Zingiber.] 
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cylindric. Bracts lanceolate, tips deflexed, red. Corolla lobes 
narrow acute lanceolate. Lip shorter lanceolate acute. Anther 
beak as long as cells. Hob. Rare in dense forest. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills (Kunstler). 
(3) Z. Wrayi Prain, in Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 4r, 
p. 32; Mat. ii. 27. 
Stems slender, over 1 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate glabrous, 
9 in. long, 3 in. wide, narrowed at base. Peduncle 4 in. long. 
Spike 3 in. long, obconic. Bracts thin elliptic, 1-5 in. long, -5 in. 
wide or less. Flowers solitary yellow, lip spotted and marked 
with purple. Anther narrow linear, beak *12 in. long. Hab. Very 
rare and little known. Upper Perak, at 300 ft. altitude (Wray). 
(4) Z. aromatieum Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. xxvii. 131. 
Z. Zerumbet Ridl. Mat. ii. 27 (not of Smith). 
Rhizome thick, yellow becoming white inside. Stems 12 to 
18 in. tall. Leaves broad lanceolate glabrous except midrib beneath, 
4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide. Spike oblong blunt, 3 in. long 
on a 3 to 4 in. long peduncle. Bracts broad rounded green, turning 
red, edges hairy. Calyx spathaceous, *5 in. long, lobes lanceolate 
acute, white. Lip side-lobes round, midlobe orbicular or ovate 
retuse pale yellow with central orange bar. Capsule oblong. Hab. 
Common in orchards, waste ground, gardens, etc. Singapore, 
Malacca, Selangor, at Kwala Selangor, Perak, Thaiping, etc. Dis¬ 
trib. Java. Native name : Lampoyang. Use : In native medicine. 
(5) Z. Ottensi Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. xxvii. 136, 
t. xix. 
Habit of Z. aromatieum Valeton. Rhizome dark purple inside. 
Leaves sub-sessile oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic acutely acuminate, 
base rounded, sub-arachnoid beneath; petioles very short hairy. 
Spike large ellipsoid, 4 in. long. Bracts brown-red becoming bright 
red. Flower faint pink spotted yellow. Calyx -5 in. long, truncate 
or 2-toothed. Corolla tube 175 in. long, dorsal petal ovate blunt. 
Lip oblong acute emarginate. Staminodes big obovate, tip round, 
Hab. Malacca, Pringit (Griffith). Distrib. Java. 
Distinguished from Z. aromatieum Valeton by its purple rhizome and pink 
flowers. 
(6) Z. Cassumunaar Roxb. As. Res. xi. 347, t. 5; Bot. Mag. 
t. 1456; Rose. Scit. t. 85. 
Rhizome thick yellow inside. Stems 1 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate pubescent beneath, 6 to 18 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
wide. Peduncle 6 to 12 in. long. Spike cylindric acuminate. 
Bracts oblong rounded, 1 to 1*5 in. long, greenish red to bright 
red, edges hairy. Calyx tube -5 in. long. Corolla tube little longer, 
lobes yellowish white, lanceolate acute, 1 in. long. Lip side-lobes 
oblong blunt, midlobe orbicular bilobed. Capsule small globose. 
Hab. In gardens and waste ground, not common. Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). Distrib. India. 
