Cienkowskia
(named in honour of Professor L. Cienkowsky, a Russian botanist of the present century). ORD. Scitamineae. A handsome stove herbaceous perennial, now referred to Kaempferia (which see for cultivation). C. Kirkii (Kirk's). fl. lovely pale rose-purple, about 3in. in diameter, sweet-scented; scape slender, erect, 3in. to 4in. long. August. l. elliptic-lanceolate, 6in. to 8in. long by 2 1/2in. to 3 1/2in. wide. h. 6in. Zanzibar, 1872. (B. M. 5994.)