rhizome 
purple; lip bilobed .... 
Spikes cylindric acute purplish-green; mid¬ 
lobe bifid ...... 
Spikes yellow cylindric. 
Lip-midlobe pink bifid .... 
Leaf stems 6 ft. tall. 
Lip-midlobe entire creamy. 
Leaves 18 in. long; spike 7 in. long . 
Leaves 8 in. long; spike 4 to 5 in. long 
Spikes fusiform acuminate pink. 
Lip-midlobe bifid; plant slightly pubescent 
Lip-midlobe entire lanceolate acute slightly 
pubescent ...... 
Lip-midlobe entire oblong blunt; plant woolly, 
very tall ...... 
(1) Z. spectabile 
(2) Z. Kunstleri 
(3) Z. Wrayi 
(4) Z. aromaticum 
(5) Z. Ottensi 
(6) Z. Cassumunaar 
(7) Z. chrysostachys 
(8) Z. chryseum 
(9) Z. citrinum 
(10) Z. gracile 
(11) Z. Griffithii 
(12) Z. puberula 
(x) Z. spectabile Griff. Notnlce, iii. 413; Ridl. Mat. ii. 26. 
Stems 7 ft. tall, *5 in. through. Leaves lanceolate mucronate, 
1 ft. long, 4 in. wide. Peduncles stout, 1 ft. long or more. Spike 
cylindric, over 1 ft. tall, thick. Bracts stiff ovate edges recurved, 
at first yellow, then scarlet. Calyx spathaceous, 1*5 in. long, 
white. Corolla tube 1*5 in. long, lobes lanceolate acute, as long, 
lower ones connate and adnate to lip. Lip shorter, side-lobes 
broad round, midlobe bifid, all lemon-yellow, mottled purple or 
black. Anther broad, yellow, appendage long, purple. Capsule 
1 in. long. Hab. Common and very showy, in forests. Malacca 
(Griffith); Panchur (Goodenough). Pahang, Tahan and Pahang 
Rivers. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Selangor, Petaling. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Temengoh. Dindings, Lumut. Penang, Pulau 
Betong (Curtis). Perlis, Ginting Kabok. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) Z. Kunstleri King, in Ridl. Joitrn. Roy, As. Soc. S. Br. 32, 
p. 127; Mat. ii. 27. 
Rhizome very thick, 2 in. through. Stems 4 to 6 ft. tall. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, over 1 ft. long, 3 in. wide.. Peduncle 
over 1 ft. tall, stout. Spike 3 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. through, 
