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Paphtopedilum. ] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE..E. 233<br />
on base and in sinus. Hab. Rare. High up in tall trees. Selangor,<br />
Semangkok Pass near Sempang Mines (Curtis). Distrtb. Borneo.<br />
I have twice found plants of a small Paphwpedtlum with famtly tessellate<br />
leaves m sandy spots on the south shore of J ohor; no flowers were seen, and<br />
I failed to grow it. It appears to be allied to P. barbatum.<br />
ORDER CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACElE<br />
Herbs terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, rhizomatous aromatic.<br />
Leaves thinly membranous or rather fleshy, large ovate or lanceolate,<br />
usually petioled shortly, and ligulate, sheathing below. Flowers<br />
medium to large and showy, irregular, in panicles or dense cymes<br />
or heads, bracteate, terminal or from the rhizome, rarely (Plagiostachys)<br />
falsely lateral. Calyx tubular usually trifid. Corolla<br />
tubular with three linear or oblong lobes. Lip usually broad and<br />
differently coloured, entire or trilobed. Staminodes 2, petaloid or<br />
reduced to points at the base of the lip or absent. Stamen one,<br />
2-celled; anther terminal, the connective often prolonged into a<br />
crest or lateral spurs. Style slender filiform, lying between the<br />
anther-cells; stigma cup-shaped. Ovary superior 3-celled; ovules<br />
axile. Fruit capsular or sub-baccate. Seeds usually numerous<br />
aromatic, often arillate, albumen floury, Numerous in the tropics<br />
of the Old World, scanty in the New World.<br />
Staminodes broad petaloid<br />
Spike or panicle terminal on a leafy stem<br />
Filament filiform longer than the corolla.<br />
Lip adnate to the filament above the corolla;<br />
flowers small. . . . .<br />
Lip free, lobes entire; flowers large . .<br />
Lip adnate to corolla at base, lobes toothed;<br />
flowers medium . . . .<br />
Filament short broad; staminodes broader than<br />
petals.<br />
Anther dorsifixed versatile . •<br />
Anther-cells on a broad thin connective<br />
5taminodes not broader than petals.<br />
Anther thick terminal . . . .<br />
Spikes radical cone-llke.<br />
Flowers in a head of broad persistent herbaceous<br />
bracts.<br />
Staminodes larger or smaller than petals;<br />
, stamen not spurred . . .<br />
Staminodes not broader than corolla-lobes;<br />
stamen spurred . . . .<br />
_ Staminodes smaller; anther with long curved<br />
arms; bracts rigid. . . .<br />
Staminodes at IIp base; anther oblong<br />
• created; bracts papery .<br />
Staminodes small, absent 01' adnate to lip.<br />
Stamen with thin flat filament; lip large convolute;<br />
spike terminal in one species.<br />
1. GLOBBA<br />
2. HEDYCHIUM<br />
3. ODONTYCHIUM<br />
4. CAMPTANDRA<br />
5. KJEMPFERIA<br />
6. GASTROCHILUS<br />
7. HITCHENIOPSIS<br />
8. CURCUMA<br />
9. CONAMOMUM<br />
10. CARENOPHILA<br />
U. CosTl;rs
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