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CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE.E. [Zingiber.<br />
Lip 3-lobed; midlobe the longer. Stamen filament linear; anthercells<br />
linear, connective forming a long curved beak. Capsule thinwalled,<br />
three-valved. Seed black, arillate. Species 30, Indo-China,<br />
Malaya.<br />
The ginger plant .. Haliya" Zingiber officinale Rosc. is commonly cultivated<br />
in fields. It is about I ft. tall, with narrow leaves, the spike borne on<br />
a peduncle from the rhizome, rarely terminal; bracts green, flower yellow<br />
densely spotted black.<br />
Spikes with broad base and blunt tip; bracts recurved<br />
at tip.<br />
Leaf stems 4 to 7 ft. tall.<br />
Spikes cylindric, large; bracts broad .<br />
Spikes oblong large; bracts lanceolate .<br />
Leal stems slender, about 2 ft. tall.<br />
(I) Z. spectabile<br />
(2) Z. KUDStleri<br />
Spikes obconic; bracts narrow.. (3) z. Wrayi<br />
Spikes cylindnc-globose green turning red,<br />
blunt; midlobe entire . . . (4) Z. aromaticum<br />
Spikes ellipsoid brown; flowers pink; rhizome<br />
purple; lip bllobed . . . . (5) Z. Ottensi<br />
Spikes cylindnc acute purplish-green; midlobe<br />
bifid. .<br />
Spikes yellow cyhndric.<br />
Lip-midlobe pink bifid<br />
Leaf stems 6 ft. tall.<br />
Lip-midlobe entire creamy.<br />
Leaves 18 in. long; s:r.ike 7 in. long .<br />
Leaves 8 in. long; spike 4 to 5 in. long<br />
Spikes fusiform acuminate pink.<br />
(6) Z. Cassumunaar<br />
(7) Z. chrysostachys<br />
(8) Z. chryseum<br />
(9) Z. citrinum<br />
Lip-mldlobe bifid; plant slightly pubescent . (10) Z. gracile<br />
Lip-mldlobe entire lanceolate acute slightly<br />
pubescent. . . . . . (II) Z. Gri1B.thii<br />
Lip-mldlobe entire oblong blunt; plant woolly,<br />
very tall. . . . . . (12) Z. puberuIa<br />
(1) Z. spectabile Griff. Notulce, iii. 413; Ridl. Mat. ii. 26.<br />
Stems 7 ft. tall, ·S in. through. Leaves lanceolate mucronate,<br />
1 ft. long, 4 in. wide. Peduncles stout, 1 ft. long or more. Spike<br />
cylindric, over 1 ft. tall, thick. Bracts stiff ovate edges recurved,<br />
at first yellow, then scarlet. Calyx spathaceous, l·S in. long,<br />
white. Corolla tube l·S in. long, lobes lanceolate acute, as long,<br />
lower ones connate and adnate to lip. Lip shorter, side-lobes<br />
broad round, midlobe bifid, all lemon-yellow, mottled purple or<br />
black. Anther broad, yellow, appendage long, purple. Capsule<br />
1 in. long. Hab. Common and very showy, in forests. Malacca<br />
(Griffith); Panchur (Goodenough). Pahang, Tahan and Pahang<br />
Rivers. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Selangor, Petaling. Perak,<br />
Thaiping Hills; Temengoh. Dindings, Lumut. Penang, Pulau<br />
Betong (Curtis). Perlis, Ginting Kabok. Distrib. Sumatra.<br />
(2) Z. KWlstleri King, in Ridl. !ourn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32,<br />
p. 127; Mat. ii. 27.<br />
Rhizome very thick, 2 in. through. Stems 4 to 6 ft. tall.<br />
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, over 1 ft. long, 3 in. wide. Peduncle<br />
over 1 ft. tall, stout. Spike 3 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. through,
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