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Alpinia .] 
branches pubescent. Flowers numerous secund Bracts ovate, 
s in long. Calyx I in. long, lobes pubescent equal ovate. Corolla 
tube I-I2 in. long, funnel-shaped, lobes oblong. Lip shorter oblong 
blunt. Staminodes flat wing-shaped subulate, 1 in. long Anther 
not crested. Hab. Very rare. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). 
(3) A. melanocarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. b. Br. 32, p. 123 ; 
M *Stems 2 to 3 ft. tall, slender from a stout rhizome. Leaves 
lanceolate acuminate, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Panicle 6 m. long* 
branches short, usually 3-flowered. Calyx *5 m. long white, 
funnel-shaped. Corolla-tube little longer, lobes oblong blunt, white. 
Lip base narrow, limb bilobed, lobes oblong blunt, pink, *25 ir p long. 
Staminodes 2 small green teeth at base of stamen. Capsule pea- 
shaped, black or red. Hab. Sandy places near the sea. Singa¬ 
pore Kranji; Selitar. Pahang, Kwala Pahang; Rumpin River 
(Evans). Native name: Munkanang. Use: A decoction of the 
flowers for cholera. 
This is not the Hellenia melanocarpa Teysm. of Sumatra, which has no 
staminodes, but an anther-crest. 
(a) A. Galanera Sw. Obs. Rot. 8; Ridl. Mat. ii. 48. 
Rhizome thick, aromatic. Stems 6 to 7 ft. tall stout. Leaves 
lanceolate acute, 1 in. long. 3'25 in. wide; petioles *25 m. long. 
Panicle 6 in. long, branches numerous, crowded, 1 in. long. Calyx 
unequally trifid, -5 in. long, lobes ovate, white. Corolla tube as 
long lobes linear recurved, 75 in. long, green. Lip 1 in. long, 
spathulate bifid, white with red streaks, base green Staminodes 
2 short processes, pink. Stamen 1 in. long Fruit elliptic, red, 
. 2S in long Seeds 1 or 2. Hab. Often cultivated and occurring 
in abandoned cultivations, all over the Peninsula. Native name : 
Lankuas. Use : Rhizome used in curry. .. 
(5) A. scabra Benth. Gen. PI. iii. 648; Rtdl. Mat. 11. 49. 
Hellenia scabra Bl. Enum. 60. . A . 
Stout plant 6 or more ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate, 
scabrid when dry, 18 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -25 m. long, winged 
to base Panicle 2 ft. long, lowest branches 6 in. long, upper ones 
short. Flowers white. Calyx campanulate, -25 in long. Corolla 
tube longer slender, lobes lanceolate-oblong blunt, -25 m. long. 
Lit) shorter narrow deeply bifid, lobes linear. Filament slender. 
Capsule 12 to -25 in. through, globose black Hab Common in 
wet Hill Forest at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Joho^Gunong Mai. 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall . 
Perak Thaiping Hills; Hermitage Hill; Bujong Malacca (all. 
collectors); Gunong Kerbau (Hamff). Kedah Peak. Dtstnb. 
^ (6) A. mutica Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 67; Ridl. Mat. ii. 49; Rose. PL 
Systems 3^to 6 ft. tall. Leaves narrow lanceolate very acuminate 
