Csutleya.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 209 
larger, calyx longer and lip broader, with crisped margins; capsule and seeds quite 
3. C. spicata, Baker; spike dense many-fid., leaves cblong acuminate 
sessile or shortly petioled, bracts red as long as the calyx, seeds not 
angled completely enclosed in a white scariose aril. Roscoea spicata, 
Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 461 ; Wall. Cat. 6530; Horan. Prodr. 21. 
DETAIL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS, from Kumaon to Sikkim, ascending to 
Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves sometimes 3-4 in. broad, not purple beneath. Spike 
shortly peduncled, 6-9 in.; bracts oblong, bright red, lower 1-11 in. Calyx 1 in., 
tubular, red, minutely obtusely toothed, finally slit deeply down one side. Corolla- 
lube as long as the calyx, upper segment about 1 in. ; lip bright yellow. Staminodes 
marly as long as the upper segment of the corolla, oblanceolate-oblong. Capsule 
‘mall, red, globose. Seeds $ in., black, ovoid or flattened by pressure. 
4. C. robusta, Baker; spike dense many-fld., leaves sessile oblong 
acute, bracts linear-oblong reddish as long as the calyx, seeds pink not 
angled enclosed in a red or yellow arillus, 
Hee HIMALAYA, alt. 5500-6500 ft., Clarke. . 
“aves l ft. or less by 3 in. or inore. Spikes peduncled, 6-9 in.; bracts 
m, Corolla not seen. Capsule depressed-globose, 1 in. diam. Seeds ovoid or 
f 2 . . 
aded, forming a dense mass 4} in, diam., entirely enveloped in the scarious 
A E c. petiolata, Baker; spike dense many-fld., leaves petioled 
ng-lanceolate caudate, bracts oblong reddish shorter than the calyx. 
petiolata, Royle mss. 
Zen, HIMALAYA ; between Dehra and Landour, alt. 7000 ft., Royle. 
Stem 1 ft. or more, Leaves 6 by 14-24 in., shortly petioled, erecto-patent. 
det? nearly sessile; bracts oblong, reddish, nearly 1 in. Calyz 1 in., 
lip pale obscurely bidentate, slit deeply down one side, Upper coralla-segment and 
r sulphur-yellow, under l in, Staminode and stamen nearly as long as the 
Segment. Known only from an unpublished figure of Royle's artist. 
Ro 6. CURCUMA, Linn. 
tone otatock tuberous, bearing sessile and long stipitate tubers; stem 
4.55 usually oblong, often very large. Flowers in dense com- 
enlarge es, (except in O. Kunstleri) crowned by a coma of coloured 
ud bracts ; lower bracts ovate, membranous, enclosing several brac- 
Rinnte} ptive flowers which open in succession. Calyx short, cylindric, 
oblon Y toothed. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; segments usually ovate or 
Palo Upper longer and more concave. Lateral staminodes oblong, 
Denge " COD nate with the short filament; anther not crested, cells con- 
tiny o! Spurred at the base; lip orbicular, tip deflexed. Ovary 3-celled, 
enhn d; style filiform ; stigma 2-lipped, lips ciliate. Capsule globose, 
India af. finally 3.valved. Seeds ovoid or oblong, usully arillate.— 
i Malay Islands and N. Australia. 
ry we Of this genus are v ifficult of determination and the characters 
a Beet mos without exception from published or unpublished drawings.—Many 
: living ; pe, Probably varieties, but this can be determined only by a comparison 
te several wd, I have failed in my endeavours to subdivide the species of 
ns, 
ti Brantha, Horan. Flower-spike vernal or cstival, distinct 
