210 CXLIX, SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) [ Curcuma, 
from the leaves, and usually developed before they appear; peduncle 
sheathed by scariose bract-leaves. 
1. C. angustifolia, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 338, t. 3; Hort. Beng. 1 
Fl. Ind. i. 31; dwarf, rootstock small globose, leaves lanceolate plain 
green shortly petioled, bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pale 
yellow. Royle, Ill. 357, 359; Horan. Prodr. 22. C. longa, Wall. Cat. 
6605 E, F, G. 
TroprcaL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Nepal, alt. 3-4000 ft. NonTH OUDE. 
Rootstock small; tubers many, oblong, at the end of long fibres. Leaves with 
petiole 1-1} ft.; blade lanceolate, plain green, 3-1 ft. by 2-3 in. Spike with 
peduncle zstival, 1-1 ft., 3-6 by 2 in. diam.; flower-bracts 1 in., green, ovate ; 
pink ; bracts of coma few or many.  Corolla-tube 1 in.; upper segment ovate, lateral 
shorter, oblong. Staminode and lip bright yellow, the latter orbicular-cuneate, 
emarginate,—Similar plants in flower and not distinguishable in a dried state are 
found in Upper Burma, alt. 4000 ft., Collett, Prain, and in Munnipore, alt. 5000 ft. 
Watt. 
2. C. nellgherrensis, Wight Ic. t. 2006; dwarf, rootstock small, 
white inside, leaves lanceolate pale green shortly petioled, bracts of com? 
pink, lobes of corolla pale ovate. Horan. Prodr. 22. C. longa, Wall. 
Cat. 6605 C. C. angustifolia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274, not of Row. 
Concan; at Ramghaut. MALABAR ; abundant on the S.W. slope of the Nilghiris, 
alt. 4500-6000 ft. ` 
Very near C. angustifolia. Leaf and petiole together 12 in. or more; blade 
glabrous beneath, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends, Spikes vernm 
2-4 by 14-2 in. diam.; flowering bracts pale yellowish green, 1-1} in. Flowers 
lin., bright yellow ; lip orbicular, deflexed, emarginate. 
3. C. aromatica, Salisb, Parad. t. 96; in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 285; 
rootstock large, tubers sessile yellow and aromatic inside, petiole long 
green, leaves large oblong pubescent beneath, bracts of the coma HI: 
lobes of corolla pinkish white. Rosc. Scit. t. 103; Wight Ic. t. 2005; 
Thw. Enum. 316; Horan. Prodr.93. C. Zedoaria, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. 
333; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind.i.23; Wall. Cat. 6601 A; Dalz. & ibs 
Bomb. Fl. 274; Bot. Mag. t. 1546; Grah. Cat. Bomb, Pl. 209. 
Throughout INDIA from the EASTERN HIMALAYA to CEYLON, wild and frequently 
cultivated. 
Rootstock tuberous, biennial, lin. diam. Leaves 3—4 ft.; petiole as Jong 8$ p» 
blade, which is 1-2 ft. by 4-8 in., caudate, base deltoid, plain green above vi 
variegated with lighter and darker green, clothed beneath with fine persistent 
pubescence, Spike with peduncle 1 ft., produced from April to June with or before 
the leaves, the later half as long, 3-4 in. diam.; flower-bracts ovate, pale grec 
14-2 in.; those of the coma larger and more or less tinged with pink. Flower 
shorter than the bracts. Corolla-tube 1 in., upper half funnel-shaped ; Jatera 
segments oblong, upper longer ovate, concave. Staminode obtuse, as long 93 » 
corolla-segments ; lip deflexed, orbicula 1 -lobed. 
obscurely 2-lobed. hint, yellow, obscurely 3-10 
4. €. Zedoaria, Rose Scit. t. 109; rootstock large, sessile tubers Pl? 
yellow or whitish inside, petiole long green, leaves large oblong glabrous 
beneath clouded with purple down the middle, bracts of the coma bright 
red, lobes of corolla whitish. Wall. Cat. 6601 B; Horan. Prodr. 23. C. 
Zerumbet, ftoxb. in Asiat. Res, xi. 333; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i 20; 
Coromand, Pl. t. 101; Wall. Cat. 6800 A, B; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 20% 
