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Kaempferia (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 214, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

K. atrovirens (dark green). fl. violet-purple, 1 1/4in. in diameter, the lip spotted yellowish at base; spike few-flowered, shortly exserted from the sheath. l. 2in. to 5in. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, obliquely elliptic-oblong, acute, dark green above, rather paler towards the margins, more or less suffused with purple beneath; petioles 4in. to 5in. long, channelled, sheathing at base. h. 9in. Borneo, 1886. (I. H. 1886, 610.) K. secunda (side-flowering). fl., calyx tubular, slender, split above; corolla tube reddish, nearly 1in. long, very slender, curved, the lobes elliptic-oblong, acuminate; lateral staminodes broadly oblong or rounded, spreading, rather reflexed; lip rounded, shortly bifid or notched at end; spike terminal, few-cleft. September. fr. three to four lines long, ovoid, many-seeded. l. 3in. to 3 1/2in. long, the lower ones smaller, membranous, obliquely lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Assam and Khasia Mountains, 1887. (B. M. 6999.)